Maarten Heijmans & Xander Vrienten - Waiting for Death

Name: Maarten Heijmans & Xander Vrienten - Waiting for Death
Start: 2026-12-18
Location: Leidse Schouwburg

Fri, 18 Dec 2026

Leidse Schouwburg, Leiden

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Maarten Heijmans and Xander Vrienten perform together at Leidse Schouwburg with their production 'Waiting for Death'.

About: Maarten Heijmans

A graduate of the Kleinkunstacademie and celebrated for the award-winning TV series Ramses, Maarten Heijmans pairs his acting craft with a rich singing voice - at home in major musicals and intimate theatre concerts of Dutch-language song alike.

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International Emmy Award for Best Actor (2015, for Ramses)

Golden Calf for Best Actor (2014, for Ramses)

Johan Kaart Prize for Theatre Entertainment (2026)

What's new

2026-06
Maarten Heijmans received the Johan Kaart Prize on June 15, 2026 in theater DeLaMar in Amsterdam, for his contribution to Dutch theater entertainment.
2026-05
The jury of the Johan Kaart Prize named his roles as Hermes in Hadestown and Macheath in Die Dreigroschenoper as decisive for the award.
2025-11
Heijmans made his opera debut as Macheath in Die Dreigroschenoper by Opera Zuid, where he was the only actor performing alongside a full cast of opera singers.

Tour

MaastrichtEindhovenHeerlenDen HaagUtrechtGroningenHaarlemTilburgBredaDen BoschAmsterdam

Tracks

Ramses (televisieserie, 2014)Title role as Ramses Shaffy; earned him a Golden Calf and an International Emmy Award

Maarten zingt van alles (theaterconcert met Kamerata Zuid)Tour with Dutch-language cabaret gems, including at Royal Theater Carré

Hadestown (musical, 2025)Role of narrator Hermes in the Dutch premiere at Royal Theater Carré

Die Dreigroschenoper (Opera Zuid, 2025)Opera debut as Macheath; also the occasion for the Johan Kaart Prize 2026

Shaffy-repertoire (album en tournee, 2019)Album with own arrangements of Ramses Shaffy songs, followed by theater performances

Recent shows

Jun 14, 2022 Grote Zaal, Amsterdam

About: Xander Vrienten

Xander Vrienten is a Dutch musician, songwriter and producer, best known as guitarist and frontman of the band Doe Maar. After the group disbanded he built a solo career and collaborated with a wide range of artists, moving between pop, rock and singer-songwriter territory.

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