McDonagh’s Pillowman premiere is worth long wait
Theatre: The Pillowman. The Town Hall Theatre, Galway. Directed by Andrew Flynn. Tours nationally until April 19. Reviewed by Brendan Daly. Rating: ****
This Irish premiere of Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman is long overdue. Although written during a frenetic period in the mid-1990s when the then unknown McDonagh was crafting the Leenane Trilogy, The Pillowman was not staged until 2003. After winning the Olivier award for Best New Play in London, it transferred to Broadway, where it scooped two Tony awards.
Set in an unnamed police state, The Pillowman opens ...
