Comedytrain
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Comedytrain was the first stand-up comedy
collective in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1990 by Raoul Heertje
. Comedy club Toomler in Amsterdam is its home theatre.
The word Comedytrain is a combination of comedy and training. Its main goal was to give talented comedians, who did not succeed at once in making an hour and a half one-man show, a place to perform and develop, to try out, fail and succeed; to evaluate others and be evaluated by them.
Over the years Comedytrain has become the home of famous Dutch comedians, like Hans Teeuwen
, Theo Maassen
, Najib Amhali
, Hans Sibbel, Thomas Acda
, Ronald Goedemondt
, Jan Jaap van der Wal, and Sanne Wallis de Vries.
Comedytrain is still a place where young comedians find a stage for developing as performers. Twice a year auditions are held for new talents to enter Comedytrain. The comedians do not only play the Toomler stage weekly, but also tour the Dutch theatres together, perform for companies and parties and play the many stages in theatre café's and bars all over the country.
The Comedytrain member Floor van der Wal was killed on 25 March 2011 when she was hit by a car of which the driver drove too fast and who did not stop after he hit her.. The driver was later convicted to 18 months in jail and a 5 year suspension of his driver license.
Stand-up comedy
Stand-up comedy is a comedic art form. Usually, a comedian performs in front of a live audience, speaking directly to them. Their performances are sometimes filmed for later release via DVD, the internet, and television...
collective in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1990 by Raoul Heertje
Raoul Heertje
Raoul Louis Heertje is a Dutch comedian. Being Jewish himself, his comedy performances also includes Jewish humour....
. Comedy club Toomler in Amsterdam is its home theatre.
The word Comedytrain is a combination of comedy and training. Its main goal was to give talented comedians, who did not succeed at once in making an hour and a half one-man show, a place to perform and develop, to try out, fail and succeed; to evaluate others and be evaluated by them.
Over the years Comedytrain has become the home of famous Dutch comedians, like Hans Teeuwen
Hans Teeuwen
Hans Eduard Marie Teeuwen is a Dutch comedian, actor and an occasional singer and director. His work can be described as absurdist, apolitical and confrontational.- Theatre :...
, Theo Maassen
Theo Maassen
Theodorus Wilhelmus Maassen is a Dutch comedian and actor who grew up in Zijtaart in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant. He currently lives in Eindhoven...
, Najib Amhali
Najib Amhali
Najib Amhali is a Moroccan-born Dutch stand-up comedian and actor.Najib Amhali was born in Nador. He has gained popularity partly because of his flawless command of Dutch and ability to show the Dutch how the life of immigrants and ethnic minorities in the Netherlands can be. 'Als Marokkaan kom...
, Hans Sibbel, Thomas Acda
Thomas Acda
Thomas Acda is a Dutch actor, comedian, and singer, known as member of the duo Acda en De Munnik.Acda grew up in De Rijp and after graduating high school at havo level, Acda started the theater school, but soon switched to the Kleinkunstacademie in Amsterdam. There he first met Paul de Munnik...
, Ronald Goedemondt
Ronald Goedemondt
- Private :Ronald was born in Tegelen in Limburg, but moved he after one year to Eindhoven. He studied the HEAO communication.In 1999 he started with stand-up comedy and was part of the comedy train...
, Jan Jaap van der Wal, and Sanne Wallis de Vries.
Comedytrain is still a place where young comedians find a stage for developing as performers. Twice a year auditions are held for new talents to enter Comedytrain. The comedians do not only play the Toomler stage weekly, but also tour the Dutch theatres together, perform for companies and parties and play the many stages in theatre café's and bars all over the country.
The Comedytrain member Floor van der Wal was killed on 25 March 2011 when she was hit by a car of which the driver drove too fast and who did not stop after he hit her.. The driver was later convicted to 18 months in jail and a 5 year suspension of his driver license.