Neveneffecten (cabaret)

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Neveneffecten
Neveneffecten Left to right: Jelle De Beule, Jonas Geirnaert, Lieven Scheire, Koen De Poorter
Medium	Television, Theatre
Nationality	Belgian
Years active	2002 - present
Genres	Sketch comedy, Surreal humour
Notable works and roles	Neveneffecten (2005) Willy's en Marjetten (2006)
Members	Jonas Geirnaert Lieven Scheire Koen De Poorter Jelle De Beule
Website	Neveneffecten

Neveneffecten is a Flemish cabaret quartet formed by Jonas Geirnaert, Lieven Scheire, Koen De Poorter and Jelle De Beule.

[edit] History

Their first tv appearance (in Man Bijt Hond) consisted of cousins Jonas Geirnaert and Lieven Scheire beating up a big teddybear dressed as giant bunnies and was badly received by the audience. This controversial sketch caused Koen De Poorter to contact the duo, and he soon became a member of Neveneffecten.

In 2003 they won the jury prize at the Groninger Studenten Cabaret Festival and a year later they adopted Jelle De Beule as their fourth member. He had until then been their, allegedly extremely incompetent, stage technician.

By 2004 Neveneffecten were touring Flanders and The Netherlands with their first full theatre show Zinloos Geweldig. However the initial aim was to write sketches for television. They made a first series of the sketch show Neveneffecten for Canvas in 2005. A year later, in 2006, they worked together with comedian Bart De Pauw in Willy's en Marjetten on één, which was their first prime time slot. They are currently working on a second series of Neveneffecten, due in late 2007.