Enda Walsh
Enda Walsh | |
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2024 Berlinale | |
Born | Dublin, Ireland | 7 February 1967
Occupation | Playwright, screenwriter |
Spouse | Jo Ellison |
Enda Walsh (born 1967) is an Irish playwright.
Biography
Enda Walsh was born in Kilbarrack, North Dublin on 7 February 1967. His father ran a furniture shop and his mother had been an actress. He is the second youngest of six children. Walsh states that he saw his father, a salesman, as the 'lead actor' in the business, but as Ireland's economy fluctuated, so did furniture sales. Notably during the recession in the 1980s, when profits were low, Walsh says that he was earning more money managing his own newspaper round enterprise than his father was bringing home from the shop.[1] Life in the large family was full of incident and Enda has claimed[1] that many of his plays find their origin in his relationships with his father, his mother and her friends, his three brothers and two sisters.
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Working life
Starting with his experience at Corcadorca, Walsh has never restricted himself to straight plays but has been happy to cross genres. Originally he would write music for one member of the ensemble and opportunities for dance for others. In the list of Walsh's works, there are musicals, an opera, art installations, and radio plays, such as Four Big Days in the Life of Dessie Banks for RTÉ and The Monotonous Life of Little Miss P for the BBC.
Many of Walsh's plays including Disco Pigs,[5] Bedbound, Small Things, Chatroom, New Electric Ballroom,[6] The Walworth Farce, Penelope and Misterman, have been translated into more than 20 languages and have had productions throughout Europe and in Australia, New Zealand and the US.
His play
The
Walsh wrote the book of the musical Sing Street adapted from the film of the same name written by John Carney. Like Once, the musical was produced at New York Theatre Workshop, with performances beginning in December 2019. The musical was slated for a spring 2020 Broadway premiere before being postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Walsh writes screenplays too, starting with his short film Not a Bad Christmas (1999). He adapted his play
Themes
Walsh states that his plays are about 'some sort of love and need for calm and peace'.[15] He says that his play Penelope is about 'longing, love, lost love".[16] He says that 'all the plays are effectively about theatre, about writing'.[1] Also that 'all the plays are about routines'.[1] Walsh has often suggested that what interests him is 'about me actually getting through the day, you know'.[1] He speaks of his experience, in London, of extreme OCD. He sees his characters as needing 'to proclaim and proclaim and proclaim ... and to what? You know, to what, construct rules and sort of mechanisms within their living room but to what end? Only to try to escape them again and probably build more and more routines and patterns and all that sort of thing'.[1] Walsh also states 'what motivates me in theatre has always been to get close to characters who're on the edge of madness, or have entered it. It invigorates me to think that we're all the same….'[17] Another statement Walsh made was 'I don't like seeing everyday life on stage: it's boring. I like my plays to exist in an abstract, expressionistic world: the audience has to learn its rules and then connect with these characters who are, on the surface dreadful monsters'.[2]
Works
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Theatre
- Fishy Tales (1993) – Graffiti Theatre Company, Popes Quay, Cork.
- The Ginger Ale Boy (1995) – Corcadorca Theatre Company, Granary Theatre, Cork.
- Edinburgh Festival, West End, London. & world tour.
- Sucking Dublin (1997) – Abbey Theatre Company, Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin.
- Misterman (1999) – Corcadorca Theatre Company, Granary Theatre, Cork. Origin Theatre, New York, Washington and Dublin.
- Bedbound (2000) – Dublin Theatre Festival, New Theatre, Dublin. Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Festival (Fringe First winner and Critic's Award 2001). New York. Royal Court, London.
- Pondlife Angels (2005) – Cork Midsummer Festival, Granary Theatre, Cork.
- Chatroom (2005) – Behind The Scenes Theatre Company, Buckhaven Theatre, Fife. National Theatre, London. & etc.
- The New Electric Ballroom (2005) – Munich Kammerspiele. Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Festival. World Tour including New York, Los Angeles, Perth and London[18]
- The Small Things (2005) – Galway Arts Festival.
