PRODUCTION IMAGES RELEASED FOR THE WORLD PREMIERE OF HOLY FOOL AT PARK THEATRE

Review: ’Holy Fool’ at the Park Theatre

Rosalind Adler and Lea Sellers’ tale of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich’s run-ins with Soviet leader Joseph Stalin plays London’s Park Theatre. The post ‘Holy Fool’ review – Soviet pianist faces invisible peril appeared first on Liam O'Dell.

Holy Fool – Park Theatre

Throughout history, music and art have been used as vehicles to communicate hidden truths by creatives living under tyrannical states. Here, the legendary composer Dmitri ‘Mitya’ Shostakovich is presented as Communist Russia's Holy Fool; a man who must walk the tightrope between underplaying his talents and concealing his resistance to the state in order to survive the propaganda-led brutality of…

Holy Fool - Park Theatre, London

Writers: Rosalind Adler and Lea Sellers Director: Kate Fahy What is art for? That’s the big question that runs through Holy Fool, which examines the life and music of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, he of the wild, thunderous symphonies. An artist during Stalin’s regime who demands art be in service of the people,  Shostakovich treads a [...]

HOLY FOOL review by thespyinthestalls at Park Theatre

HOLY FOOL Park Theatre ★★★★ “strong character acting and wry, comic moments to leaven the harsh story” The theme of this new play by writers Rosalind Adler and Lea Sellers, just opening at the Park Theatre, is how the artistic world (music in this case) acts and reacts under a despotic regime led by a … Continue reading HOLY FOOL★★★★Park Theatre → The post HOLY FOOL</br></br><span style="color: #ff9900;">★★★★</span style="color: #ff9900;"></br><…

First look production images released for Tracey Scott Wilson’s The Story at the National Theatre - Theatre Weekly

Production images have been released for the UK premiere of The Story, Tracey Scott Wilson’s acclaimed newsroom thriller

PRODUCTION IMAGES RELEASED FOR THE WORLD PREMIERE OF HOLY FOOL AT PARK THEATRE

The Park Theatre and Wild Yak, together with co-producer Alexander “Sandy” Marshall, today release production images for the world premiere of Holy Fool, a gripping new play by Rosalind Adler and Lea Sellers inspired by the extraordinary true story of legendary Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich and his battle to preserve his artistic voice under Stalin’s […]