International Comedy Club in Rotterdam

Dan Rath

I can’t focus. I don’t know if it’s microplastics, Long Covid or because I pay $500 a week to live
in a mould experiment. This year I formed a parasocial relationship with a Deliveroo chatbot and
I lost all my crypto trying to buy a mermaid skeleton.

'His mind works like no other' ★★★★★ Chortle.co.uk
'Genius and insanity... a truly brilliant writer' ★★★★★ Scotsman
'You could compile an entire joke-of-the-fringe list from Dan's show alone... these gags are pearlers' ★★★★ The Guardian
'Book yesterday' ★★★★ Age

Winner: Best of the Fest, Sydney Comedy Festival, 2025
Winner: Director’s Choice Award, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, 2025
Winner: Piece of Wood Award, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, 2023.

Diederik Zuurmond might not sound like it, but he's an English-speaking comedian reluctantly tasked with reconnaissance. He clinched both the audience and jury prizes at the English Comedy Talent Award 2023 and tours extensively throughout Europe and the UK. As a member of Comedy Club Haug, Diederik is a true powerhouse during the pro shows, as well as with his hour-long intriguing solo act, Manchild.

Reuben Solo
Someone In This Crowd Will Betray Me

I've got a terrible feeling about this show. Like somehow the whole thing is doomed. I have this recurring dream where I'm on stage, thousands of miles from home and the crowd has turned on me. There are thousands of them and they are all booing me and Sofia Vergara (from Modern Family) is there and so is Simon Cowell and he’s slamming his fist into a red buzzer and the sound splits the air like a gunshot and the ceiling rips open and confetti rains down like debris but the booing only gets louder and louder and louder and louder and then I wake up, and realise that all of that actually happened to me.

This show has nothing to do with that story. I doubt I'll even mention it.

As booed on America's Got Talent

'Offers nothing personal and almost no actual content.' ★★★★ Chortle (UK)
'Egotistical delusions.' ★★★★ The Scotsman (UK)
'Indescribable.' ★★★★ The List (UK)
'Disorderly.' ★★★★★ Isolated Nation
'When it was evening, he reclined at table with the twelve. And as they were eating, he said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” And they were very sorrowful and began to say to him one after another, “Is it I, Lord?”'
Matthew 26:20

Comedian, musician, and all-around legend Dave is returning to Comedy Club Haug! From Edinburgh Fringe to SXSW (and even a Mexican prison or two), he’s performed his razor-sharp comedy worldwide. You might also know his music—his band Valley Lodge’s song Go is the theme for HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.

Oh, and did we mention? He’s also played guitar for glam rock legends Slade and toured with Jack Black. A night of killer jokes, unexpected riffs, and pure rock ‘n’ roll energy—don’t miss it!

**Dave** performs live comedy over the world and has appeared at such festivals as the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, SXSW, San Francisco Sketchfest, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Sasquatch Festival, Bumbershoot, Bonnaroo, the Bridgetown Comedy Festival in Portland, the Crap Comedy Festival in Oslo, Outside Lands in San Francisco, and then some other ones too. He has also performed comedy at Sing Sing Correctional Facility twice and even ripped some guitar solos inside a Mexican prison a couple times too. In 2007, Variety magazine named Dave one of their “10 Comedians to Watch,” something he still won’t shut up about. Some things are hard to let go of.

He is also a musician who currently sings and plays guitar in the power pop band Valley Lodge, whose song “Go” is the theme song to HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and the psych/garage rock band Painted Doll. He was also a member of Cleveland rock bands Sons of Elvis and Cobra Verde as well as Diamondsnake, a heavy metal band with Moby. Additionally, Dave has played guitar for Walter Schreifels and muscle metal band Thor and bass for Lucy Wainwright Roche and former Faith No More singer Chuck Mosley. He also contributed musical scores to films such as Dirty Deeds, Shoot First and Pray You Live, and then some other ones besides those two.