Johan Willem Ibo (Arnhem, 10 April 1918 – Amsterdam, 18 May 2000) was a Dutch comedian, writer, producer, but above all cabaret historian.
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Johan Willem Ibo (Arnhem, 10 April 1918 – Amsterdam, 18 May 2000) was a Dutch comedian, writer, producer, but above all cabaret historian.
Ibo started his career at the PTT, but soon opted for the theatre. From 1940 he formed his own Company Wim Ibo. As a performing artist, he has been on stage relatively little. In the 1940s Ibo produced Triangel, a cabaret program that could be heard once every fortnight on Sunday at the VARA. Employees included Hetty Blok and Kees Brusse. Simon Carmiggelt started his development as a recitation artist in this program. [1] Ibo was also responsible as producer for the radio soap De familie Doorsnee by Annie M.G. Schmidt. In the 1950s he was seen as a narrator in the television series Pension Hommeles. In 1967-1968 Wim Ibo presented for the KRO the four-part series Names you never forget in which four well-known names from the early days of cabaret were reviewed: Jean-Louis Pisuisse, J.H. Speenhoff, Eduard Jacobs and Louis Davids. In 1970, Ibo published the standard work on cabaret history And now the morality of this song, a book that was updated in 1982 and extensively republished in two parts. The book is still known as the cabaret Bible. Wim Ibo remained interested in theatre and especially cabaret until old age. In his house on the Nieuwe Herengracht in Amsterdam he received dozens of artists, all of whom left their signatures on the wall in his hall. After the death of Ibo, at the age of 82, it was considered to transfer that wall to the Theater Instituut Nederland. In August 2020, the 1774 bridge in Amsterdam was named after him.
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