Eva Crutzen: Spiritus (2016)

Najib Amhali: I Amhali

Registration of the theater show 'I Amhali' by Najib Amhali. Najib itself is central to this spectacular show full of music. He knows better than anyone that happiness is in the small things. He is happily married and just the father of a second son. But do these great milestones in his life also make him more mature? Not according to his wife, because she is sometimes stuck with three children! The band PlusSupportAct provides the musical accompaniment during this performance.

Pieter Derks: Van Nature

Registration of the fourth theatre program by the Dutch comedian Pieter Derks.

Micha Wertheim: Voor Je Het Weet

Stage registration of the fifth comedy special by the Dutch comedian Micha Wertheim. At the start of the performance, the performance appears to be unfinished: Micha Wertheim is still writing and the comedian has a writer's block.

Yentl en de Boer in Concert

Live registration of a concert by the Dutch musical comedy duo Yentl (Schieman) en (Christine) de Boer. They sing songs about Hogwarts, the men they knew, claiming a seat in the public transport and many other things. With musical accompaniment by the musicians Laurens Joensen, Jan Teertstra, Viktor van Woudenberg and Charlie Zastrau.

Alex Agnew: Ka-Boom!

Back in 2003, Alex Agnew was the first Belgian to win the prestigious 'Leids Cabaret Festival' in The Netherlands. He was the winner in both categories: Jury and public. Alex is a mixture of an English father, Belgian mother, an overdoses (action) movies, superheroes, comic books and a lot of music. No quiet, sophisticated humour, but proud to be loud! Rock'n'Roll comedy!

Theo Maassen: Tegen beter weten in

Maassen won two of the biggest comedy contests in the Netherlands in 1990, the Groninger Studenten Cabaret Festival(GSCF), and Cameretten. The GSCF jury was not pleased with the quality of the contestants that year, and gave Maassen the first prize, remarking he was the best of the year, but still not very good. In the following years, however, Maassen fame grew steadily, especially amongst students. Maassens style was based on stand-up comedy: Alone on stage, telling jokes and stories to amuse the public, without any musical support (a thing common for most Dutch comedians up to that point). Since 2000, Maassens shows are shown on Dutch national television, making him more and more a household name.

Emilio Guzman: Alle Mensen Verzamelen

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Jochem Myjer: Adem In, Adem Uit

In the show, Jochem talks about his love for nature. Jochem: 'If you're going to talk about something four hundred times, you have to choose something you really want to talk about. Jokes are fun, but I want to talk about things that interest me. My three big hobbies are fishing, theater, and birds. The book De Gorgels is also about nature. I've already incorporated my passion for biology into it, and now I want to show that on stage as well.

Lebbis: Het Grijze Gebied

In his eighth show the Dutch comedian Hans Sibbel aka Lebbis looks for the interest that people have in their clarity and truth, and then kicks dents in it. Show recorded in the open air in the summer of 2013.

Wim Helsen: Heden Soup!

Wim Helsen Heden Soup! HOMELESS, KINGS, SAINTS AND COLD WATER FISHING: They all eat soup. Also mistresses love soup. They eat them with spoons, some dip bread in it or slurp on the edge of their soup bowl. One can of doing anything. Tomatoes, leeks, pumpkins, chicken. But loving thoughts, secret messages and mushrooms are allowed. And say nothing of balls. In mysterious faraway places there that make soup from nettles. Dogs bark for soup. One gets it warm from the inside (in his body).

Youp van 't Hek: Het zelfmoordcommando

Youp van 't Hek cheerfully flits between the following four questions: What are we willing to die for? How high will we rise in heaven? What does heaven have to offer us? Why is life on earth such hell for so many people? Youp doesn't give any real answers because he simply doesn't know them, but his jokes do lighten the mood.

Daniël Arends: Carte Blanche

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Najib Amhali: Freefight

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Martijn Koning: Sint & Nieuw

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Alex Ploeg: Ultimatum

Comic talent Alex Ploeg debuts with this acclaimed performance that blends music with his humorous takes on subjects from crepe paper to cremation.

Peter Pannekoek: Zacht van Binnen

From controversial leaders to sexual harassment, Peter Pannekoek's first full-length comedy special boldly explores how fear controls human life.

Paulien Cornelisse: Om Mij Moverende Redenen

In her fourth comedy special the Dutch comedian Paulien Cornelisse talks about uncertainties and indistinctnesses in life.

Jochem Myjer: Yeee-haa!

Jochem's decor consists of Trivial Pursuit pieces, each of which represents a dream. He talks about his school trip, his girlfriends, and family members, each of whom he gives an absurd characteristic. A recurring theme throughout his story is his cheerfulness and positivity. He calls this the Yee-Haa! feeling.

Daniël Arends: De Zachte Heelmeester

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Micha Wertheim: Voor Zichzelf

Stage registration of the sixth comedy special by the Dutch comedian Micha Wertheim. The comedian notices that he has found his own audience through the years. But Wertheim also notices that his audience projects their own biased opinion on the performance, and there's nothing that Wertheim can do to change that opinion.

Daniël Arends: De Afterparty

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Theo Maassen: Functioneel Naakt

Registration of the fourth theatre program by the Dutch comedian Theo Maassen.

Ton Kas: Jabroer

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Micha Wertheim: Voor Alle Duidelijkheid

Micha Wertheim asks himself and his audience how to live and survive in a gloomy future perspective. Populism seems to have been taken for granted by both right-wing and left-wing parties. Racism, sexism, anti-Semitism seem to be increasing. The planet is dying. The factory farming industry is still booming. We have reached a dead end and we are standing with our noses against a blank wall. All we can do now is turn around to see how we got here, with our backs against the wall.

Micha Wertheim: Somewhere Else

The bigger the audiences for Dutch comedian Micha Wertheim’s shows became, the less he had to do to make them laugh. In one early show, he suggested that the audience would be better off without him. So in 2016, he acted upon this suggestion with an experiment that made theater history: he wasn't physically present onstage but somewhere else. The audience wasn't aware of this in advance, though they did get a hint in the form of a pre-recorded "live" radio interview from a remote studio. "I see my audience as my children," Wertheim says in this interview. "You have to educate them, and that’s what I’ve been doing for the past 15 years. At first you have to constantly be there watching them, but there comes a time when you have to trust them to get on with it without you." With some help from a robot, a printer, a stereo and a set of headphones, the members of his audience were able to make their own performance.

Ronald Goedemondt: Geen Sprake Van

Stand-up comedian Ronald Goedemondt converts his daily experience as a man in his forties into astute humor about fatherhood and aging.

Kasper van Kooten: Het wonderlijke leven van Jackie Fontanel

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Steef Cuijpers: Live in Toomler

A stand-up comedy set by the Dutch comedian Sfeer Cuijpers, recorded live in Toomler in January 2007.

Paul de Leeuw: Symphonica In Rosso

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Emilio Guzman: Live in Toomler

A stand-up comedy set by the Dutch comedian Emilio Guzman, recorded live in Toomler in January 2010.

Stefan Pop: Live in Toomler

A stand-up comedy set by the Dutch comedian Stefan Pop, recorded live in Toomler in January 2010.