A writer in a totalitarian state is interrogated about the gruesome content of his short stories & their similarities to a number of child-murders that are happening in his town' Sometimes you don't even know what you've been craving until the real thing comes along' New York Times' Mc Donagh is more than just a very clever theatrical stylist His tricks & turns have a purpose They are bridges over a deep pit of sympathy & sorrow illuminated by a tragic vision of stunted & frustrated lives' Fintan O' Toole Irish Times Martin Mc Donagh's searingly brilliant new play premieres at the National Theatre London in November 2003