Enda Walsh (born 1967) is an Irish playwright.Enda Walsh was born in
Kilbarrack, North Dublin in 1967. His father ran a furniture shop and
his mother had been an actress. He is the second youngest of six
children. Walsh states that he saw his father, a salesman, as the
'lead actor' in the business, but as Ireland's economy fluctuated, so
did furniture sales. Notably during the recession in the 1980s, when
profits were low, Walsh says that he was earning more money managing
his own newspaper round enterprise than his father was bringing home
from the shop.[1] Life in the large family was full of incident and
Enda has claimed[1] that many of his plays find their origin in his
relationships with his father, his mother and her friends, his three
brothers and two sisters.Enda attended the Greendale Community School
where he was taught by both Roddy Doyle and Paul Mercier. After
studying Communications at Rathmines College and acting for the Dublin
Youth Theatre[2] Walsh travelled in Europe working as a film editor.
On his return to Dublin he found few opportunities and so moved to
Cork where he acted for theatre-in-education Graffiti Theatre. In 1993
Walsh began working with Pat Kiernan, director of Corcadorca, a
collaborative ensemble which devised what Walsh calls ‘terrible’
[3] plays. In 1996 Disco Pigs premiered at the Triskel Art Centre in
Cork. This was the start of an international career writing for the
stage and screen. Feeling himself to be 'too comfortable[4]' in
Dublin, in 2005 Walsh and his wife, Jo Ellison, who is currently
fashion editor of the Financial Times, moved to London. They live in
Kilburn with their daughter, Ada, and their cockapoo, Alvin.
Kilbarrack, North Dublin in 1967. His father ran a furniture shop and
his mother had been an actress. He is the second youngest of six
children. Walsh states that he saw his father, a salesman, as the
'lead actor' in the business, but as Ireland's economy fluctuated, so
did furniture sales. Notably during the recession in the 1980s, when
profits were low, Walsh says that he was earning more money managing
his own newspaper round enterprise than his father was bringing home
from the shop.[1] Life in the large family was full of incident and
Enda has claimed[1] that many of his plays find their origin in his
relationships with his father, his mother and her friends, his three
brothers and two sisters.Enda attended the Greendale Community School
where he was taught by both Roddy Doyle and Paul Mercier. After
studying Communications at Rathmines College and acting for the Dublin
Youth Theatre[2] Walsh travelled in Europe working as a film editor.
On his return to Dublin he found few opportunities and so moved to
Cork where he acted for theatre-in-education Graffiti Theatre. In 1993
Walsh began working with Pat Kiernan, director of Corcadorca, a
collaborative ensemble which devised what Walsh calls ‘terrible’
[3] plays. In 1996 Disco Pigs premiered at the Triskel Art Centre in
Cork. This was the start of an international career writing for the
stage and screen. Feeling himself to be 'too comfortable[4]' in
Dublin, in 2005 Walsh and his wife, Jo Ellison, who is currently
fashion editor of the Financial Times, moved to London. They live in
Kilburn with their daughter, Ada, and their cockapoo, Alvin.
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