De Kleine Komedie is Amsterdam's oldest theatre. This theatre was built in 1786 and it seats 503 spectators. The theatre has gone by different names over the years. It got its current name De Kleine Komedie in 1947 from the Perin-Bouwmeester couple. Unfortunately, the building was condemned by the fire brigade in 1973 and stood empty for several years. In 1978, a number of private individuals joined hands, allowing the building to be renovated and reopened.
The theatre was able to develop into an important stage partly because of subsidies from the City of Amsterdam. When this stops in 1988, the curtain threatens to fall for De Kleine Komedie again. Thanks to one of the performances by Youp van ‘t Hek, the theatre regains its reputation and continues to exist. A new director arrived and the theatre became ‘the cabaret temple of the Netherlands’. On the stage of De Kleine Komedie, names like Youp van ‘t Hek, Brigitte Kaandorp, Theo Maassen and Sanne Wallis de Vries are introduced. Nowadays, the management of De Kleine Komedie is in the hands of Jörgen Tjon A Fong.
Since 2018, the theatre has awarded the Zilveren Raampjes for exceptional theatre performances. People who cause remarkable things get such a statuette, such as Youp van ‘t Hek and Lebbis & Jansen.
De Kleine Komedie is the place for cabaret, musical theatre and theatre concerts. You can come here for performances by both novice and experienced theatre-makers.
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