Reviews – The Pillowman 2019

“In the Spotlight: Samantha Gold, Graphic Artist of Snowglobe’s ‘The Pillowman’”: https://montrealtheatrehub.com/2019/11/06/in-the-spotlight-samantha-gold-graphic-artist-of-snowglobes-the-pillowman/ With his complementary designs in sound, props, and set, Jonathan Greenway creates a dystopian dreamland. Punk-metal remixes of lullabies form an ominous introduction. Greenway achieves a effectively minimalist scenery, with the second act taking a pleasantly surprising step into symbolic surrealism. Sylvie Caverne, […]

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Q&A with The Pillowman’s enforcers: Jeroen Lindeman

Jeroen Lindeman has been acting for 20 years, starting in his native Netherlands and continuing here in Montreal. Q: How did you get into acting? Jeroen: I used to be very shy in my teens and early twenties. Then I decided to do something about it. I found theatre sports and improv so I started […]

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Q&A with The Pillowman’s enforcers: Genti Bejko

Below is a Q&A with Genti Bejko, an Albanian-Canadian director, actor, and playwright. Genti Bejko has been directing, acting, producing, and writing since 2002 for theatre, television, and film. He began his career in Albania before coming to Canada five years ago and joins this production as Ariel. Q: I understand you’re a fan of McDonagh, the […]

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Q&A with Pillowman director Peter Giser

Q: This is Snowglobe’s first time going into such dark material as appears in The Pillowman. How did you come to program this play?Peter: I have personally had a fascination with this play for many years, ever since I discovered it while living in New York. “It had the strangest mix of crazily good writing, […]

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