Set on the 15th floor of a tower block on London's Walworth Road, The Walworth Farce is a blend of madcap humour and the darker, deeper concerns pivotal to human existence. The talented cast swap characters and change costumes throughout, effortlessly combining side-splitting hilarity with dramatic intensity. This "ferociously entertaining" production was written by multi-award winning Irish playwright Enda Walsh, who shot to fame with Disco Pigs - a widely successful play which he later adapted for film.
Suitability: Yr 12-13
CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE
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Review
The Dominion Post Mar 18, 2010
Theatrical games are afoot in The Walworth Farce, a tragi-comedy set 15 floors up in a squalid South London council falt where Irshman Dinny and his two sons, Blake and Sean, live in their own insulated world and where they carry out a daily ritual that they have apparently been doing for nearly 20 years.
The Times Quotidian Nov 29, 2009
Language and its Opposite The longer you work in theater the more intriguing it becomes. The basic fact that audiences are able to look across an imaginary line and see into a different time and place becomes more remarkable the longer you ponder it.
SF Gate San Francisco Panorama Nov 20, 2009
Theater review: 'Walworth Farce'
A + E Interactive Nov 18, 2009
Druid’s “Walworth Farce” a must-see
Los Angeles Times Nov 12, 2009
Theater review: 'The Walworth Farce' at Freud Playhouse UCLA, Los Angeles California
Miami Herald Nov 5, 2009
Get your Irish up in 'Walworth Farce'
