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"In an unspecified (but eerily familiar) totalitarian state, writer Katurian Katurian entertains his younger brother with shocking fairy tales. But when grisly murders that mirror these tales slice through the town, two sardonic secret policemen come knocking."
From the Official Site
Info
Performed: 23 August 2007 - 15 September 2007
Venue: Maidment Theatre, 8 Alfred Street, Auckland, NZ
Writer: Martin McDonagh
Cast: Michael Hurst, Craig Parker, Gareth Reeves, Jonathan Hardy, Oliver Driver, Sarah Thomson and Brooke Williams
For more info on the cast, visit the Auckland Theatre Company cast page!
Craig plays writer Katurian Katurian, living in a totalitarian state and being interrogated about his gruesome short stories and their similarities to bizarre incidents happening in his hometown.
For more information see the Official Site!
Programme scans
Cover Editorial from the artistic director
Simon Prast Director's Note
"Martin McDonagh"
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"Dark History of Fairy Tales" by Lisa Samuels
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Cast and crew bios
Craig Parker, Jonathan Hardy and Michael Hurst Gareth Reeves and Oliver Driver Bonnie Soper, Brooke Williams, Simon Prast (director) John Verrit (set designer) Elizabeth Whiting (costume designer) Bryan Caldwell (lighting designer) and Eden Mulholland (sound design)
Articles and Reviews
Special audience review: The Pillowman - As perceived by Starry
7 September 2007: Art Imitates Life, Imitating Art (Press Release)
4 September 2007: Review: Grim Tale
28 August 2007: Review: Murderous mayhem in The Pillowman (GayNZ.com)
27 August 2007: Review: A Storyteller's Story (NZ Reviews)
27 August 2007: Metro Live Review
27 August 2007: Review: The Pillowman at the Maidment Theatre (NZ Herald)
23 August 2007: Dangerous drama and true terror (NZ Herald)
5 August 2007: Fans follow Parker to Middle Earth (Stuff.co.nz)
18 July 2007: ATC Founder Returns To Direct The Pillowman (Press Release)
If you happen to have any articles on this play, or would like to contribute a review, please send it to mel (at) parker-blue (dot) net!
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