Rodney Matthews, Mark Wood, Jonathan Vickers and Ewan Petrie Will Star in THE PILLOWMAN at ACT

Granite, Cabaret and A Play, A Pie and A Pint actors Rodney Matthews, Mark Wood, Jonathan Vickers and Ewan Petrie are set to return to the city to star in a thrilling new production of The Pillowman created in Aberdeen.

After the monumental success of the sold out production of Cabaret, Aberdonian Director Derek Anderson returns to the Arts Centre and Theatre on the 20th to the 23rd of April with multi award-winning play The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh.

Tickets are now on sale.

The Pillowman is the hugely successful dark comedy written by Martin McDonagh who is best known for his films In Bruges and Seven Psychopaths. It was the winner of the 2004 Olivier Award for Best Play, the 2005 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award and two Tony Awards. McDonough's most recent play Hangmen is currently running in London's West End.

The Pillowman follows a writer in a totalitarian state who is interrogated about the gruesome content of his short stories and their similarities to a number of child-murders that are happening in his town. Two detectives tease out the resemblance between real and fictional worlds while probing the personal responsibility of the writer. Story piles upon story as the evening progresses and the tension mounts, when parallel interviews taking place in the adjoining cell with the writer's brother are revealed.

Director Derek Anderson's last project was the unique and immersive production of Cabaret at ACT Aberdeen where the venue was completely transformed into the infamous nightclub, complete with cabaret-style tables and chairs. The Pillowman is a continuation of the exciting new partnership between ACT Aberdeen and the producer/director. His other credits include the sold-out and critically acclaimed London revival of Sweeney Todd, which won the 2015 WhatsOnStage Award for Best Off-West-End Production.

Anderson said: "It's incredibly exciting to be able to present this epic and truly unique theatrical experience to an Aberdeen audience for the first time with a full professional cast. Alongside gripping plot twists, it combines horror and suspense with irresistible humour and unexpected moments of tenderness which keeps the audience on the edge of their seat, right to the very last line."

Rodney Matthews (Tupolski) is currently in Aberdeen as part of the National Theatre of Scotland's production of Granite at Marischal College. He also appeared at His Majesties Theatre as John Guthrie in Sunset Song, Tulloch in The Cone Gatherers and with Scotland's Ensemble in A Midsummer Nights Dream and All My Sons. He trained in London and worked with many theatres in England before coming home to join the ensemble at Dundee Rep.

Mark Wood (Ariel) is originally from Aberdeen and currently appearing in the National Theatre of Scotland's production of Granite at Marischal College. Recent credits include Vanya, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet and Blood Wedding at the Citizens Theatre Glasgow, Victoria at Dundee Rep and The War Hasn't Started Yet, Secrets, Take Me If You Need Me and The Children Never Looked Back with A Play, A Pie and A Pint.

Jonathan Vickers (Katurian) is originally from Aberdeen and recently starred as Cliff Bradshaw in Cabaret at ACT. Prior to this he appeared as Perkins/ understudy Edward Lyons in the UK Tour of Blood Brothers, NASA Controller in the UK Arena Tour of The War of the Worlds, Frankie Valli in Big Girls Don't Cry UK Tour, Zombie Prom, Singin' In The Rain and Calamity Jane.

Ewan Petrie (Michal) is originally from Aberdeen and was recently in The Angel and the Manse for A Play, A Pie and A Pint on tour including The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen. Other credits include Romeo and Juliet, Not About Heroes and Never Land on National Tour, Mother Goose at Regal Theatre, Bathgate, Sleeping Beauty for Alhambra Theatre, Dunfermline, And I Ran with the Gang at Edinburgh Festival, Popular for Vienna's English Theatre and the workshops of Alice by Heart at the National Theatre, London.