the pillowman

amidst all the deadlines, i managed to find time to watch The Pillowman! (actually is HAVE to find time...i booked the tix long ago) and thanks to my DEAREST for sacrificing his potential mugging time to go with me. hur. the play lasted more than 3 hours! but i think he din regret bcos the play's BOMBAFANTASTIC! (bombastic+fantastic) =D and i thoroughly enjoyed it too surprisingly. heh heh. i watched the play without knowing what its abt! it was becos adrian pang is acting in it. =DD this play also marks my return to the DBS arts center theatre after 5 years! (i think we watched some local play for our E Lit class?)A short synopsis: This Olivier Award-winning play is black humour at its best. When Katurian (a horror writer) gets questioned and interrogated by the police, a tense cat-and-mouse game reveals the truth behind the investigation.

ok, admittedly the storyline is pretty warped as u can judge from the poster. but how the story unfolds is disturbing yet touching at the same time. yes its touching bcos of the brotherly love! -sobs sobs- its also a comedy by the way. so its disturbingly touchingly funny.
Katurian's stories mostly involved the brutal killing of kids bcos of his experimented childhood. hence when kids started getting killed the same way as his stories, naturally he was arrested. And it turned out that the seemingly innocent is not innocent and even when the truth is revealed, Katurian himself has his own skeletons in the closet (or wishing well in this context) and still had to be punished.

whats special abt this play (besides the storyline) is that they made use of visual media. shall not say much but it added to the impact of the play. good props and stage design too. =)) tho the numerous cigarettes smoked by the characters are definitely not props...... increase ventilation please!