Henry Flowers by the Light/Light Collective which will be performed on Wednesday 21 January in Zaal 3 is part of the Het Nationale Theater’s non-Dutchie Series of handpicked performances by a variety of national and international artists for which you do not need to understand Dutch.
Everybody wants Henry Flowers to cut off his fingers.
Henry is very against this idea. He’s fond of his hands the way they are. He needs them for important things… Like sculpting.
His father thinks the fingers are a distraction. It’s better to get rid of them. They’re good for nothing.
It’s time Henry becomes a proper citizen and stops twiddling his thumbs.
Henry Flowers is more than a play, it is a surreal rite of passage—a theatre of blasphemy, transformation, and devotion. It weaves together music, light art, and a monumental descending sculpture of a hand.
About Light/Light Collective
Visually striking, sonically complex, and emotionally uncanny—Light/Light Collective invites audiences into dreamscapes where meaning emerges through intuition, atmosphere and sensory experience.
The collective brings together light artist Ulysse Fontaine, sound artist and composer Mateusz Godlewski, and visual artist/performer Omer Van Soldt in a richly interdisciplinary exploration of contemporary theatre.
Their collaborative process begins with a strong emphasis on audiovisual imagination, treating light, sound, and gesture as narrative forces in their own right. This immersive approach becomes the groundwork from which text and story arise organically, resulting in surreal, absurdist dialogues that challenge conventional dramaturgy.
Henry Flowers
Wed 21 Jan 20:30 – 21:15
Zaal 3, – De Constant Rebecqueplein 20-A, The Hague