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Peter Greenaway: 'The Pillow Book'

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Time 20:30
Date 18/11/22
Price £10.2

Ewan McGregor and Vivian Wu star as the calligraphy lovers who create their own version of the Pillow Book, 1000 years after Sei Shonagon wrote hers.

As a child in Kyoto in the 1970s, Nagiko’s (Wu) calligrapher father used her body to write a birthday message in paint. Now grown up and living in Hong Kong, she seeks a lover who will use her whole body as a blank canvas. English translator Jerome (MacGregor) reverses roles and becomes the subject of her penmanship. They dream up a plan of creating a new Pillow Book, some 1000 years after Sei Sho¯nagon wrote her diary. The Pillow Book marks a change in direction for Greenaway, with its modern soundtrack and its sensual, dynamic and spellbinding sensibility.

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COMPETITION: Win 1x pair of tickets for 'The Pillow Book' on Friday 18th November 2022 at 20:30.

To enter the competition, send an email to player@run-riot.com with the correct answer in the ‘subject’ line. The winner will be randomly selected.

Q: Who starred in Brassed Off opposite Ewan Macgregor? 

A: .1) Kelly McDonald .2) Minnie Driver .3) Tara Fitzgerald .4) Rachel Weisz

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