Directions
Close to the highway • Parking right at the entrance • For those traveling by public transport, a shuttle bus is available from Leiden Central Station
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performances until January 2026
English audio description available from 22 August 2025
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Restaurant
Before the matinee performance, you can enjoy lunch in our restaurant, or dinner before the evening performance.
In the foyer, several bars are available where you can order drinks, snacks, or sweets. You can also pre-book an intermission package.
Next to the theater’s main entrance, you’ll find our terrace with a view over the former military airbase Valkenburg.
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The story
Up until the day German troops invade the Netherlands in May 1940, Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema and his friends lead ordinary, untroubled lives as students at Leiden University. Suddenly, they face choices that will change their lives forever. Friendship, love and everything they value is put to a punishing test. Will they fight for freedom,
Queen and country? Or will they look away, maybe even join the enemy?
Soldier Of Orange – The Musical is based on the true story of one of the greatest Dutch resistance fighters in WWII, Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema.
Having escaped to England at the start of the war, he smuggled radio transmitters into the Netherlands for the resistance group Contact Holland. In 1942 he trained as a RAF-pilot, eventually taking part in bombing runs over Germany.
After becoming the personal aide to Queen Wilhelmina, he was awarded the highest Dutch military honour for his work in the resistance.
Set between August 1939 and May 1945, the story follows the lives of Erik Hazelhoff Roelzema, his group of friends and Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.
About
The premiere was on October 30, 2010. The theatre, where the Dutch production plays is a plane hangar at the former Valkenburg Airport near Leiden in the Netherlands.
The audience experiences the show in ‘SceneAround’, a theatrical performance solution specially developed for this production. The audience is seated on a 360-degree rotating auditorium that turns from set to set, accompanied by 180-degree projections, to create an unforgettable theatre experience.
Since 2015 the production has broken all Dutch theatre records. Soldier of Orange played more than 3,700 performances to a total audience of over 3,7 million.