written and directed by Enda WalshLandmark Productions in association with Galway International Arts Festival
I thought we knew everything there was to know.
The lives of two men unravel quickly over the course of 90 minutes. Where are they? Who are they? What room is this, and what might be beyond the walls?
Gut-wrenchingly funny and achingly sad, and featuring jaw-dropping moments of physical comedy, Ballyturk is an ambitious, profound and tender work from one of Ireland’s leading playwrights.
World Premiere.
CAST
1 Mikel Murfi2 Cillian Murphy3 Stephen Rea2017 - 2018
1 Mikel Murfi2 Tadhg Murphy3 Olwen FouéréCREATIVE
Writer and Director Enda WalshSet and Costume Designer Jamie VartanSound Designer Helen AtkinsonLighting Designer Adam SilvermanComposer Teho TeardoPRODUCTION IMAGERY
Black Box Theatre, GalwayPhotographer: Patrick Redmond
Abbey Theatre, DublinPhotographer: Patrick Redmond
REVIEWS
‘strange and funny and manic and very, very dark … essential viewing’The Irish Times
‘a deliciously strange new play from Enda Walsh … it’s stunningly performed, and Walsh’s writing has wild verve’Evening Standard
‘The madcap energy, deeply dark humour and testing of innocence make Ballyturk immediately recongnisable as an Enda Walsh creation ... the theatrical values in Ballyturk are magnificent'Sunday Times
‘a remarkable achievement’ Irish Independent