Micha Wertheim

Micha Wertheim (; born 1972) is a Dutch stand-up comedian, writer, director and satirist. He is best known for challenging the conventions of comedy and theatre.

He is the author of four children's books and co-creator of Echt Gebeurd, a successful podcast and storytelling platform modeled after The Moth.

Career After finishing his MA in Cultural Sciences Micha Wertheim moved to Amsterdam and started working as a freelance radio producer, writer and comedian. He became a member of the Amsterdam-based Dutch comedy collective Comedytrain in 1998, playing regularly in Amsterdam comedy theatre Toomler.

His one-man show won both the jury and the audience award at the 2004 edition of the Leids Cabaret Festival.

Wertheim has published extensively on the connection between comedy and populism.