Jos Houben is internationally acclaimed as a leader in the field of Comedy and Physical Theatre.
Performing, writing, teaching, and directing world-wide for the past 30 years he has worked with leading international organisations and artists including: Peter Brook, Ecole Jacques Lecoq, The Right Size, Georges Aperghis, Theatre de Complicite- Simon McBurney, National Theatre London, Ragdoll Ltd, Thames TV, Opera North, Centre National Des Arts Du Cirque, British Council, Opéra Comique…
He has received the prestigious Perrier Comedy Award (1986, Theatre de Complicite) and Olivier Award for Best Entertainment (1999, The Right Size).
Houben’s one man show The Art of Laughter has been touring the world for the past 12 years. He has played month long stints to sell out audiences at the prestigious Rond Point Theater on the Champs Elysees three years in a row. The show is such a success that Jos was featured on the front page of France’s Le Monde and interviewed on national news channels.
In 2016 Jos did comedy directing for the hit West End musical „Girls“ and toured extensively with the comedy duo „Marcel“.
He is currently creating two Operas for the Opéra Comique as well as a new one-man show. He is also in the process of workshopping a physical comedy gag-a-thon and a brand new musical comedy about adolescence.