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FAITH HEALER by Brian Friel
Three Perspectives, One Truth?
Travelling through remote and lonely villages in Scotland and Wales, Frank works his magic, curing the sick and giving strength to the weak. Frank has a gift. A gift of healing. His powers are real, are they ?
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Faith Healer is a haunting and spellbinding piece of theatre that tells the story of Frank, his wife Grace and manager Teddy who each take turns to recall their lives together, unveiling a pool of fractured and contradictory memories.
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Acclaimed Hong Kong company Theatre du Pif brings its signature physical and emotional intensity to Brian Friel’s celebrated masterpiece – a profound meditation on art, faith and the stories we cling to for survival.
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​Performed in English with Chinese surtitles
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Pod Programme
Faith Healer - Chinese Excerpts Reading
"At long last I was renouncing chance"
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"Art is not to show the island but where the sea cannot overcome the land." James Joyce, a fellow Irishman of Brian Friel.
This Easter, Faith Healer gathers in the half-light before its English staging unfolds. We invite you to first encounter its Chinese translated excerpts, where lines move like incantations, and language crosses borders in search of new resonance.
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Three monologues rise in turn, like testimonies carried on the tide, circling memory, doubt, and faith as though piecing together an unseen truth. Accompanied by live music, the audience enters a world at once stark and spellbound: where belief trembles, love endures, and the human heart stands quietly revealed.
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Translation & Performance: Bonni Chan
Live Music: Lau Chi Bun
Lighting Design: Lau Ming Hang
5-7.4.2026 5pm
6.4.2026 4pm & 8pm
Cattle Depot Theatre
​$160 / $100#
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★★★★★
“Absorbing fiction... brilliant and profound... a great play.” - The Irish Times
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"One of those rare works of art audiences re destined to recall as a deeply personal experience. A powerful piece of writing." - The New York Times
★★★★★
"The writing is beautiful, supple, rhythmical, charged with the slow, sure throb of despair and enchantment…" - The Observer
★★★★★
"One of the most quietly powerful and influential plays of the last 30 years." - The Guardian
★★★★★
"A mesmeric and incandescent masterpiece." - The New York Times
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- No latecomers will be admitted.
- The programme is approximately 2 hours and 30 mins with intermission
- The programme contains smoking scenes.
- Theatre du Pif reserves the right to substitute artists and vary the advertised programme.
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*Discount tickets HK$250 for English performance are available for full-time students, senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and the minder and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients. Limited tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Concessionary ticket holders must produce evidence of their identity or age upon admission
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Performances
English Performances​
10-11, 13-18 Apr 2026 7:45pm
The Jockey Club Studio Theatre, Fringe Club
$340 /$250*
Free Seating
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Chinese Excerpts Reading
5-7.4.2026 5pm
6.4.2026 4pm & 8pm
Cattle Depot Theatre
​$160 / $100*
Free Seating
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Package
Purchase tickets for both the performance and the reading to enjoy a special package $450/ $300* (includes one standard ticket for each event)
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Team
Director
Michael Bray
Cast
Sean Curran, Barry ORorke,
Davina Carrete
Stage Designer
Lawrence Lee
Lighting Adviser
Lau Ming Hang
Lighting Designer
Hui Wing Yan
Producers
Melissa Leung Hiu-tuen, Jamie Wu
Marketing & Promotion
Muscle Green
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19-20 Jan 2024 8pm
20-21 Jan 2024 3pm
Studio Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Director
Michael Bray
Cast
Sean Curran, Peter Jordan, Candice Moore
Stage Designer
Lawrence Lee
Lighting Designer
Lau Ming Hang
Costume Designer
Ainsley So
Sound Designer
Leung Sze Wah
Producer
Jamie Wu
Supported by Hong Kong Arts Development Council, and Consulate General of Ireland
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The Hong Kong Arts Development Council supports freedom of artistic expression. The views and opinions expressed in this project do not represent the stand of the Council.





















