The Pillowman

Dates: 22.9.2009 to 26.9.2009. Once upon a time there was a show so revolting and yet so human and so funny that a portion of the audience felt compelled to leave at intermission while the rest stayed totally rapt in the events and tales illustrated before them. Martin McDonagh's searing play tells the story of Katurian, a writer in a totalitarian state who is being interrogated over a spate of child murders which appear to have striking similarities to some of his gruesome short stories. With Katurian's brother imprisoned in the next cell, his interrogators will stop at nothing to get the answers they want. Moving between the forbidding interrogation cell and the Grimm-like world of Katurian's grisly stories, this blackest of black comedies explores family secrets, murder, repression and the ultimate power of storytelling. At once viciously funny and deeply disturbing, The Pillowman mixes fairytale allegory and brutal realism to create a dark, haunting tale that is not for the faint-hearted or the easily offended. The original Royal National Theatre production received the 2004 Olivier Award and an Evening Standard Award nomination for Best New Play. I was captured by this play the very first time I read it, and am really excited to be bringing it to Prompt Corner, which will provide a perfect, intimate setting for this intense piece. Originally part of the 2008 season, due to rights issues I have had an extra year to develop my ideas and am now raring to make this a very special production.

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