Cast
- Breda Rosaleen Linehan
- Ada Catherine Walsh
- Clara Ruth McCabe
- Patsy Mikel Murfi
By Enda Walsh
In 2009 The New Electric Ballroom received its Australian and American premieres, toured extensively in Ireland and was also staged in London.
'Funny, tender-hearted and at times pitch dark.'
The New Electric Ballroom is a coiled, dark, glitter-dusted fable of the emotionally stultifying effects of small-town life. Here possibilities are endless, hopes are high and opening your heart might be the one thing that saves you.
This production has wowed audiences in Edinburgh, Perth, London, Galway, Dublin and on tour around Ireland. The winning combination of great writing and breathtaking performances – “the acting is superlative” New York Times – is simply too good to miss!
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New York Times
Mr Walsh … has a breathtaking lyrical gift capable of encompassing daft humor and spine-chilling truths in language that still remains powerfully real
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“
Variety
pricelessly funny … deeply moving
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Winner Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards 2009
- Best New Play
- Best Supporting Actor (Mikel Murfi)
Winner Edinburgh Fringe First Award 2008
Credits
Creative Team
- Written and directed by Enda Walsh
- Set Design Sabine Dargent
- Lighting Design Sinéad McKenna
- Sound Design Gregory Clarke
- Casting Directo Maureen Hughes
Production Team
- Production Manager Eamonn Fox
- Company Stage Manager Sarah Lynch
- Stage Director Lee Davis
- Assistant Stage Manager Colm O'Callaghan/ Jen Raith
- Technical Manager Barry O'Brien
- Costume Supervisor Doreen McKenna
- Wigs and Make Up Val Sherlock
- Carpenters Gus Dewar/ Tony Cording
- Publicist Kate Bowe PR
- Graphic Design Bite! Associates
- Cover Image Photographer Ros Kavanagh
- Production Photographer Keith Pattison
Dates & Tickets
Galway Irish Premiere Druid Lane 8 - 26 July 2008
Perth, Australia Perth International Arts Festival 17 - 25 February 2009
London Riverside Studios 3 - 29 March 2009
Longford Backstage Theatre 7 - 8 April 2009
Portlaoise, Co. Laois Dunamaise Theatre 11 - 12 April 2009
Galway Town Hall Theatre 15 - 19 April 2009
Cork Everyman Palace Theatre 21 - 25 April 2009
Dublin Peacock Theatre 23 September - 17 October 2009
New York St. Ann's Warehouse 27 October - 22 November 2009
Los Angeles UCLA Live 2 - 6 December 2009