Theatre

The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh


Ferociously poignant, searingly funny and savagely engaging


  • Dates 22 - 27 May

  • Times See below

  • Ticket prices See below

Presented by Patalog Collective

Arrested by police in a totalitarian state, The Pillowman follows writer, Katurian, as he is brutally interrogated by two fierce police officers about the gruesome content of his short stories, and their remarkable similarities to a number of child-murders that are happening in his town.

From the writer of the Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA winning film “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri”, Martin McDonagh’s writing is ferociously poignant, searingly funny and savagely engaging.

What the critics are saying

  • For what The Pillowman is celebrating is the raw, vital human instinct to invent fantasies, to lie for the sport of it, to bait with red herrings, to play Scheherazade to an audience real or imagined. For Mr. McDonagh, that instinct is as primal and energizing as the appetites for sex and food. Life is short and brutal, but stories are fun. Plus, they have the chance of living forever…

    Ben Brantley, New York Times

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Dates

22 - 27 May

Times

Tuesday to Saturday - 7:30pm
Sunday - 5pm

Tickets

$35 - Preview Full
$25 - Preview Concession

$38 - Full
$28 - Concession

(Transaction fee not included)

Duration

Act 1: 75 minutes (20 minute interval)
Act 2: 50 minutes

Seating & Accessibility

Seating: Allocated Seating.

Please make sure you arrive a minimum of 15 minutes prior to the performance start time. The performance has a strict ‘Lockout Policy’, latecomers will not be permitted.

Please Note: To ensure the safety and integrity of the performance, if you choose to exit the theatre during the performance you will not be permitted to re-enter.

If you require wheelchair access, please call our Box Office on 03 8290 7000.

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This performance contains strong themes, frightening and intense sequences, coarse language and imitation firearms and as such is recommended for those aged 15+.

Please Note:

This performance will contain an imitation firearm.