Frank Houtappels

Acteur, toneelschrijver en scenarist. Schrijver van onder andere Koefnoen, Gooische Vrouwen (winnaar Zilveren Krulstraat), Het Klokhuis, ‘t Schaep met de 5 Pooten en de opvolger ‘t Vrije Schaep (winnaar Zilveren Nipkowschijf 2009).

Frank Houtappels studeerde af aan de Amsterdamse toneelschool. Sindsdien is hij als acteur werkzaam geweest bij o.a. Nieuw West, Het Nationaal Toneel, Toneelgroep Amsterdam, Carrousel, Stella den Haag, Huis aan de Amstel, Het Noord Nederlands Toneel, de firma Rieks Swarte en in vrije producties. Ook speelde hij in diverse televisieproducties en in speelfilms. Sinds 1995 schrijft Houtappels toneelstukken, o.a. Aan het eind van de aspergetijd, Blind date, De Potvis, Uit Liefde, De gelukkige Mandarijn en Hotel Atlantico. Alle zes werden door Hummelinck Stuurman op het toneel gebracht. Frank Houtappels is als tekstschrijver verbonden aan de televisieprogramma's Koefnoen, Gooische Vrouwen, Het Klokhuis, ‘t Schaep met de 5 Pooten en de opvolger ‘t Vrije Schaep(winnaar Zilveren Nipkowschijf 2009).

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Frank Houtappels(1968) is a Dutch actor and playwright. He is graduated from the Amsterdamse toneelschool in 1992. Since then he has worked as an actor for several Dutch theatrecompanies, among other New West, toneelgroep Amsterdam, Carousel, Stella the Hague, Huis aan de Amstel, Het Noord Nederlands Toneel, Mugmetdegoudentand and in FirmaRieks Swarte, productions. He also appeared in several television productions and in feature films. Since 1995, his plays are being produced (among other things at the end of the asparagus time, Blind date, De Potvis, and the happy Mandarin andHotel Atlantco) and scenarios for television (among other Deer camp, TV7, All Stars, Het klokhuis, Gooische Vrouwen, Schaep with the five, the Vrije Schaep pooten, the Spanish schaep). He wrote for the Spanish Schaep twenty new songtexts on existing numbers from the world repertoire. He wrote the screenplay for the film Yes sister, no sister, among others and "Gooische vrouwen, the movie". Frank Houtappels’ pieces are contemporary comedies of manners, with apposite reflections of the culture of the Dutch middle classes.

at the end of the asparagus time
In at the end of the asparagus time, three sisters from Limburg who have reached middle age confront each other with what they have achieved in their lives up to now. Francien became an actress, has led a dissolute life in Amsterdam in the eyes of Limburg folk, has remained childless and doesn’t have a long-term partner. Aggie has run the only hairdresser’s in the village all her life. Her hope for the future is that her daughter Sophie will take over the business. And finally, Kitty is married to Wim, the local doctor, and has worked for several years for charity organisations such as Foster Parents. Aggie’s daughter Sophie, who is in her early twenties, is flirting in the background. She has just fallen in love for the first time with an illegal Polish worker, who is helping out with the asparagus harvest on the neighbouring farm.
When Francien comes to stay the night with Aggie, the three sisters spend the evening together. With a bottle of spirits on the table, some spectacular skeletons come out of the cupboard. It turns out that Kitty’s marriage is a farce, as Wim is homosexual. Francien’s career has actually never quite got off the ground and she is in a real rut, and the next morning, when everyone’s asleep, Aggie betrays her daughter. She tells the Pole’s employer that he has assaulted Sophie, and advises him to dismiss the lad.
This piece by Houtappels thus goes further than most comedies of manners. Rather than explaining away the characters’ weaknesses and mistakes compassionately, they are underlined. The characters invite compassion, as the situation sketched by Houtappels is so familiar that the spectator is forced to relate them directly to himself and his own family. It is not possible for the spectator to reject them on the grounds of their weaknesses, and he can only observe that despite the freedom from cares, our lives are still pretty intense.
at the end of the asparagus timeis a contemporary comedy of manners about women struggling with becoming older and wondering what a sister can still mean to them.

Press:
"Witty comedy by Frank Houtappels!" (...) Houtappels writes delicious, detailed dialogs."(De Telegraaf) "An optimistic comedy!" (Heerenveense Courant).

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