After the success of American Buffalo at the King’s Arms, David Thacker returns to direct Brian Friel’s Faith Healer this January. Previously voted one of the most significant plays of the 20th century in a poll by the National Theatre, it is also considered one of the best plays of all time.
‘Frank Hardy (Colin Connor), his partner Grace (Vicky Binns) and manager (Rupert Hill), have spent years travelling in a small van to remote villages in Wales and Scotland, hoping to find an audience for Frank’s apparently miraculous healing. Their accounts often contradict as they share the troubled thoughts and unresolved mysteries of their lives in Friel’s haunting, gripping masterpiece. They retrace their journeys along the long and winding road that leads them back to Ireland and a fateful night in Ballybeg.’