Faith Healer

‘Fantastic Francis Hardy. Faith Healer. One Night Only’. There are many who believe Faith Healer is Brian Friel’s greatest play. Francis’s ‘Frank’ Hardy is a healer, travelling to remote corners in Wales, Scotland and Ireland, hoping to heal those who wish to be healed. His wife Grace and his cockney manager Teddy weave their versions of their life with Frank and a terrible event into a haunting performance.

Truths, lies, deception and murder all collide to provide a dark journey into a psychic landscape that compels and enthrals.

Seamus O’Rourke, who plays the part of Frank, is a much-loved writer, actor and director from County Leitrim. He has toured his own self-penned plays – among them Padraig Potts, The Ballad of Mossy Flood and The Handyman – the length and breadth of Ireland to great acclaim.

Orla Fitzgerald, who plays the part of Grace, will be well known to television audiences from her role as Orla Walsh in the popular BBC 3 comedy series, The Young Offenders. Her theatre credits include plays for The Gate Theatre (The New Electric Ballroom), The Lyric Belfast (The Playboy of the Western World) and Fishamble Theatre Company (Inside the GPO).

Michael Patric, who plays Teddy, played the part of young Cáit’s errant father in the Oscar nominated Irish language film, An Cailín Ciúin. Among his most recent performing credits is his self-penned play, Sugar, inspired by his time at the former Irish Sugar factory in Mallow, which closed in 2006.