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 friendly, dry-witted humour and his ambiguous style of storytelling. In his way of telling a story the moral should never be in the way of a good joke or pun. His humor never makes fun at the expense of others unless you count his brother Wilfried Finkers, who co-wrote material and occasionally appeared in his shows. 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).

Contents 1 Twents 2 Theater performances 3 Discography 4 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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 sets pointlessly, she's got to get up tomorrow any way") (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)

[edit] Discography

• EHBO is mijn lust en mijn leven ("First aid is the love of my life")
• De zon gaat zinloos onder, morgen moet zij toch weer op (The sun sets pointlessly, she's got to get up tomorrow any way.)
• Carnaval der Dieren / Sint Joris Mis (Animal Carnival/ Saint George Mass)
• Kroamschudd'n in Mariaparochie / MacBeth (animation films) ("Baby shower" in Mary's Parish / MacBeth)
• Dat heeft zo'n jongen toch niet nodig (A boy like that doesn't need that.)
• Geen spatader veranderd (Not changed one bit)
• Kalm aan en rap een beetje. (Slow down and be quick about it.)
• Een engelhart in Rome (an angelheart in Rome)(Een diepzinnige Herman Finkers in het Vaticaan op audiëntie)

[edit] External links

• Official web site