HOLY FOOL

About the show

During Stalin's brutal reign, composer Dmitri Shostakovich navigates an impossible situation where his creative output must serve the state's demands while he harbours private artistic resistance. Facing constant threat, he develops a technique of musical encoding—composing works that satisfy official requirements on the surface while concealing deeper meaning beneath. This drama explores the tension between outward compliance and inner defiance, examining how artists survive under tyranny and how music itself becomes a language of covert protest.