Enda Walsh News

The self-appointed guardian of Inishfree's moral welfare. Thomas lives inside his own head but today that safe place is beginning to doubt itself. Outside, the people need to be watched though. Someone's got to keep their eyes peeled for the bad.

San Francisco's 42nd Street Moon presents the highly-anticipated Bay Area regional premiere of 2012's Tony Award-winning Best Musical ONCE. Based on the 2007 motion picture written and directed by John Carney, ONCE features a book by Enda Walsh (2012 Tony Award-winner, Best Book of a Musical ) and a score by Glen Hansard and Mark ta Irglov (including the 2008 Academy Award-winning song Falling Slowly ).

A testament to the power of love and music takes center stage as Mad Cow Theatre opens Once, the multi-award-winning musical.  From the very first note, Once draws you in and never lets go. This emotionally captivating musical is the only show to have won an Oscar, a Grammy, an Olivier Award, and a Tony.  The musical - book by Enda Walsh; music and lyrics by Glenn Hansard and Marketa Irglova - is based on John Carney's Academy Award-winning indie film of the same name. 

The American Theatre Wing and The Village Voice announce that Artistic Director of New York Theatre Workshop, James C. Nicola, and Artistic Director and founder of Theatre For A New Audience, Jeffrey Horowitz, will receive special Obie Awards for Lifetime Achievement at the 64th Annual Obie Awards, which will be held on Monday, May 20, 2019 at Terminal 5 (610 West 56th Street).

A young woman waits alone in a room for her number to be called. On the other side of the wall, a young man watches her. A choice must be made, one that will disrupt the course of their lives forever. The line between dreams and reality blurs in this multi-media exploration of what it means to wait...to hope...and to remember. In a dangerous, dystopian world, what if love is the most powerful act of resistance?

New York Theatre Workshop has announced three productions for its 2019/20 Season.

The Barbican Centre's Silk Street Theatre has been transformed to host Enda Walsh's third piece in his programme. The stage becomes a dark universe where five huge white cubes hold different rooms. By stepping into them, the audience is transported in perfectly curated personal spaces.

With book by Enda Walsh, music and lyrics by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, and based on the motion picture written and directed by John Carney, Once runs live on stage at the Barrette Center for the Arts in White River Junction, VT April 10 - May 19. For tickets and information, call (802) 296-7000 or visit northernstage.org. Tickets start at $19 for students and $34 for adults.

Darlinghurst Theatre Company is thrilled to announce the cast of the long-awaited Sydney premiere of Once.

Enda Walsh and Cillian Murphy team up again after a streak of collaborations started with Disco Pigs that saw them working together on award-winning and career-defining productions throughout the years. Now, they bring Grief is the Thing with Feathers to the Barbican after it first premiered in Galway last year.

The Award Winning Corcadorca Theatre Company are delighted to return to Cork Midsummer Festival with a new production of Enda Walsh's, “The Small Things”, to be performed at the Old Waterworks, Lee Road, starring Peter Gowen and Pauline McLynn. Opening on June 17th and continuing until June 29th, with previews on June 14th and 15th, it will be directed by Corcadorca's Artistic Director, Pat Kiernan, music and sound design will be by his long-time collaborator, Mel Mercier, and set and lighting by Paul Keogan.

The Bucks County Playhouse has announced titles and creative teams for the theater's 80th anniversary season, which will launch May 17.

St. Ann's Warehouse continues a season of powerhouse productions with the premiere of Enda Walsh's acclaimed adaptation of Max Porter's bestselling novel Grief Is the Thing with Feathers, April 20-May 12. Cillian Murphy (Peaky Blinders, Inception, Batman Begins) has reunited with Walsh, following his stunning turns in Misterman, Disco Pigs,and the original cast of Ballyturk.

On this day in 2012, the musical adaptation of the Oscar-winning love story, Once, opened on Broadway!

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel's Indecent, will make its Boston premiere featuring the Tony Award-winning direction by Rebecca Taichman, a seasoned Broadway design team and many members of the original Broadway cast.

New York Theatre Workshop announced today that the previously announced new project from Anna Deavere Smith will be postponed as NYTW works with Anna to realize her exciting vision for this upcoming piece.

The Omaha Community Playhouse (OCP) has announced the titles to be produced during their 95th season, which will run from August, 2019 through June, 2020. Subscriptions for OCP's 2019/20 season are now available for purchase through the OCP Box Office at 6915 Cass Street, Omaha, NE 68132 or by phone at (402) 553-0800.

Geva Theatre Center's Artistic Director Mark Cuddy and Executive Director Christopher Mannelli are proud to announce the 10 major productions and 2 festivals of the much anticipated 2019-2020 Season, the non-profit theatre's 47th year of making professional theatre of a national standard in Rochester.

The nationally regarded Fulton Theatre, in association with Virginia Repertory Theatre, is proud to present the inspiring and romantic Once, The Musical, March 21 through April 14, with Previews March 19 and 20. The actors serve as their own orchestra, playing sixteen instruments, a mixture of Celtic and traditional, for a melodic and foot-stomping good time!

Once upon a time, a guy and a girl meet on the streets of Dublin, bond over their shared passion for music, enrich each other's lives, and find the way forward to the separate paths that their lives were meant to follow. With its current homegrown production of ONCE, SpeakEasy Stage Company demonstrates once again its penchant for capturing the essence of an award-winning musical and successfully molding it to fit the expectations of their audience and the parameters of the Roberts Studio Theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts. It was announced today that the run is extended for an additional week due to overwhelming demand.