Gideon: A Play With Music
Prague 1938. A musician and his family face an existential question: should music play on, no matter what?
This intimate and resonant new show tells the true story of a young composer whose tenacity burned brightly even as the world around him collapsed.
Mostly taking place at the cusp of the Second World War, this production follows the life of a magnetic musician and his family as they face an impossible choice. As war engulfs Europe, Gideon’s expansive world contracts – from the concert halls of Prague to the confined walls of Terezín, a garrison town turned into a propaganda tool. Within its walls where music is both solace and deception, its prisoners struggle with an urgent question: is art an act of resistance, a place of refuge, or part of the lie that helps to oppress them?
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