THE PILLOWMAN AT BRISTOL ALMA TAVERN
Small Moving Parts Theatre Company Presents: Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman at Bristol Alma Tavern this month. A writer in a totalitarian regime is interrogated about the gruesome content of his short stories and their copycat similarity to a number of child murders that have occurred in his town. Gradually this unlikely nightmare scenario takes on an awesome reality. A brilliant black comedy about story telling and imagination.
Presented here by SmallMovingParts Theatre Company, Martin McDonagh’s masterpiece, written in 2003, has won a host of awards in the UK and abroad, after its’ premiere at the National Theatre, which starred David Tennant and Jim Broadbent. Here John Reid directs a cast which includes rising stars of the Bristol theatre scene such as Chris Levens and Adam Elms. SmallMovingParts is an award-winning theatre company based in Bristol. It has enjoyed success with its’ productions of ‘Measure of Measure’ at the Redgrave Theatre, ‘Woyzeck’ and the critically acclaimed ‘The Ugly One’ at the Alma Tavern/Edinburgh Fringe, and earlier this year, a series of plays about acting, entitled ‘These Shadows’, (Bristol One Act Festival Winners) comprising pieces from Chekhov, Beckett, Woody Allen, and John Reid, the company’s director.
The Pillowman takes place from June 14th – 18th June at the Alma Tavern Theatre, 18-20 Alma Vale Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 2HY. Doors at 8pm each night.
