Reviews

Ballyturk by Enda Walsh

danielley01's review

5.0

I was reluctant to read this as I thought it wouldn’t live up to the actual performance I saw back in 2014. I was so obsessed with it I had to go back and see it again for closing night. Nine years later, it’s still a play that has always stayed with me, and so I picked it up this evening and thought the time was right.
I thought I didn’t remember too much about the plot just parts of it but as soon as I started reading it all came flooding back, and I could remember phrases and the way they were delivered in the performance I saw. It’s safe to say I wasn’t disappointed at finally getting to read this, and now I know this I’ll read it again and again.

eggyanna's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

Enda's Walsh style of writing is beautifully playful and lyrical, whilst the content and narrative of this play feels increasingly dark and philosophical. I can't say I know what happened, but I really enjoyed reading this and the intensity of the stage directions.

flozzette's review against another edition

5.0

Beautiful play, poetic, abstract, playful. Seems like a lot of fun, despite it's heavy philosophical nature. Walsh seems very good at tying emotionality to the absurd, without being sentimental, at being both dramatic and over-the-top without being sensational.

aarongovey's review

1.0

I don't like abstract theatre, especially reading it. It just seemed pretentious and tried to be funny when it wasn't. I finished it, but got very bored. Made me feel really unintelligent, like I was missing something? Was I?

rebz's review

5.0

not a great play to simply read, you have to SEE it, it’s incredible.