HUMAN | The Public Tribune

Name: HUMAN | The Public Tribune
Start: 2026-09-19T15:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-17T15:00:00+02:00
Location: Tolhuistuin

Sat, 19 Sep 2026 · 15:00

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In HUMAN | The Public Tribune, Coen Verbraak talks with writer Anna Enquist, former politician Hedy d'Ancona, and cabaret performer Hans Dorrestijn about how to grow old in a pleasant way.

About: Hans Dorrestijn

For over fifty years, Dorrestijn has brought his sardonic, darkly comic perspective to Dutch stages - tackling everything from everyday misery to global catastrophe. The Ede-born writer and performer has published more than forty books and received the Dutch Oeuvreprijs Kleinkunst-Cabaret in 2022.

60.000+

sold copies of Dorrestijn's Bird Guide (2007)

20+

theatre programmes in his career

40+

published books

8×

reprints of Wishbird (2020)

What's new

2025-2026
Dorrestijn tours in season 2025-2026 with his solo program 'Nog Even Dit', after his son Jesse could not join the tour for practical reasons.
okt 2025
The performance 'Nog Even Dit' at the Utrecht Schiller Theater was sold out.
dec 2024
Dorrestijn told De Week van Gelderland that after 't Houdt he wanted to stop for a moment, but returned with a new program.

Tracks

Dorrestijns VogelgidsBestseller from 2007, more than 60,000 copies sold

't Houdt een keer opTheater program 2020-2024, his second-to-last tour

Nog Even DitCurrent solo program, season 2025-2026

Na regen komt DorrestijnSolo program from 1993, breakthrough with the Dutch press

BofkontDebut program from 1973, with which his cabaret career began

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