It’s 11.30am and already it’s 33 degrees Celsius. At the bottom of a drained swimming pool, 4 ridiculous men face their inevitable deaths, and play for an unwinnable love. Read more …
Druid’s previous partnerships with Enda Walsh (Fringe First award-winners, The Walworth Farce and The New Electric Ballroom) have led to sell out runs in six countries worldwide wowing critics and audiences alike.
Don’t miss this dynamic duo third time round.
W wild, crazy, word-drunk piece that intoxicates and baffles, but is destined to lodge in the memory.
It's a good play, but too enigmatic and opaque, rather like Penelope herself.
This is complex, beautiful and somehow very Irish writing.
The cast deftly handle the shifts of tone...but director Mikel Murfi can't completely prevent the play's structural weaknesses from showing through.
The performances are dazzling.
A beautifully scripted and stunningly performed piece.
[It] boasts some heavyweight casting and performances to match.
The big question "so what?" keeps surfacing.
Interview: Enda Walsh--playwright
Penelope puts Homer's Odyssey in a pair of Speedos
Enda Walsh: 'I only operate properly in my imaginatin'
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh from Thursday August 5, 2010, until Sunday August 29, 2010. Check the Traverse website for times and prices.. More info: www.traverse.co.uk
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