- Druid Theatre Company, Town Hall Theatre, Galway. Edinburgh Festival. World Tour 2009–2010, including New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, Toronto, Los Angeles, Miami, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Sydney, Wellington, London, Salford, Oxford. A revival by Landmark Productions at the Olympia Theatre, Dublin in 2015 starred Brendan, Domhnall and Brian Gleeson in the lead roles.[19]
- How These Men Talk (2008) – Druid Theatre Company, Galway.
- Lyndie's Gotta Gun (2008) – Artistas Unidos, Lisbon. Druid Theatre Company, Galway.
- Gentrification (2008) – Druid Theatre Company, Galway.
- Delirium (2008) – An adaptation of Dostoevsky's 'The Brothers Karamazov' for Theatre O Barbican Theatre, London.
- The Man in the Moon (2009) – co-written with Jack Healy, The Albany Archived 25 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Deptford, London.
- My Friend Duplicity (2010) – short play – Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Festival.
- Druid Theatre Company, Galway.[20] Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Festival. World tour included Helsinki, New York and London, Steppenwolf Theater, Chicago (2011)
- Sixty Six (2011) – one of 66 writers who contributed a contemporary response to each book of the King James Bible, Bush Theatre, London.
- Once (2011) – Musical adaptation of the film Once, New York Theatre Workshop (Off-Broadway: December 2011 – January 2012) and Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (Broadway: from March 2012).
- Misterman (revised version) (2011) – with music by Galway International Arts Festival, Black Box Theatre, Galway, St. Ann's Warehouse, New York (2011). National Theatre, London (2012).[21]
- Galway International Arts Festival. Black Box Theatre, Galway before moving to the Olympia Theatre, Dublin, the Cork Opera House and the National Theatre, London. A revival played at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin (March 2017) and St. Ann's Warehouse, New York (January 2018).[22]
- Room 303 (2014) – Art installation Room 303 featuring the voice of Niall Buggy, premiered at the Galway International Arts Festival.
- Lazarus (2015) – An original musical written with David Bowie, which premiered at the New York Theatre Workshop, New York.
- The Twits (2015) – An adaptation of Roald Dahl's book The Twits, premiered in April–May 2015 at the Royal Court Theatre, London.
- A Girl's Bedroom (2015) – Art installation A Girl's Bedroom featuring the voice of Charlie Murphy, premiered at the Galway International Arts Festival followed by the Kennedy Arts Center, Washington (May 2016).
- The Last Hotel (2015) – An opera with music by Donnacha Dennehy, featuring Robin Adams, Claudia Boyle, Katherine Manley and Mikel Murfi, and the Crash Ensemble. Landmark Productions and Wide Open Opera. Premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival (August 2015), followed by the Dublin Theatre Festival (September 2015), Royal Opera House, London (October 2015), and St. Ann's Warehouse, New York (January, 2016).[23]
- Kitchen (2016) – Art installation featuring the voice of Eileen Walsh, premiered at the Galway International Arts Festival.
- Arlington (2016) - Galway International Arts Festival, Leisureland, Galway (July 2016), Abbey Theatre, Dublin (February 2017), St. Ann's Warehouse, New York (May 2017).[24]
- Rooms (2016) combining the art installations 'Room 303', 'A Girl's Bedroom' and 'Kitchen', featuring the voices Niall Buggy, Charlie Murphy and Eileen Walsh, which premièred at the Galway Arts Festival last summer, followed by the Irish Arts Center, New York (May 2017).
- The Same (2017) with Eileen and Catherine Walsh. Corcadorca Theatre Company. Premiered in February 2017 at Old Cork Prison.
- The Second Violinist,(2017) – An opera with music by Galway International Arts Festival, followed by the Barbican Centre, London (September 2017) and the Dublin Theatre Festival (October 2017).[25]
- Bathroom (2017) – Art installation featuring the voice of Paul Reid, premiered at the Galway International Arts Festival.
- Grief is the Thing with Feathers (2018) - Enda Walsh adapted Max Porter's award-winning novel which premiered at the Black Box Theatre in Galway; In April 2019 the play was presented at the Barbican Theatre in London.
