Marlies Hautvast graduated in 1974 from the Utrecht theatre academy and immediately began creating theatre in working-class communities, first in Amsterdam and then for almost thirty years in Utrecht. She is a co-founder of Stut theatre, from which she had to retire last year due to budget cuts. She has been artistic director for most of Stut’s existence and is generally regarded as an important pioneer of intercultural community-based theatre in the Netherlands. She has directed some 40 plays for Stut and currently works as a freelance director. Her last show was ‘In the name of the Fathers’ in Laakkwartier, The Hague. Currently she works with a group of women in the Westerpark area of Amsterdam.

local partner
Stut Theatre