Luk Perceval

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Born in Lommel/Belgium on 30 May 1957. Studied acting in Antwerp. Hired as an actor at Antwerp municipal theatre “Koninklijke Nederlandse Schouwburg”. Together with Guy Joosten in 1984 he founded the independent group in “Blauwe Maandag Compagnie” in opposition to the dusty repertory theatre and he has been producing for it ever since, managing it on his own after 1991. In 1998/99 the group merged with the “Koninklijke Nederlandse Schouwburg” under the name “Het Toneelhuis", Perceval became its artistic director.

He received many awards for his productions in the Flemish language, including the Thalia Prize in 1990 for the artistic work as a whole; numerous invitations to theatre festivals in the Netherlands and Belgium.

He was awarded the 3sat Innovation Prize for “Battles!”, the German version of “Ten Oorlog” (production of the year 2000 in the critics’ survey of “Theater heute”). His contract with “Het Toneelhuis” will expire in 2005, then he wants to commit himself as an in-house director at the Berlin Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz.