Melancholic Machinery / Hendrik Walther
photo by Bert Pot
About me
I am a theatermaker and scenographer for (music-)theatre, performance and dance. Technology is a very important tool for me, to tell stories and create atmospheres.
This website is my portfolio.
My designs often are multidisciplinary and blur the borders between set, video, space and light.
I also create autonomous installations, experimental films and sometimes direct my own shows. I like to integrate “new” technologies into theatre, like robots, tracking, motion-capture, {...}.
I am fascinated by posthumanism, non-human players and bezieling (animation) of objects and their audience.
For questions and inquries you can either use the contact form or write me a letter to post@hendrikwalther.com .
I am looking forward to new collaborations and connections!
CV
2025
Lodewijk / Sofie Kramer / scenography (premiering november 2025)
GRONIEKEN / Zummerbühne / lightdesign (premiering august 2025)
The Last Chapters (site specific version)/ URLAND / scenography
De Balans Van Het Bestaan / Stormkamer / lightdesign
Sallikaa lasten tulla minun tykö / Kvääniteatteri (Norway) / lightdesign
Je bent pittig / Likeminds / lightdesign
‘T Hooge Nest / Solo Stories / lightdesign
2024
Attic (G)Host / Innovation::Lab Utrecht / autonomous installation
PHOENIX CHAPEL / Alkmaar Light Festival / autonomous installation
Formerly Known As / URLAND / creative technology
Sara’s Mysteries / Stip Theaterproducties / lightdesign, scenography
De Grote Vloed / Zummerbühne / light-, videodesign
The Gospel According To The Other Mary / Volksoper Wien (Austria) / scenography (in collaboration with Sarah Nixon), lightdesign, videodesign
UNBORN / OTION & Ulrike Quade Company / scenography, lightdesign
The Last Chapters / URLAND / scenography, lightdesign
2023
De eeuwige kersentuin (research) / Toneelschuur Producties / direction (in collaboration with Hanna Fleer), scenography
I’d rather die / Theater Rotterdam / light-, videodesign
RIPPERDA / Zummerbühne / lightdesign
Sunrise Experience / House of Nouws / lightdesign (in collaboration with Wilfred Loopstra)
De Foetushemel / Ulrike Quade Company / scenography, lightdesign, robotarm programming
2022
Chocolate Horse / Alkmaar Light Festival / direction, videodesign
HOLY PLANKTON / Allouminous / light installation, performance, in collaboration with Simon Wald-Lasowski
Schrödingers Hond / Theater Frascati / scenography
Hollands Hoop / Zummerbühne / videodesign
Ministry of Jazz / Dutch Swing College Band / direction, videodesign
I have missed you forever / Dutch National Opera / lightdesign, co-creation
...and still we dance / Maat Saxophone Quartet, Dutch Classical Talent / direction, scenography
2021
Elckerlijc / URLAND / lightdesign
A Pole Tragedy / Sofie Kramer / light-, videodesign
Children of Happyland / Theater Rotterdam / lightdesign
Vrouw of Vos / Ulrike Quade Company / videodesign + robotarm programming
WAANZEE / Rosa Ensemble / light-, videodesign
Nacht / Tryater / videodesign
Projectorhead / Stichting de Vrolijkheid / videodesign, direction
2020
IJK / Alkmaar Light Festival / direction, videodesign
Faust (Working Title) / Dutch National Opera / set-, light-, videodesign, co-creation
An die Ferne / Operafront & Opera Zuid / direction
Being wrong and how to admit it / Theater Rotterdam / lightdesign, lightobjects
2019
Alles in de Hens / Marcel Hensema / scenography
Karlsson fan it dak / Tryater / lightdesign
Er zal iemand komen / Noord Nederlands Toneel / scenography
Cleopatra / Danstheater AYA / videodesign
The Populists (in concert) / Counterpoint Corp. / scenography, co-creation
Phoenix Chapel / autonomous work / experimental short film
Kundry / Parsifal / Bochumer Symphoniker / scenography, co-creation
Three Reflections / NITE / scenography
Wholesale Destruction / Theater Rotterdam / lightdesign