Herman Finkers

Hermenegildus ("Herman") Felix Victor Maria Finkers (born December 9 1954 in Almelo, Overijssel) is a comedian from the Dutch region of Twente, who became famous because for his dry-witted humour and his ambiguous style of storytelling. He temporarily stopped performing in 2000 when he had been diagnosed with a form of leukemia. On August 5, 2006 a Fuchsia was named after him. In 2007 he started playing in theatres again, with a new show called "Na de Pauze" (After the Break).

Twents

Finkers has a strong love for the Twents dialect. He has translated a number of his shows into Twents Low Saxon, which is his mother tongue. He also wrote and directed two short animation films, which were completely in Twents: "Kroamskudn in Mariaparochie" (which tells the story of the birth of Christ in a Twents setting) and his comic interpretation of William Shakespeare's "MacBeth", the former of which is shown annually around christmas on regional television. After his theatre retirement, Finkers played a role in the first Soap series in Twents: "Van Jonge Leu en Oalde Groond" (About Young People and Old Soil).For his efforts to promote the Twents dialect he received the Johanna van Buuren prize.

Theater performances

*Op Zwart Zangzaad ("On Black Birdseed") (1979)
*De terugkeer van Joop Huizinga ("Joop Huizinga's Return") 1982
*De Diana Ros Show ("The Diana Ros Show") 1983
*EHBO is mijn lust en mijn leven ("First aid is the love of my life") 1985
*Het Meisje van de Slijterij ("The liquor store girl") 1987
*De zon gaat zinloos onder, morgen moet zij toch weer op ("The sun goes down uselessly; it will come up tomorrow again") (1990)
*Dat heeft zo'n jongen toch niet nodig ("Such a boy shouldn't need that") (1992)
*Geen spatader veranderd ("Not changed one bit") (1995) (also in Twentsch: "Gen spatoader aans")
*Kalm aan en rap een beetje ("calm down, and be quick about it") (1998) (also in Twentsch: "Heanig an en rap wat")
*Na de pauze ("After the break") (2007)

Discography

*EHBO is mijn lust en mijn leven
*De zon gaat zinloos onder, morgen moet zij toch weer op
*Carnaval der Dieren / Sint Joris Mis
*Kroamschudd'n in Mariaparochie / MacBeth (animatiefilms)
*Dat heeft zo'n jongen toch niet nodig
*Geen spatader veranderd
*Kalm aan en rap een beetje
*Een engelhart in Rome (Een diepzinnige Herman Finkers in het Vaticaan op audiëntie)

External links

* [http://www.hermanfinkers.nl/ Official web site]