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Dark fairy tale is sure to intrigue audience
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The Tony Award-winning play 鈥淭he Pillowman鈥 will be staged at the Majestic Theater from September 18-22, inviting audiences to experience the charm of 鈥渄ark fairy tales.鈥
Presented by Beijing Drum Tower West Culture Co, the play is based on the work of Irish playwright Martin McDonagh.
The original work features Katurian, a fiction writer who lives and works in a police state. As his stories are similar to several murders, he鈥檚 interrogated by the police.
鈥淭he playwright is good at writing about 鈥榚vil people,鈥 always managing to display the small but sparkling aspects of their personality,鈥 said producer Shi Hang. 鈥淚 love the way 鈥楾he Pillowman鈥 tells stories 鈥 one followed by another darker and fancier. I don鈥檛 like a stage filled with skills, when it should be filled with stories instead.鈥
Drum Tower West鈥檚 version was produced five years ago for small-scale theaters. The company revised it this year to suit bigger stages though the story plot remained the same.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a very tiring play for the crew,鈥 said director Zhou Ke. 鈥淭hey always say they don鈥檛 want to touch the play again after each performing season, but keep going back on their word. This is the irresistible charm of the play.鈥
Zhou said the challenge of revising the play into a version for larger theaters lies in how to 鈥渟pread the energy to a larger audience.鈥
鈥淲e made visual and audio changes, as well as upgrades in set design, music and multi-media application,鈥 he said. 鈥淲hat remains unchanged is our intention to tell audiences good stories.鈥
Date: September 18-21, 7:30pm;
September 22, 2:30pm
Tickets: 180-880yuan
Venue: Majestic Theater
Address: 66 Jiangning Rd
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