Peter van den Hurk (1945) graduated from the Maastricht Theatre Academy in 1970. He subsequently directed theatre projects for La Mama in New York and for the Limburg Professional Theatre Ensemble GL. In 1972 he was one of the co-founders of GL2, the educational theatre company of Limburg. Since then, he has continued to direct professionally and began teaching at the Arnhem School for the Arts in 1980 where he stayed until 1992 and initiated many neighbourhood theatre projects.
In 1992 he co-founded Rotterdams Wijktheater. In 2001, 2003 and 2005 he organized the Rotterdam Wijktheater International Community Theatre Festivals, which was recently renamed International Community Arts Festival (ICAF). In 2005 he was appointed Professor (‘lector’) of Community Arts at the Rotterdam School for the Arts, a position which he combines with the artistic directorship of the very successful Rotterdam Wijktheater.

websites
more information about Peter van den Hurk (in Dutch)

national partner
rotterdams wijktheater