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Enda Walsh

Enda Walsh

Enda Walsh is a multi-award-winning Irish playwright. He lives in London. His work has been translated into over twenty languages and has been performed internationally since 1998.

His recent plays include: Medicine at the 2021 Edinburgh International Festival and Galway International Arts Festival; Arlington at the 2016 Galway International Festival; an adaptation of Roald Dahl's The Twits for the Royal Court (2015); Ballyturk and Room 303 at the 2014 Galway International Arts Festival; Misterman, presented by Landmark Productions and Galway International Arts Festival in Ireland, London and New York (2011–2012); and several plays for Druid Theatre Company, including Penelope, which has been presented in Ireland, America and London, from 2010–2011, The New Electric Ballroom, which played Ireland, Australia, Edinburgh, London, New York and LA from 2008–2009, and The Walworth Farce, which played Ireland, Edinburgh, London and New York, as well as an American and Australian tour, from 2007–2010.

He collaborated with David Bowie on the musical Lazarus (New York Theatre Workshop, 2015, and West End, 2016), and won a Tony Award in 2012 for writing the book for the musical Once, seen on Broadway, in the West End and on a US tour.

His other plays include Delirium (Theatre O/Barbican), which played Dublin and a British tour in 2008; Chatroom (National Theatre), which played at the National Theatre and on tour in Britain and Asia (2006–2007); and The Small Things (Paines Plough), which played London and Ireland (2005).

His early plays include Bedbound (Dublin Theatre Festival) and Disco Pigs (Corcadorca).

His film work includes Disco Pigs (Temple Films/Renaissance) and Hunger (Blast/FILM4), winner of the Camera d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.

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Penelope

Penelope

By Enda Walsh

A savage, tragicomic take on the classic Greek myth of Penelope, wife of Odysseus.

Enda Walsh Plays: One

Enda Walsh Plays: One

By Enda Walsh

The first eight astonishing plays by 'one of the most dazzling wordsmiths of contemporary theatre'.

Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin

Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin

By Enda Walsh

The award-winning play about two warped teenagers that confirmed Enda Walsh's place in the forefront of young Irish dramatists - plus his short play, Sucking Dublin.

Delirium

Delirium

By Enda Walsh

A radical re-interpretation of The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky's classic and compelling tale of family rivalries.

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The New Electric Ballroom

The New Electric Ballroom

By Enda Walsh

A dark fable of the emotionally stultifying effects of small-town life, from the author of Disco Pigs and The Walworth Farce.

 
bedbound & misterman: two plays

bedbound & misterman: two plays

By Enda Walsh

Two early plays from the acclaimed Irish writer Enda Walsh.

The Small Things

The Small Things

By Enda Walsh

A fierce and devastating fable about enforced silence.

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The Walworth Farce

The Walworth Farce

By Enda Walsh

A remarkable play about what can happen when we become stuck in the stories we tell about our lives.

Sucking Dublin

Sucking Dublin

By Enda Walsh

A fierce and uncompromising short play about a group of five individuals tormented by a rape in a claustrophobic, drug-infested Dublin.

Published in volume Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin
    misterman (2001 edition)

    misterman (2001 edition)

    By Enda Walsh

    A strange and haunting monologue from the acclaimed Irish playwright.

    Published in volume bedbound & misterman: two plays
      Disco Pigs

      Disco Pigs

      By Enda Walsh

      Enda Walsh's breakthrough play, a fast and formally inventive portrait of two teenage Irish misfits

      Published in volume Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin
        Misterman

        Misterman

        By Enda Walsh

        A virtuosic study of one man's descent into religious mania in small-town Ireland. This edition was published alongside the 2012 production at the National Theatre starring Cillian Murphy.