Details

It is the early 1960s: In a small town in a remote part of rural Ireland, young Francie Brady's dreams of adventure and excitement, fuelled by comic books and TV, contrast with the grim reality of his family life. Francie shows a child's mischievous face to the world, but privately he struggles with the hardships of his family's imminent disintegration. His father is a drunk with shattered dreams and his mother has already been hospitalised once due to a nervous breakdown. Shunned by the local townspeople, he struggles with his sense of loss and pain as his fantasies become ever more grotesque and his behaviour more and more threatening...

Cast/Performers

Tom Power, Wayne Leonard, Madeleine Moore

Creatives/Company

Author: Patrick McCabe
Company: Penny Dreadful Productions
Director: Caitrionia McLaughlin
Lighting: Jerry Smyth
Sound: Darren Murphy

Frank Pig Says Hello

Frank Pig Says Hello (Play) production archive for QTIX code T01580853052. Details of all Frank Pig Says Hello archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S1313063087

Archive Listings

20 Aug 02
to
14 Sep 02

Finborough
Inner London, Greater London
Performance Details => Venue archive

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