Guus van der Steen

studied English in Leiden and is an actor, musician and spoken-word artist. Together with his brother Frank he hit the stage as the hip hop duo Kern Koppen as well as in the 2018 play Stomp, a special poetic mix of spoken word, rap and movement theatre. In the same year he appeared in the production Aardappelvreters (Potato Eaters), as surreal, primal opera about the demise of a family farm, staged at the Oerol Festival. According to the Volkskrant newspaper, it was a "successful fairy tale with humorous acting and fascinating music". He also performed in the 2017 spoken word-music-theatre show True Colors and undertook a Masters with Maarten van Hinte, director and co-founder of Made In Da Shade. Van der Steen also gives lessons at schools.