SALOME

A slow, unsettling plunge into decadence and longing, where every note feels like a warning and the air is thick with impending doom.

Directed by

Elizabeth Dinkova

Starring

Summer Hassan, Patrick Cook, Nathaniel Sullivan

Tagline

What do we do while we wait for the world to end?

Overview

In a society at the height of decadence, where pop stars sing for despots’ birthdays, and even fools can be billionaires, it’s not only the prophets who are kept in cages. There’s one for each of us. In a decaying palace on the edge of the world, everyone is yearning for something to believe in. Sung in English to recapture the shock of Strauss’s scandalous classic, Heartbeat’s intimate new take features a fresh 10-instrument orchestration by Dan Schlosberg of one of Opera’s most extravagant scores.

How it feels

Dark, bleak, tense and satirical. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Power, corruption, obsession, isolation

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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