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Holy Fool
Under Stalin, composer Dmitri Shostakovich must appear compliant while hiding resistance inside the music that keeps him alive.
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At the height of Stalin’s regime, Dmitri Shostakovich lives under the threat of torture and death, knowing that a wrong artistic choice could destroy him. He tries to satisfy a brutal ruler while resisting inwardly, using coded composition to conceal meanings that cannot safely be spoken. The play centres on the contradiction between public obedience and private defiance under tyranny.
A tense historical drama with dark wit, using artistic compromise and coded music to examine the absurdity and danger of life under authoritarian rule.
political repression, artistic resistance, coded expression and historical drama.
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- From 27 Aug 2026
- Booking until 10 Oct 2026
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