Hans Teeuwen
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Hans Teeuwen | |
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Birth name | Hans Eduard Marie Teeuwen |
Born | Budel, Netherlands | 3 March 1967
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Nationality | Dutch |
Years active | 1991–present |
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Children | Nika Teeuwen |
Hans Eduard Marie Teeuwen (born 3 March 1967) is a
Dutch career
Theatre
In the Netherlands, Teeuwen became well known in 1991 when he won an award at the Dutch cabaret festival Cameretten for his show Heist, together with his friend Roland Smeenk. Just before the ending of the try-outs of this show, Smeenk died in a car accident in 1992.
Teeuwen decided to go solo as a 'cabaretier'. (Dutch cabaret is a sort of stand-up comedy often lasting for an hour or two, which has a storyline or theme, and can include songs, music and poetry as opposed to purely stand-up comedy.) Initially he did five shows, Hard en Zielig (Hard and Sad, 1994–1995), Met een Breierdeck (With a Knitter's Deck, 1995–1997), Trui (Sweater, 1999–2000), Dat Dan Weer Wel (2001–2002, So There's That) and Industry of Love (2003–2004). Then after seven years he made a comeback in 2011 with his show Spiksplinter (Brand Spanking), followed some years later by Echte Rancune (Real Rancour) in 2016. One of the other comedy projects he has worked on is Poelmo, Slaaf van het Zuiden (Poelmo, Slave of the South), a series of shorter comedy shows with his friends and colleagues Pieter Bouwman and Gummbah. Bouwman and Teeuwen also worked together on a radio comedy show that was mainly improvised, called Mannen van de Radio (The Men on the Radio).
TV & film
Apart from a few comic parts with popular Dutch
Singing career
From 2006 onwards, Teeuwen performed as a
International career
In 2005, Teeuwen announced he would no longer perform, incidentally coinciding with the politically motivated assassination of director and close friend Theo van Gogh. However, in 2007 he decided to try a new challenge: performing in English. He appeared at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival Fringe as part of the Amsterdam Underground Comedy Collective,[1] which spurred him to do a longer show. In 2008 he performed solo at the Soho Theatre in London.[2][3] He also returned to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2008, and performed at Suffolk's 2008 Latitude Festival.[4] In October 2008, he performed a show in the Leicester Square Theatre, London that was recorded for a future DVD release. In 2009, he performed at the
Political views
Although his work is typically devoid of
Personal life
Hans Teeuwen's ex girlfriend gave birth to his first child, daughter Nika Teeuwen, in September 2013.[7]
References
- ^ "Amsterdam Underground Comedy Collective's description : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". Chortle. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ^ The comic who won’t mind his language by Dominic Maxwell, Times Online, January 14, 2008]
- ^ Comedy king in exile by Stephen Robb, BBC News, 18 January 2008
- ^ Edinburgh festival: Amsterdam Underground Comedy Collective by Brian Logan, The Guardian, August 08 2008]
- ^ Logan, Brian (2016-09-21). "Hans Teeuwen: 'It's time for a rebellion against political correctness'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
- ^ "Muslim girls collide with Hans Teeuwen - Subtitled". YouTube. 2007-09-20. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ^ "Hans Teeuwen is vader geworden" [Hans Teeuwen turned father]. De Gooi- en Eemlander (in Dutch). 4 September 2013.
External links
- HansTeeuwen.tv (in Dutch)
- Hans Teeuwen at IMDb
- Hans Teeuwen at The World Stands Up
- Hans Teeuwen at Chortle
- Masterclass at IMDb
- Interview at IMDb
- Video of interview for the web-series Carpool at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-05-27)