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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.

Stage registration of the fourth comedy special by Dutch comedian Micha Wertheim. A show about anger, repetition, change, and repetition.

Registration of the first theatre program by the Dutch comedian Lisa Ostermann.

The Dutch comedian Hans Sibbel ('Lebbis') tackles some of the more absurd aspects of our capitalist world and the importance of finding truly meaningful experiences.

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.

Registration of the tenth theatre program of the Dutch comedian. After thirty turbulent years of bustle, Lenette leaves home and hearth in the big city to find her peace in a village close to the sea. Back to Nature. But is nature really that promised bringer of peace?

The third theatre program by the Dutch comedy duo De Partizanen (Merijn Scholten and Thomas Gast).

Award-winning artist Wim Helsen proves in his fifth theater performance that he not only has deep, absurd thoughts, but is also a good listener.

Registration of the seventh solo show by Lebbis (Hans Sibbel).

Registration of the theatreprogram by the Dutch comedian Lenette van Dongen. A show about getting older. She is unabashedly honest about her lessons in aging and the wisdom that comes with it.

Registration of the ninth solo show by the Dutch comedian Hans Sibbel.

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.

Registration of the sixth solo theatre program by the Flemish comedian Wim Helsen. An absurdist story.

Oudejaarsconference about the year 2023 by the Dutch comedy duo Lebbis & Jansen (Hans Sibbel and Dolf Jansen).

Registration of the third theatre program by the Dutch comedian Tim Fransen.

This comedy/theatre show is the sequel to 'Micha Wertheim: Somewhere Else'. This second show starts exactly where the first show ended: in the same theatrical scenery, with the same robot. But this time Wertheim surprises his audience by showing up. He tells about how the first experimental comedy show was received and contemplates about the magic of theatre and art in a society about the right to exist of art in a society that allows less and less doubt and confusion. When Robot falls into a depression, the boundaries between theater and reality begin to blur.

The Oudejaarsconference (New Year's Eve performance) of the year 2023 by the Dutch comedian Micha Wertheim.

The first show by the Dutch comedian Kasper van der Laan.