Content Warnings for The Pillowman

This content warnings page includes spoilers for the show.

Language

Liberal use of cursing. Would be R-rated for that alone.

Uses the word “retarded” in a derogatory way quite a few times throughout.

Intense/Adult Situations

This is an intense show with horrific subject matter throughout.

Two characters are imprisoned, one is harshly interrogated and abused.

Several stories are told, and several acted out, where children are maimed, tortured, and killed. This is done with adult performers.

Violence

A character is hit, dragged, and tortured with water.

A character is hooked up to a battery and threatened with electrocution.

Several characters are suffocated to death with pillows.

A character is abused in a similar way as Jesus Christ, and is eventually crucified.

A character is made to put on a hood and is shot in the head at close range, killing him.

Sex/Intimacy

A father sexually abusing a child is talked about briefly.