Iris Jasmijn van Lieshout (she/they)
Dramaturg, theatre maker and researcher, with a focus on queer performance, feminism and process-led work.
About
HADALZONE is a performance and research collective of Iris Jasmijn van Lieshout (she/they) and Simon Lucker (he/him).
The Arnhem-based collective takes its inspiration from the hadal zone of the ocean and is developing a hydrological dramaturgy: a theatrical practice that plays with instability, transformation and unknowability.
Iris and Simon met while studying at ArtEZ (Artist Educator in Theatre, 2019). They worked together there in various constellations, until late 2024, when their shared practice began to take shape under the name HADALZONE. Their collaboration is marked by humour, quick thinking and associative ways of working.
Two people, two kinds of knowledge
Simon Lucker (he/him)
Theatre maker, data scientist, composer and consultant. Connects creativity and analysis within complex questions.
The name
HADALZONE refers to the deepest and least explored parts of the ocean: a world of darkness, extreme pressure and amorphous life forms. For the collective this zone works as both a metaphor and an epistemological model: a space where conventional perception falters and where ambiguity, transformation and the unknowable take centre stage.
Contact
For venues, collaborations or just a question: email us or send a message on Instagram.