Ballyturk
by Enda Walsh

Name: Ballyturk
Brand: Enda Walsh
SKU: 9781848424197
Rating: 3.89 (131 reviews)

Highlights

Small Cast

Male

90 minsBritish Comedy

What readers are saying

Readers have a mixed response to the play, reflecting on its abstract and philosophical nature. Many appreciate the poetic language and emotional depth, finding it rewarding in performance rather than in reading. However, some feel the writing can be convoluted and pretentious, leading to a sense of confusion and boredom among a few readers.

Poetic and abstractInteresting conversation about lifeHighly emotional and dramaticMagnificent stagecraftConfusing and difficult to comprehendFeels pretentious at times

Synopsis

A gut-wrenchingly funny, achingly sad play featuring jaw-dropping moments of physical comedy.

The lives of two men unravel over the course of ninety minutes.

Where are they?

Who are they?

What room is this, and what might be beyond the walls?

Ballyturk premiered at Galway International Arts Festival in 2014.

It subsequently toured Ireland before opening at the National Theatre, London.

'a richly theatrical experience' combines manic physical comedy with a meditation on the brevity of our earthly existence' imagine Under Milk Wood interpreted by Buster Keaton and you get the picture' Guardian

'delirious and captivating' this is thrilling theatre, visceral and cerebral, hilarious and sad' Irish Examiner

'ferocious physical slapstick comedy is interspersed with heartbreakingly tender and delicately poetic explorations of the soul... it throbs with searing poignancy at times, is riotously funny at others' a remarkable achievement' Irish Independent