Alieke and Henk

After having worked as an anaesthetic nurse for several years, Alieke van der Wijk left her job in order to begin Social & Educational Studies. Graduating three years later she started work in the cultural sector, with a particular interest in those activities directed towards change and training. Outside working hours, her passion for improvisation theatre was taking up more and more of her time. Then she discovered how the laws of theatre and communication could be combined, with exciting consequences. It was time to put it all into practice, and Troje Training and Theatre is the result.

Henk van der Steen sudied Economics & Human Resource Management; a multidisciplinary study, since he found so many things so interesting and enjoyable to pursue. It was as a student that he first trod the boards - and discovered a passion for improvisation theatre which has never dimmed. After graduating he took the logical first career step and got a job as Human Resources Manager, where he learned the difference between advising others how to lead and having to do it yourself. He continued to combine improvisation theatre with his work, experiencing the usefulness of this theatre discipline at first hand. Setting up Troje Training and Theatre gave Henk a way of combining everything he had done and learned within HRM and theatre.