


His music made him. It could destroy him.
At the height of Stalin’s regime, celebrated composer Dmitri Shostakovich walks a perilous tightrope. One wrong note could topple him; one perfectly judged crescendo might save his life.
Under the constant threat of torture and death, he must appease a brutal despot – while quietly resisting him.
Outwardly compliant, inwardly defiant, Shostakovich composes in code: music that conceals as much as it reveals.
Holy Fool is a tense, darkly witty exploration of the absurdity of tyranny, the bravery of resistance and the triumph of the human spirit.
Relaxed performance:
Audio Described:
BSL Interpreted:
By: Rosalind Adler and Lea Sellers
Director: Kate Fahy
Location: Fringe/Off West End Railway station: Seven Sisters Bus numbers: (Finsbury Park) 210
At the height of Stalin’s regime, celebrated composer Dmitri Shostakovich walks a perilous tightrope. One wrong note could topple him; one perfectly judged crescendo might save his life.
Holy Fool is at London's Park Theatre, which is located at Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park, London, N4 3JP.
Holy Fool tickets start at £18.
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