Synopsis
The Walworth Farce
$14.99 Published by Nick Hern Books
3 Male 1 Female
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 larger, fifteen crackers with spreadable cheese, ten 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
Visceral and tender, The Walworth Farce combines hilarious moments with shocking realism
Fringe First Award for outstanding new writing on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
REVIEWS
'An unsettling but exhilarating blend of the hilarious with the horrifying' ~ Irish Times
'Walsh has outdone himself with a new play more complex, dark and emotionally rich than any of his previous efforts ... a theatrical experience that claws at the imagination for days afterwards' ~ Variety