The Walworth Farce
The National Theatre presents Druid’s production
by Enda Walsh
Get an insight into the characters and the story by watching our exclusive video interview with the cast.
4 STAR reviews from the Guardian, Metro and Daily Express
‘A theatrical experience that claws at the imagination for days afterwards.’
Variety
'The Walworth Farce is as brilliant an original as you are likely to see in the theatre this year.’ The New York Sun
'An unsettling but exhilarating blend of the hilarious with the horrifying.’ The Irish Times
'Ferociously entertaining.’ The New York Times
It’s 11 o’clock in the morning in a council flat on the Walworth Road. In two hours' time, as is normal, three Irish men will have consumed six cans of Harp, 15 crackers with spreadable cheese and one oven-cooked chicken with a strange blue sauce. In two hours' time, as is normal, five people will have been killed.
Direct from a critically acclaimed run in New York, this remarkable play by Enda Walsh delivers an achingly tender insight into what happens when we become stuck in the stories we tell ourselves about our lives.
Read the latest Guardian article on Enda Walsh:
'Like most people, playwright Enda Walsh was horrified by news reports earlier this year of the arrest of Joseph Fritzl, the Austrian who imprisoned his daughter for 24 years. Unlike most people, however, Walsh felt a troubled sense of familiarity, a connection, with the story. "I thought, 'Oh my God, that's my territory. This is my plays.'" ... He isn't exaggerating.' Read the full article.
THE WALWORTH FARCE programme contents include:
Sylvie Goy’s evocative photographs of the Walworth Road area, and pictures of Cork in the 1970s, the world the characters in the play left behind. Production photographs and who’s who in the company.
Now available for sale at the NT Bookshop and the Cottesloe Bookstall at performance times, price £2. Programme vouchers are now available to buy online when you buy your tickets. Just exchange them at the theatre on arrival.
The Walworth Farce finished on: 29 November 2008
