“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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"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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“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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"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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“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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"The denouement does not disappoint: Walsh pulls off his virtuoso tale-telling, and this production supports it to the hilt."
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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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