Erik polished his comedic skills performing on the legendary Ship of Fools, whose world-wide travels are the subject of a recent popular documentary. With the famed Royal Shakespeare Company of Pijnacker, he wrote and performed the modestly titled, The History of the World. A merchant of cheese by profession, one day he hopes to play in The Merchant of Venice or The Life of Cheeses. Erik is a devoted follower of the famed William Shatner school of acting.
Mark was electric on deck with the Ship of Fools and dazzled audiences at the fabled Roxy nightclub in its decadent heyday. By day, he runs his own touring company, That Dam Guide, where his practiced wit keeps visitors informed and giggling. After a brilliant first reading of the play, he joined The Quill & Dagger, and since then he and his husband, Erik, have formed an acting team the glamour of which has not been seen since Liz Taylor and Richard Burton.
Having met while performing at Amsterdam’s famed Festival of Fools, Greg played for a decade with the hit comedy group, Sheer Madness. In Shakespeare’s Greatest Hits he died flamboyantly - ten times! In The Cow of the Baskervilles he played Sherlock Holmes, a milkmaid, and a nuclear cockroach. In Acropolis Now, a spoof of Greek mythology, he descended five stories by rope as Hermes. His horror-comedies include The Poe Show and Stephen King’s Survivor Type, and other tasteless tales.
Lawyer by day, thespian by night, the chameleonic Jascha Dikker has proven his range in roles, from the bewildered protagonist in Kafka’s The Trial to an anxiety-driven member of a family-run funeral home in De Uitvaarders with theatre group Habitat X, with whom he continues to collaborate, most recently in the ultra satirical Hullie. Other appearances include the hit musical Spring Awakening, Casablanca, De Stille Kracht, and The Iliad. Not content to merely own the stage, his closing arguments in the courtroom inspire wild applause and standing ovations.
Andrew’s first role was playing a tree at school, though his natural acting talent was soon spotted, and the following year he was cast as blackbird number two. Moving into the world of teaching rekindled his love of acting, and he became a member of the Comedy Cover Group in Amsterdam, re-enacting classic sketches from Monty Python to Man Stroke Woman and Mitchell and Webb. A chance conversation about his earlier work as a tree eventually led to his being offered a bit part as Birnam Wood.
