The Walworth Farce
From: Tuesday, 15th September 2009
To: Saturday, 19 September 2009
Our Review: 
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Synopsis
What are we if we are not our stories? It’s 11 o’clock in the morning in a council flat on the Walworth Road in London. In two hours time, as is normal, three Irish men will have consumed six cans of harp, 15 crackers with spreadable cheese, 10 pink biscuit wafers and one oven cooked chicken with a strange blue sauce. In two hours time, as is normal, five people will have been killed.
Our Review:
16 September 2009
The Walworth Farce is a complex and dense play that requires and rewards audience concentration. We are helped by Mikel Murfi's crystal -clear direction which takes us through the apparent chaos and ensures we are able to follow the plot and lose none of the dark humour.
Written by Enda Walsh. the play examines the power and limitations of stories. It shows how tall tales can comfort and educate but, if not kept under control, can become a dangerous barrier to real life. It is also very funny and occasionally frightening.
The standard of acting is very high indeed. In lesser productions the towering performance of Michael Glenn Murphy as Dinny would dominate, yet he is matched brilliantly by the other actors.
Raymond Scannell as the Oedipal son Blake creates a heartbreaking character who has descended from a child who wanted to be an astronaut to an agoraphobe. Lacking a coherent personality he creepily absorbs the traits of other peop...
Creative
Enda Walsh (Author)
Druid Ireland (Company)
Mikel Murfi (Director)
Sabine Dargent (Design)
Paul Keogan (Lighting)
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