The Walworth Farce London Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (4)
See it if You like serious dramas with farcical elements tied into the screenplay
Don't see it if You want a lighter plot and can't be arsed to focus throughout the evening
See it if You like Enda Walsh’s word play
Don't see it if You hate Philip Ridley does Irish decay Read more
See it if You're looking to do something different
Don't see it if You struggle to hold your attention to slow paced stories
See it if you like dark tales and Irish accents.
Don't see it if you like Mrs Brown's Boys.
Critic Reviews (9)
“Walsh's play is really a play about plays; theatre's power to convince us of the lies we tell ourselves in order to cope with an increasingly bleak reality. Perhaps it's not just the right place for a revival, but the right time too.”
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"Walsh’s work is drawn repeatedly to play-acting amid stasis. Here there are genuinely funny, genuinely unsettling moments. "
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"Though there’s plenty of surreal humour built into Walsh’s brilliantly skewed script, Allpress never shies away from the nightmare unfolding under the surface"
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"Not everyone will embrace Walsh's testosterone-fuelled, no holds barred mayhem, but for those who like their plays bold, gory and bracing, 'The Walworth Farce' is a macabre delight… and these adrenalised performances rock."
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"It is just a shame my first trip there wasn’t all I had hoped. The show itself did have some good qualities including its wonderful cast. While I may not have been completely won over, it definitely wasn’t a complete farce."
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“In reality, as an audience, we have to work hard with this one; it takes real concentration and determination to figure out what’s going on, and to keep track of the multiple plot lines unfolding all at once. But when you put in the effort, you are rewarded with an astoundingly clever piece of writing.”
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“Like a lot of Walsh’s work, this play drops you into its characters’ uncanny, insular world and you have to pick up their rules and rituals as you go along.”
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"While there are giddy costume changes and Skinner has comical swagger, the slapstick seldom reaches fever pitch nor carries enough underlying terror. "
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