FAITH HEALER

26 Sep - 27 Sep 2023

BY BRIAN FRIEL

Frank Hardy has a gift. The gift of healing. A frayed banner hangs outside a desolate village hall. The sick, the suffering and the desperate arrive from out of the wind and the rain. They are promised ‘a performance’ but have come in search of restoration, perhaps a cure.

During the 1950s, Frank Hardy, his wife Grace and manager, Teddy, travel to remote corners of Scotland and Wales. Moving from village to village, they bring an unpredictable mix of theatricality and the spiritual.

Using four enthralling monologues to interweave the stories of these three intriguing characters, Brian Friel takes us on an extraordinary journey of shifting perspectives and uncertain memories.