Enda Walsh

Two Plays (Nick Hern Books)

Disco Pigs and Sucking Dublin: And, Sucking Dublin 

Once

Theatre O (London, England)

Delirium

Roald Dahl

Following successful adaptations of Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl's The Twits has been mischievously adapted for the stage by the brilliantly inventive playwright Enda Walsh. Dahl's funniest, stinkiest book is turned upside down, as Walsh--best known for adapting the film Once into an internationally acclaimed musical--brings this revolting revolution thrillingly to life.

Roald Dahl's the Twits

It’s 11:30 a.m. and already it’s ninety-two degrees. At the bottom of a drained swimming pool, four ridiculous men connive, plot, and play for an unwinnable love, even as they face certain death at the hands of her returning husband. A riveting and savage take on the classic Greek myth of Penelope, wife of Odysseus.

Penelope (Walsh)

It’s eleven o’clock in the morning in a council flat on the Walworth Road in London. In two hours’ time, as is normal, three Irish men will have consumed six cans of Harp, fifteen crackers with spreadable cheese, ten pink biscuit wafers, and one oven-cooked chicken with a strange blue sauce. In two hours’ time, as is normal, five people will have been killed. A remarkable play about what can happen when we become stuck in the stories we tell about our lives. Visceral and tender, The Walworth Farce combines hilarious moments with shocking realism.

The Walworth Farce

Characters: 3 males, 3 females. Scenery: A bare stage The six teenage characters communicate only via the internet. Conversations range in subject from Britney Spears to Willy Wonka to - suicide: Jim is depressed and talks of ending his life and Eva and William decide to do their utmost to persuade him to carry out his threat. From this chilling premise is forged a funny, compelling and uplifting play that tackles the issues of teenage life head-on and with great understanding.

A Play

Chatroom

Donal O'Kelly

Vincent Woods

Daragh Carville

Conall Morrison

Written by playwrights working in the north and south of Ireland, these plays trace the restless urban ambition in contemporary Irish drama to turn the past on its head and look back at the land with scepticism and sometimes a rough, rude glee.

Black Pig's Dyke; Language Roulette; Disco Pigs; Bat the Father, Rabbit the Son; Frank Pig; Hard to

Far From The Land

A riveting and savage take on the classic Greek myth of Penelope, wife of Odysseus. Fringe First Award, Edinburgh 2010 It's 11.30 a.m. and already it's thirty-three degrees Celsius. At the bottom of a drained swimming pool, four ridiculous men face their inevitable deaths, and play for an unwinnable love.

Penelope

David Bowie

"Beautiful...a last transmission from a dying star." - Time Out One of the last works completed by beloved pop icon David Bowie before his death in early 2016, the otherworldy musical Lazarus is a poignant homage to his legacy. Inspired by the 1963 novel The Man Who Fell to Earth, Lazarus weaves a thrilling rock opera from new compositions by Bowie as well as many of his classic songs.

The Complete Book and Lyrics

Lazarus

A virtuosic study of one man's descent into religious mania in small-town Ireland. Inishfree might seem like a quaint Irish town, but fierce evangelist Thomas Magill knows better. He knows that jovial Dwain Flynn is a miserable drunk, that Timmy O'Leary enslaves his lovely mother, and that sweet Mrs Cleary is a blasphemous flirt. It is down to Thomas, with God on his shoulder, to save this sinful place. But the townsfolk are not listening, an angel is misbehaving and a barking dog will not be silenced. Just how far will Thomas go in his quest for salvation? This new edition of Enda Walsh's Misterman was published alongside the production at the National Theatre (2012) directed by the playwright, starring Cillian Murphy. 'luscious writing' Irish Theatre Magazine 'Mr. Walsh, one of the most fiercely individual voices in the theater today' New York Times

Misterman

An out-of-this-world hit musical from the late cultural icon David Bowie and award-winning playwright Enda Walsh.

An ambitious, profound and tender work from one of Ireland's leading playwrights.

Enda Walsh

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