In 2005, Teeuwen announced he would no longer perform, incidentally coinciding with the politically motivated assassination of director and close friend Theo van Gogh.
However, in 2007 he decided to try a new challenge: performing in English.
 He appeared at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival Fringe as part of the Amsterdam Underground Comedy Collective, which spurred him to do a longer show.
 In 2008 he performed solo at the Soho Theatre in London.
He also returned to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2008, and performed at Suffolk's 2008 Latitude Festival.
In October 2008, he performed a show in the Leicester Square Theatre, London that was recorded for a future DVD release.

In 2009, he performed at the Leicester Comedy Festival and the Belfast Festival at Queen's.
In 2005, Teeuwen announced he would no longer perform, incidentally coinciding with the politically motivated assassination of director and close friend Theo van Gogh. However, in 2007 he decided to try a new challenge: performing in English.  He appeared at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival Fringe as part of the Amsterdam Underground Comedy Collective, which spurred him to do a longer show.  In 2008 he performed solo at the Soho Theatre in London. He also returned to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2008, and performed at Suffolk's 2008 Latitude Festival. In October 2008, he performed a show in the Leicester Square Theatre, London that was recorded for a future DVD release.
In 2009, he performed at the Leicester Comedy Festival and the Belfast Festival at Queen's.
Hans Teeuwen