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Holy Fool

Holy Fool

Starting Thursday, 27 August 2026

About the Show

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.

Key Details

Venue address

Park Theatre

Park Theatre, Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park

London, N4 3JP

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Nearest tube station

Finsbury Park

Nearest train station

Old Street, Moorgate

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