Mind Ya Business Theatrics presents The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh at the Loco Klub, Bristol

‘The first duty of a storyteller is to tell a story.’ Or was it, ‘The only duty of a storyteller is to tell a story’?
A writer in a totalitarian state is interrogated about the gruesome content of her short stories and their similarities to a number of child-murders taking place in her town.

When it premiered in 2003, The Pillowman felt like a dark reminder of times gone by: unsettling, but distant.
Today, it feels uncomfortably close – censorship, authoritarianism, and violence disguised as ‘protecting the children’.

This isn’t a cautionary tale any more. This is a warning we’ve already ignored.

CONTENT WARNINGS:

Swearing
Ableist language
Racial insensitivity
Graphic descriptions of murder
Graphic descriptions of child murder
Child abuse
Child death
Violence
Torture
Police brutality
Domestic abuse
Suicide and self-harm
Gun shots

Themes of censorship and authoritarianism

This amateur production of “The Pillowman” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk

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