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Nick Schols |
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Nick was born in Amsterdam Holland on March 28 1946.
He grew up in Amsterdam and when he was 14 his family moved to Zandvoort, a village on the North Sea.
Nick always loved the theatre, and he remembered his Dad taking him to see “Toon Hermans”, a very popular Dutch Artist, who performed a three hour One Man Show in “Carre” a large theatre in Amsterdam.
Toon Herman's was Nick's inspiration when he grew up and he still can recite many of Toon's monologues.
Nick started performing in Zandvoort in Holland
and later became the director of the local theatre group.
In 1975 Nick an his family moved to Woodstock, Ontario where he worked with “Woodstock Little Theatre” and a year later he moved to Barrie, Ontario where he started “The Nicolodeon Players.”
In the middle eighties he started a very successful Dinner Theatre “The Nicolodeon Playhouse.”
They performed musicals such as “Godspell”, “The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas” and several “Comedy Cabaret” style shows.
The Nicolodeon players also produced play's like” The Sound Of Murder”, “Relatively Speaking” and “Having A Wonderful Time Wish You Were Here.”
Music is also a big part in Nick's life and when he was growing up he listened to the tunes of Frank Sinatra and today he still sings many Sinatra's songs.
There must be a connection between his love for Frank, because Nick has only been in Vegas 3 times in his life, but on May 14 1998 Nick was walking on the Strip in Vegas and saw all the lights turned off in honour of Frank's passing.
Nick and his family moved to Victoria BC in 1987 and continued with “The Nicolodeon Players” and performed musicals like” The Phantom Of The Country Opera”, “The Sound Of Music” and he also collaborated with two friends to write the musical ”Kama Sutra The Musical” a highly successful Fringe Festival show.
Nick won two awards for “Best Director” for “The Diary Of Anne Frank” and ”The Melville Boys.”
Currently Nick is pursuing a solo career as a Singer/Keyboard player and is performing all over Vancouver Island.
He loves entertaining people and hopes to continue his career for many years to come.