Enda Walsh is an Irish playwright whose works often delve into the raw reality of the human experience with a unique, often unsettling, humor. His writing is characterized by impressive linguistic virtuosity and an ability to explore complex relationships and existential themes. Walsh's plays are known for their urgency and their ability to capture the essence of contemporary life, often with a provocative and unconventional approach. His influence on modern drama is significant, and his plays are performed worldwide.
John Kane sits on a hospital trolley. Very shortly, a giant lobster, two women called Mary, a very old man and a jazz percussionist arrive. Then everything starts.Devastatingly funny and profoundly moving ,Medicine examines how, for decades, we have treated those we call 'mentally ill'.
A compelling ode to the human spirit and its power to endure. Published in this edition alongside three short theatre installations - Kitchen, A Girl's Bedroom and Room 303.
How do you outwit a Twit? Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, ugliest people in the world. They hate everything -- except playing mean jokes on each other, catching innocent birds to put in their Bird Pies, and making their caged monkeys, the Muggle-Wumps, stand on their heads all day. But the Muggle-Wumps have had enough. They don't just want out, they want revenge.
A gut-wrenchingly funny, achingly sad play featuring jaw-dropping moments of physical comedy.
An extraordinary, original and irresistibly joyous celebration of love, friendship and music. Winner of 8 Tony Awards in 2012, including Best New Musical.
In Enda Walsh's MISTERMAN we enter the head of Thomas Magill, an unstable man whose mission is to bring God to his fellow townsfolk.
The second collection of plays from the multi-award-winning Irish playwright. Includes a Foreword by the author.
A powerful play from one of Ireland's most innovative writers. Enda Walsh's extraordinary update of a section of The Odyssey sites four belligerent, self- made men in an empty, dilapidated swimming pool and watches them strut, posture and compete to outdo each other with every hilariously overweening speech.
Two old women, trapped in a remote Irish town of gossip and fish, obsessively relive the time when, as 17-year-olds, they were nearly seduced at the New Electric Ballroom by Roller Doyle, the singer in a touring band.
The six teenagers in Chatroom never meet each other, they just communicate 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 do their utmost to pursuade him to carry out his threat. This play tackles some issues of teenage life head-on.