
Rudolph van Veen and Diederick Ensink
Rudolph van Veen and Diederick Ensink take the stage at Theater de Storm for a festive Christmas celebration.
Diederick Ensink (born 1986) is a Dutch songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and theatre maker known for combining violin, flute and percussion with his own Dutch-language songs. He trained in music theatre at the Fontys Conservatory and worked with companies such as Jeans, Theatergroep Purper and Pluk van de Petteflet before starting his solo theatre career in 2020. For years he was also a regular musical contributor to the RTL4 programme Koffietijd, and he co-founded the production house De TheaterJongens with Bram Verhaak.
In the theater season 2026-2027, Ensink tours with Iets Te Vieren?, his third full-length solo show, written around his fortieth birthday.
On 17 October 2026, he performs Iets Te Vieren?! at Theater Het Trefpunt in Warmond.
On 19 December, Ensink performed together with TV chef Rudolph van Veen at the AFAS Theater with a new culinary Christmas show.
His previous solo show Diederick's Duel was rated five stars by the review bureau Theaterparadijs.