Enda Walsh (born 1967) is an Irish playwright born in Dublin and currently living in London. Having written for the Dublin Youth Theatre, he moved to Cork where he wrote Fishy Tales for the Graffiti Theatre Company, followed by Ginger Ale by for Corcadorca Theatre Company. His big breakthrough came with the same companys set-up of DISCO PIGS, which should have been played in Cork for 2 weeks, but ended up touring around the world for 2 years and making both Walsh and actor Cillian Murphy the stars in each field.. Since then he moved to London where he has been particularly prolific bringing his productions to thirteen stage plays, two radio plays and two screenplays .
He has been translated into more than 20 languages and have had productions throughout Europe and in Australia, New Zealand and the U.S.
