Marking the 20th anniversary of its explosive British debut, Enda Walsh’s Disco Pigs comes to Trafalgar Studios this summer starring former Harry Potter actress Evanna Lynch and Colin Campbell (Dublin By Lamplight; Through A Glass Darkly).
And as these rehearsal pictures show, both seem to be hugely enjoying getting their groove on.
Evanna Lynch in rehearsal for Disco Pigs at Trafalgar Studios (Photo: Savannah Photographic)
When Walsh’s breathtaking breakthrough play premiered, the Guardian commented that it didn’t so much debut at the 1997 Edinburgh Fringe as erupt there. It was awarded both the George Devine Award and the Stewart Parker Award.
Born at the same time on the same day in the same hospital, Pig and Runt have been inseparable ever since. They speak in their own language, play by their own rules, and create a world for themselves in which boundaries blur between truth and illusion. Until, on their seventeenth birthday, they discover something more. As night falls, and the disco and drink take hold, they spiral violently out of control.
Director John Haidar, Colin Campbell and Evanna Lynch in rehearsal for Disco Pigs at Trafalgar Studios (Photo: Savannah Photographic)
As we follow these two extraordinary teenagers through the streets of Cork City, drinking and dancing their way into the night, we witness with startling clarity how the nature of friendship can be changed forever.
Endlessly playing with their own unique language, it’s impossible not to be swept along by their sense of youthful abandon. Desperate for a world beyond their mundane, everyday existence – amidst the bright lights of the Palace Disco – they draw us into their orbit, refusing to let us go.
Colin Campbell and Evanna Lynch in rehearsal for Disco Pigs at Trafalgar Studios (Photo: Savannah Photographic)
Enda Walsh commented, “It seems shocking that Disco Pigs is 20 years old – but I trust that Evanna Lynch and Colin Campbell under the stewardship of John Haidar – will brilliantly send Pig and Runt crashing through their chaotic joint birthday.”
Disco Pigs plays at Trafalgar Studios from Wednesday 12 July – Saturday 19 August.
You can book your tickets through the venue’s website.
Colin Campbell in rehearsal for Disco Pigs at Trafalgar Studios (Photo: Savannah Photographic)
Colin Campbell and Evanna Lynch in rehearsal for Disco Pigs at Trafalgar Studios (Photo: Savannah Photographic)
Colin Campbell and Evanna Lynch in rehearsal for Disco Pigs at Trafalgar Studios (Photo: Savannah Photographic)