- Medicine (2021) [26]
Film
- Not a Bad Christmas (1999) – short film
- Disco Pigs (2001) – film directed by Kirsty Sheridan
- Hunger (2008) – film directed by Steve McQueen
- Chatroom (2010) – film directed by Hideo Nakata
- Cuba Pictures
- Jules in the City – story based on the life and music of Daybreak Pictures/Film Four
- Into that Darkness – the story of Franz Stangl, SS commandant of the Sobibor and Treblinka extermination camps under commission for Element Pictures/Film Four
- The House (2022) – screenplay for Netflix animated dark comedy film
- Small Things like These (2024) – film directed by Tim Mielants
Awards
Theatre
- Disco Pigs (1996): George Devine Award and Stewart Parker Awards. Best Fringe Production Award 1996, Edinburgh Festival.
- Bedbound (2000): Best Actor Award for Peter Gowen 2000, Edinburgh Festival.
- The New Electric Ballroom (2005): Theater Heute's Best Foreign Play 2005, Irish Times Theatre Awards. Best New Play 2010, Obie Award.
- The Walworth Farce (2006): Fringe First winner 2007, Edinburgh Festival.
- Penelope (2010): Fringe First winner 2010, Edinburgh Festival.
- Misterman (2011): Best Actor Award for Irish Times Theatre Awards. Outstanding Solo Performance for Cillian Murphy 2012, Drama Desk Award.
- Once (2011): Winner of 3 Laurence Olivier Awards in 2014, with 6 nominations including Best New Musical.
- Ballyturk (2014): Best Production, Irish Times Theatre Awards. Best Production and Sound Design 2014, Irish Times Theatre Awards.
- The Last Hotel (2015): Best Opera Irish Times Theatre Awards.
- The Second Violinist: The Fedora - Generali Prize for Opera 2017.
Film
- Not a Bad Christmas (1999): Short Script Award 1999, Cork Film Centre/RTÉ.
- IFTA Awards including Best Irish Film, nominated for Best British Film at the 62nd British Academy Film Awards.
- Chatroom (2010): Selected for the Un Certain Regard section at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival
Radio
Four Big Days in the Life of Dessie Banks: PPI Award for Best Radio Drama
In June 2013,
References
- ^ a b c d e f Walker Art Center (25 May 2010), In Conversation: Joe Dowling and Enda Walsh, archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 8 February 2017
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- ^ Armstrong, Maggie (1 October 2015). "'Everything I've written has been about some sort of love and need for calm and peace'". Independent.ie. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ Scanlon, Anne Marie (15 May 2016). "The enduring romance of Enda Walsh". Independent.ie. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ISBN 978-1-85459-398-6
- ISBN 978-1-85459-532-4
- ^ "BALLYTURK by ENDA WALSH". BALLYTURK by ENDA WALSH. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ Hannigan, Fergus. "Ballyturk - Abbey Theatre - Amharclann na Mainistreach". www.abbeytheatre.ie. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ "Dark Flights of Fancy in Ballyturk's Small Town". New York Magazine. 15 January 2018.
- ^ "A Gleeson triumph in the Walworth Farce". Sunday Independent. 19 January 2015.
- ^ "The Twits: Free Workshops - Royal Court". royalcourttheatre.com. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "The Last Hotel". The Last Hotel. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ Paulson, Michael (2 April 2015). "Musical? Play? All That's Sure Is David Bowie Is Involved". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ Symester, Chantelle (26 July 2016). "5 reasons why you should see David Bowie's new musical Lazarus". mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "'Everything I've written has been about some sort of love and need for calm and peace' - Independent.ie". Independent.ie. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ Walsh talk to teachers at Hampstead Theatre 2011
- ^ Plinÿ, Ondrej (2016). The Grotesque in Contemporary Anglophone Drama (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. Palgrave Macmillan.
- ^ "- Druid Theatre". www.druid.ie. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "The Walworth Farce". Landmark Productions.
- ^ "Penelope - Druid Theatre". www.druid.ie. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "Misterman". Landmark Productions.
- ^ "Ballyturk". Landmark Productions.
- ^ "The Last Hotel". Landmark Productions.
- ^ "Arlington". Landmark Productions.
- ^ "The Second Violinist". Landmark Productions.
- ^ Phillips, Maya (17 November 2021). "'Medicine' Review: One Dose Reality, Two Doses Absurdity". The New York Times.