Stefan Hendrikx from Venlo is the winner of the 43rd edition of the Leids Cabaret Festival. He received the jury prize for his performance on Saturday evening.
“When Stefan Hendrikx enters the stage, you immediately see that we are dealing with an all-round performer”, the professional jury reports in the jury report. “Stefan challenges us all to push our limits. He is very funny.”
Competition
The final took place in the Leidse Schouwburg. There Hendrikx took on Celine Schrama and Piet van Eeghen. Eeghen received the audience award and Schrama the student award. For the first time in the festival’s history, all three finalists have received an award. The finalists will repeat the final evening on 25 June in the Leidse Schouwburg.
Foreland
The competition has been canceled in 2021 due to the corona virus. Lisa Ostermann won in 2020. She won the professional jury award, the audience award and the student award with the program What the other wants to hear. The event was first organized in 1978. Since then, the Leids Cabaret Festival has produced countless top comedians, including Najib Amhali, Paulien Cornelisse, Dolf Jansen and Sanne Wallis de Vries.