About the Show

Brian Friel's play about the life of a traveling showman who also heals people.

Frank Hardy travels through the remote villages of Ireland, Wales, and Scotland, promising miracle cures for one night only. He might just be more showman than shaman but the promise of the impossible is too hard to resist.

But it’s Frank’s work that brings trouble with his wife Grace and manager Teddy. As they each recount their lives together, they unveil a life of fractured memories.

The Lyric Hammersmith's Artistic Director, Rachel O’Riordan, directs this production.

Critic Reviews (10)

"...emotional and narrative intensity, most resembles a spoken version of a Bach Passion."
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"O’Riordan and her exceptional cast dig deeply into a psychic landscape"
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"A play that will never be entirely mapped: O'Riordan's take feels pristine and ageless."
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"...it’s an unostentatiously stupendous production..."
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"riveting performances in a pitch-perfect revival"
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"The play is written both naturalistically and with the nuance and meaning of a poem."
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"...'Faith Healer' is a gripping albeit at times confusing play."
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“Profound expression of the raw wounds of grief”
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Lyric Hammersmith Theatre