Rene Oskam: Carrousel

“You can’t make a living from poetry,” they said when he quit his boring office job ten years ago. “But if I keep doing what I’m doing now, I’ll die a slow death,” he thought. On his anniversary tour, he looks back on the carousel where he’s been on for the past 10 years.

In a hybrid form blending cabaret and poetry, René takes you on a journey through the high peaks and deep valleys. He lets you be a part of the nights when he lay awake due to a deluge of ideas—and of the dead-calm periods when nothing made it onto paper. He takes you through the euphoria of sold-out venues and to his worst performance ever.

René writes poetry, has published several collections, teaches workshops, gives lectures, and can be found on stages at all kinds of festivals. Come see this master of language’s tryout performance at Theatre De Kamers!