(1966) is a cabaret artist and a musician. With a full evening's entertainment Manuel proves himself a committed, provocative cabaret artist, his dialect being an extra asset. Social wrongs are dealt with with harsh jokes, leading to some members of the audience leaving the theatre. At the moment he tours the country with the programme Burger (Citizen), dealing with the ‘deplorable State of the Netherlands and How It Could Come This Far’. Since 1985 he has performed with the socially critical band 'Fratsen'. In 1990 he won the Camaretten festival and the chief award of the Leids Cabaret Festival. His first big show was called Ik wil een beest in bed (I want an Animal in Bed) 1990. Nationwide he won acclaim with his show Krang (1997). In 2004 his book The Tragic Demise of the Dutchman as We Knew Him appeared, a comical indictment against the royal family, the United States, veganistic Marxists and religion.