Penetrator

Anthony Neilson

'Penetrator' is Neilson's earliest version of 'in yer face theatre'. Obscenely violent but disturbingly watchable, the story centres around a childhood friend of two room mates: the childhood friend suffers from multiple personality and has discovered the existence of an under the covers militant group called the pentrators whose one and only pleasure is sexual terror and complete panic. The two room mates struggle with the friend's personality and struggle to believe his ramblings. 'Penetrator' was first performed at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh in 1993.