Comedytrain

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Comedytrain was the first stand-up comedy collective in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1990 by Raoul Heertje. Its home is theatre Toomler in Amsterdam and its members include some of the most sought after comedians of the Netherlands.

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&emdash;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, Lenette van Dongen, Jan Jaap van der Wal en Sanne Wallis de Vries.

Comedytrain is still a place where young comedians find a stage to grow on and the two auditions that are held each year to give new talents a chance to enroll in Comedytrain are always a popular event. The comedians do not only play the Toomler stage about 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.