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Holleman’s performance is striking and powerful, including raw subject matter discussing the abuse and turmoil of Salomé’s childhood. With discussion too around the South African apartheid as well as other violence in the countries in which Salomé had lived in, we see another layer of metaphor to the story.

She has become Salomé, & transported her to a torturous modernity where bruising childhood abuse has left her seriously mentally scarr’d.

Salomé, Tragedy of the Femme Fatale is more than just a retelling of a classic tale—it is a deeply personal exploration of what it means to be human, to long for something more, and to ultimately confront the demons that lie within us all.