Disco Pigs Review: An intense and powerful performance I won't forget for a long time |
When Disco Pigs was first performed on stage in Cork in 1996, it was met with much acclaim and launched the careers of writer Enda Walsh and actors Cillian Murphy and Eileen Walsh. A film adaptation followed in 2001.
I was too young to see that original performance three decades ago, and while I knew of the basic premise of the story, and the groundbreaking nature of the play, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I took my seat at The Everyman last week to see the 30th anniversary production of the show.
Disco Pigs centres on two teens, Pig and Runt, as they approach adulthood. They are both living in ‘Pork City’, share the same birthday and speak the same secret language. That city, and its secret........