An Abbey Theatre production
Faith Healer
3 December - 22 January 2022
by Brian Friel
Booking Information
All remaining performances of Faith Healer have been cancelled. Our box office team will be in touch with all ticket holders.
Dates: 3 December 2021 – 22 January
on the Abbey stage
Previews: 3 – 6 December 2021
Tickets: €13 – €45
Running Time: 2 hours and 40 minutes, with a 15 minute interval.
Sign language interpreted performance: Thursday 13 January, 5:00pm
Audio-described and captioned performance: Saturday 15 January, 12:00pm
‘Am I endowed with a unique and awesome gift? My God, yes, I’m afraid so.’
Frank Hardy. Faith Healer.
Travelling through remote and isolated areas in Scotland and Wales, Frank Hardy offers his unique cure to the most desperate and hopeless of people. Does he actually possess a gift? Or are these rare and miracle healings only tricks of the mind?
Telling the story of Frank, his wife Grace and manager Teddy, we encounter differing perspectives of their absurd and momentous lives together. With each tale come new revelations in this spellbinding narrative.
More than 40 years since directing the Irish Premiere of Faith Healer at the Abbey Theatre, Joe Dowling returns with a new production of Brian Friel’s masterpiece on the Abbey Stage.
Originally scheduled for March 2020, we are delighted to bring this highly anticipated production to perform in front of a live audience.
This production is supported by our principal partner
Digital Programme
For more information on this production, download the digital programme here.
Audio-described Programme Notes
Download the audio-described programme notes here, or listen to them below.
Reviews
★★★★
'masterclass of make-believe'
The Sunday Times
★★★★
'Aidan Gillen, Niamh Cusack and Nigel Lindsay deliver haunting monologues'
The Guardian
★★★★
'a knockout revival'
The Irish Times
'performances are magnificent'
The Sunday Independent
★★★★
'Profound and moving, with three sublime performances, Faith Healer proves itself a perfect Christmas gift: it keeps on giving'
The Arts Review
★★★★
'Aidan Gillen and Niamh Cusack shine'
Irish Examiner
'Dowling’s direction for this revival has supreme confidence.'
Irish Independent
Credits
- Grace: Niamh Cusack
- Frank Hardy: Aidan Gillen
- Teddy: Nigel Lindsay
- Writer: Brian Friel
- Director: Joe Dowling
- Set Design: John Lee Beatty
- Costume Design: Joan O'Clery
- Lighting Design: Sinéad McKenna
- Composer: Carl Kennedy
- Sound Design: Derek Conaghy
- Voice Director: Andrea Ainsworth