1 Additional Performance
4 Mar 3:00pm
Book from Dec 3
A play that renews your faith in theatre with this beautiful script, committed cast and sensitive direction.
Haunting, tender and passionate
'With superb performances, this beautiful play cannot come too highly recommended'
★★★★★ The Telegraph
"Quietly charismatic …" ★★★★ The Guardian
"[A] Superbly performed revival" ★★★★ Mail on Sunday
★★★★Financial Times
★★★★Whatsonstage
★★★★The Independent
What is the true price of belief?
Famed Irish playwright Brian Friel’s extraordinary and highly acclaimed Faith Healer asks this question through the story of Fantastic Francis Hardy, a faith healer who roams the British Isles, attracting the sick and desperate.
But are his miracles real?
Presented in a version by Simon Godwin of the UK’s oldest working theatre, Bristol Old Vic, this production will see brilliant performances by the actors who portray the three characters of the play: Hardy, his wife Grace and his manager Teddy.
And at what cost comes these mysterious cures?
With these three characters providing different viewpoints on one singular incident told through four monologues, the play’s unforgettable climax will leave you on the edge of your seat.
Performed in English with Chinese surtitles
Approx 2 hrs incl one interval
Related Festival PLUS programme(s)
Meeting Bristol Old Vic
Farrows Creative
Written by
BRIAN FRIEL
Director
SIMON GODWIN
Designer
MIKE BRITTON
The Hong Kong cast may be different from the original cast featured on this website.
Brian Friel
Born in County Tyrone in 1929 Friel is one of Ireland’s most prominent playwrights. His works premiered and were produced at the world’s most prestigious venues like the Abbey Theatre, the West End and Broadway. Winner of numerous honours, he received an Honorary Doctorate of Literature from the National University of Ireland and was nominated to the Irish Senate in 1987. His plays won many prizes — Dancing at Lughnasa alone won three Tony awards. Friel often explored the idea of truth and communication in his work and the subjectivity of individual experience which creates the illusion of multiple realities.
