Acda en De Munnik is a successful band in The NetherlandsThomas Acda and Paul de Munnik met at the Amsterdam Academy of Cabaret, where they decided to work together to make a theatre show They arranged their first show after Thomas convinced a producer of their talents The producer initially didn’t want to listen to any of their work, but Thomas was persistent Eventually the producer asked Thomas about his strongest line of text Thomas said, “Als je bij me weggaat, mag ik dan met je mee” (If you leave me, can I come with you), which convinced the producer[edit: he convinced Huub van der Lubbe (front man of De Dijk) to give him lessons in lyric writing, as far as I know not his producer They convinced their producer by playing at his office in stead of handing over a demo]The audience of their first theatre shows appreciated the songs they wrote specially for the shows These shows were released in 2002 on the 3-CD box “Trilogie” The three shows are “Zwerf’on” (Wander On, 1996), “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans - John Lennon” and “It’s only cabaret but I like it”
Paaspop 2024, Schijndel, March 29-31
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