Welcome to Puppet Theatre Koos Kneus


You can find our program here. The performances, provided by a variety of guest actors are as usual accompanied by beautiful face painting for free. And of course children can dress up taking their pick from our costume rack!

Buy your tickets, for children and adults, here.


Koos Kneus (‘Clumsy Jim’) is a cozy puppet theatre in Amsterdam-Oost.

When? Children’s performances take place every Sunday. There are shows aimed at toddlers aged 2 to 4 years and shows for children aged 4 to 8 years. Please check our calendar for show times.

What? The performances last 30 to 40 minutes.

Face paint. After and before the shows, a professional face painter will turn all children into beautiful princesses, tigers, pirates or butterflies. There are lots of dress-up sets to wear too.

Food/drink. There’s free coffee, tea, lemonade and water. Also, help yourself to our signature speculaasjes!

In Dutch? All performances are conducted in Dutch, but the toddler shows especially are not language-heavy and easy to follow.

Where? Our theatre is located at Iepenplein 40 in Amsterdam-Oost (near metro station Wibautstraat and OLVG-Oost hospital). Find directions here.