
Janneke de Bijl
Dutch performer Janneke de Bijl takes the stage at ECI Cultuurfabriek in Roermond.
Janneke de Bijl is a Dutch comedian, writer and philosopher. She won both the jury and audience prizes at the Cameretten Festival in 2017 and was named comedy talent of the year by de Volkskrant in 2019. Alongside four solo cabaret shows, she has published two novels with Nijgh & Van Ditmar and is a regular voice on NPO Radio 1.
De Bijl released the theater text collection Tobben maar! with texts from her first three cabaret programs, provided with footnotes.
Her fourth cabaret program Pluk eventueel de dag was included by het Parool in the top 3 best cabaret performances of 2025.
De Bijl tours through the Netherlands in season 2025-2026 with her fourth solo performance Pluk eventueel de dag.
De Volkskrant gave Pluk eventueel de dag four stars and wrote that De Bijl has achieved the most powerful stage version of herself.
In the summer of 2023, her debut novel Als, dan was published by Nijgh & Van Ditmar.

Dutch performer Janneke de Bijl takes the stage at ECI Cultuurfabriek in Roermond.

Stand-up comedians Alina Sharipova, Remco Veldhuis and Janneke de Bijl take the stage at the Delft CRINGE! Festival in Theater de Veste.

Philosopher and cabaret performer Janneke de Bijl delivers sharp stand-up with personal confessions and razor-sharp observations about life's absurdities.