Dikkie Dik & Dirk Scheele (2+)

Name: Dikkie Dik & Dirk Scheele (2+)
Start: 2026-10-17
End: 2026-10-21
Location: Theater Hanzehof & Buitensociëteit

took place · 17 Oct 2026

Theater Hanzehof & Buitensociëteit, Zutphen

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Dirk Scheele and Dikkie Dik embark on a musical adventure full of cat tricks: they dance the Cat Dance, play hide-and-seek and drink fizzy lemonade. Singing, jumping and meowing - this show is for children from 2 years old.

About: Dirk Scheele

With over 25 years on stage and more than 110 million YouTube views, Dirk Scheele is the go-to children's pop act in the Netherlands for kids from age 2. He plays guitar, sings, and makes music from everyday objects - cutlery, keyrings and more - while the young audience sings and dances along.

110M+

YouTube views (total)

80000+

YouTube subscribers (NL channel)

500+

released songs

3×

average number of theater performances per week

What's new

2025-03
Dirk Scheele provided a Spring Festival livestream on YouTube on March 20, 2025 for his young fans.
2025-2026
In theater season 2025-2026, Dirk will perform in the theater with the productions 'Dikkie Dik & Dirk', 'Pepernotenpret', 'Popconcert' and 'Winterpret'.
2024-2025
In theater season 2024-2025, Dirk Scheele brought a new production together with the educational animation series StoryZoo.

Tour

EnschedePapendrechtHeerlenLochemRoermondZeistAmstelveen

Tracks

Ik woon in een huisone of his most famous hits, draws full houses

Op de kinderboerderijpopular classic for toddlers and preschoolers

Broccolirockrecognizable hit, frequently performed in theater productions

Lopen als een beerknown from the StoryZoo production and YouTube

De gitaarsongpermanent classic in the pop concert repertoire

Recent shows

May 10, 2026 Burgemeester Damen Sportpark, Geleen
Jul 13, 2025 Variopoolzaal, Den Helder
Mar 6, 2022 013 Next, Tilburg

About: Dikkie Dik

For over 45 years Jet Boeke's orange tomcat has been a fixture of Dutch children's culture. On stage he comes to life through puppetry, interactive projections and live music, straight from the pages of the classic picture books.

millions

books sold worldwide

25+

titles in the book series

2×

Golden Film achieved (both cinema films, 2024)

45+

year active as character (debut 1978)

What's new

2026-09
The archive of Jet Boeke, with over a thousand original Dikkie Dik drawings, has been transferred to the Literature Museum/Children's Book Museum in The Hague; a selection will be on display from 22 September 2026 in the exhibition 'In Beeld: Jet Boeke'.
2025-10
The musical theater production 'On Adventure with Dikkie Dik', produced on the occasion of the character's 45th anniversary, tours the Netherlands in autumn 2025 with performances in, among others, Utrecht, Hoorn, Veenendaal and Lelystad.
2024-12
The second Dikkie Dik cinema film, 'Dikkie Dik 2: A New Friend for Dikkie Dik', premiered on 18 December 2024; André van Duin took over the narration from Burny Bos, who died earlier that year.

Tour

UtrechtHoornVeenendaalLelystadZeistVeghelDen HaagIJsselstein

Tracks

Dikkie Dik en de verdwenen knuffelfirst cinema film (June 2024), Golden Film for 100,000 visitors

Dikkie Dik 2: Een nieuwe vriend voor Dikkie Diksecond cinema film (December 2024), Golden Film within two weeks after premiere

Waar is Dikkie Dik?winner Kiekeboekprijs 2000, best toddler book of the year

Op avontuur met Dikkie Dikmusical theater production, anniversary production with the Concertgebouw (2025)

Dikkie Dik & Ikfamily theater production with interactive projections and slapstick

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