From the war in Ukraine to the World Cup and the nitrogen crisis: 2022 againoffered plenty of inspiration for comedians. Claudia de Breij, Guido Weijersand Dolf Jansen are on stage with their New Year’s Eve conference. What docritics think of their performances? NU.nl lists the most important reviews.
Claudia de Breij – on NPO1 at 22.20
The Volkskrant is wildly enthusiastic about De Breij’s third New Year’s Eveconference. “From the opening, in which she grabs the political year firmlyand with many jokes, the 2022 edition is compelling and perfectly balanced,with seriousness, empathy, emotion, perspective and many air-creatingcomparisons.”
Fidelity describes De Breij’s performance as “connecting, sharp andcynical”. “The role of a connecting minister, which is part of the traditionof the New Year’s Eve conference, suits Claudia de Breij like no other. DeBreij does want to talk a little too much. The entertainment news inparticular is with Glennis Grace, Lil Kleine, Matthijs van Nieuwkerk and JohanDerksen overrepresented. That could have been a little less.”
This performance deserves your full attention. So looking back the next day> in peace is recommended.
De Telegraaf about New Year’s Eve conference Claudia de Breij
The Theater paper is a bit more critical. “It must be the age and theconcerns about her children, both very understandable, but the seriousness ofClaudia de Breij sometimes gets in the way of the humor. The balance betweenlearning and entertainment is somewhat disturbed.”
The Telegraph writes about a “strong, substantive presentation”. “Perhapsjust a little less suitable for a cozy New Year’s Eve with friends, oil ballsand champagne on TV. This performance deserves full attention. So looking backthe next day in peace is recommended.”
It AD says that De Breij “extensively reflects on the scandals surrounding_The Voice_ and DWDD “. “No light fare – but inevitable in a review of thisyear. Fortunately, De Breij also puts things into perspective, for examplewhen she states: ‘The fact that all bastards are men does not mean that allmen are bastards.'”
Guido Weijers – on RTL 4 at 8 p.m
In an interview with Fidelity tells Weijers that he wants to go back tobasics. “This year it will be stand-up without frills: one man, onemicrophone, and then make jokes that capture the spirit of the times. So notechnical situations with a projection screen, a PowerPoint or a fancybackground. I leave all that fuss out. I hear from theater directors that theyreally appreciate that and that there is really a different person on stagethan fifteen years ago. I feel that myself.”
The Volkskrant is critical of some parts of the performance. “SometimesWeijers becomes preachy and kicks in a few open doors. At other times thejokes are just too flat, such as about the celebrities who skated crookedly in2022 or fell into disgrace. But due to some effectively recurring storylines,the eleventh New Year’s Eve by Guido Weijers is well put together, with acooling-off message from ‘Iceman’ Wim Hof, a salute to music great HennyVrienten and a moral that is pro-nature and pro-animal welfare.”
“Weijers’ New Year’s Eve show has a higher joke density than that of DeBreij,” writes The Telegraph. “But not all jokes are equally strong andsometimes Weijers puts his ‘preachiness’ just a little too thick on top. Hisaccount of the increasingly shorter walks he took with a terminally illfriend, on the other hand, seem to come straight from his heart.”
Dolf Jansen – on performancegemist.tv
Jansen’s New Year’s Eve conference has been received positively by variousreviewers. “The term ‘activist comedy’, which he uses himself, covers theload,” writes de Volkskrant. “In Flash delivery Jansen is nicelypronounced as always, traditionally sometimes also terribly bland. “I don’thave a lower limit tonight,” he says as he brings up all kinds of variants ofTinder.
“Via the American seizure of abortion rights, he moves on to Johan Derksen, toa speech about ‘fearful men’ and their transgressive behavior. In Utrecht, hegets his hands together, especially when a serious appeal follows to all non-frightened men, who have nothing to fear from a changed time.”
“It is easy to blame Dolf Jansen for always saying and preaching the samething for his own parish,” writes Fidelity. “That’s what we do Flashdelivery however shortage. Jansen looks fresh and energetic. His pace remainsimpressively high. It’s just a pity that he finds it necessary to berate thetheater audience in ‘the province’. The residents of Veghel and Emmen did notdeserve that.”
Dolf Jansen hops smoothly through the year, in which the presents are> presented to the cabaret artist on a plate.
De Theaterkrant about New Year’s Eve conference Dolf Jansen
In the show, Jansen talks about his wife’s divorce, among other things.”That’s a strong piece,” it writes AD. “But just as often Jansen forgets topack his right a bit nicely. He explains how the position of women has changedand comes to a predictable conclusion via Johan Derksen’s candle incident: thedevelopment of the opposite sex frightens some men.”
The Theater paper is slightly more positive about the comedian. “Jansen hopssmoothly through the year, in which the presents are presented to the cabaretartist on a plate: Willem Engel, who after a few days in jail for sedition,compares himself to Nelson Mandela; Jumbo supermarket, which, like othersupermarkets, has the systematically cuts farmers off and claims to havenothing to do with the nitrogen problem of the farmers; retail company Blokkeralso does flash deliveries and therefore assumes that someone really needs acolander within fifteen minutes.”
“As we are used to from Jansen, after his serious story dipped in humor, hestill has a hopeful thought. He believes that the right-thinking person doesnot have to let himself be led to the downfall of life on earth. so muchevidence to the contrary still believes itself, is the question.”