Kees Torn
Biography
Kees Torn is a Dutch text writer, composer and comedy performer. Torn started his cabaret performance in 1991, when he was studying at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam. As "Kees en Ik" (Kees and I), he performed quite a successful show with fellow student Gerrie Hondius. In 1994 he made his official solo-debut with the show. Torn is known for his old fashioned style of comedy performance, which consists largely of songs and poems. Torn prefers to write about whisky, cigars and love. He won a Poelifenario for his show 'Dood en verderf '('Death and destruction').
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Movie - 2008, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The Dutch musical comedians Theo Nijland, Maarten van Roozendaal, Jeroen van Merwijk and Kees Torn sing and play a selection of their songs to promote the Dutch theater song.
Movie - 1996, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
In his second comedy show the Dutch comedian Kees Torn sings about postmen who wonder about street names, Rotterdam by night, playing Mozart and being trapped in your own limited body.
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Filmmaker André van der Hout made an intimate film portrait about Dutch musical comedian, poet, thinker and drinker Kees Torn, who stopped performing in 2012.
Movie - 2001, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
In his fourth comedy show the Dutch comedian Kees Torn has resolved not to talk about his girlfriend anymore, as that got out of hand in his previous show. This performance is therefore about other matters: how progress does not always actually bring about progress.
Movie - 2009, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
In his eighth comedy show the Dutch comedian Kees Torn reflects on his youth in a Reformed environment and how he lost his faith.
Movie - 2006, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
In his (Poelifinario price winning) seventh comedy show the Dutch comedian Kees Torn remembers the death of loved ones. Torn reflects, in his own way, on life and death.
Movie - 1998, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
In his third comedy show the Dutch comedian Kees Torn tells and sings about his girlfriend. He is in love and therefore affraid that it will end. He also fears that he is too in love to write about anything else and that his audience will get tired of him.
Movie - 2003, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Complete registration of the anniversary theater program, recorded in April 2003 in the Royal Theater Carré in Amsterdam. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Leids Cabaret Festival, a performance was created with the participation of more than twenty different comedians, including Wim Helsen, Kees Torn, Sanne Wallis de Vries, Erik van Muiswinkel, and many others.
Movie - 2004, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
In his sixth comedy show the Dutch comedian Kees Torn tells that his impresario no longer allows him to talk about his girlfriend, his love for cigars and whiskey. That's why he's only talking about politicians, television personalities and important things like the QWERTY keyboard layout.
Movie - 2010, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
In his ninth and last comedy show the Dutch comedian Kees Torn tells about his passion for science and on what he wants to do after his last tour.
Movie - 2002, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
In his fifth comedy show the Dutch comedian Kees Torn reflects on addictions. Torn himself struggles with a dependence on whiskey and cigars, but also rhyme, Bach and his girlfriend José.