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MTC is delighted to present Melbourne audiences with this exceptional production, which arrives in the Sumner after an award-winning season at Belvoir in .

As with many great productions it begins with an astonishing and uniquely structured play, built around an arresting story that takes hold of you and draws you in. Then it is placed safely in the hands of an immensely talented cast and creative team who add all the elements required to give it life, meaning and presence. Faith Healer ticks all these boxes, and then some.

Faith Healer is considered Irish playwright Brian Friel’s masterpiece. With a mythic resonance and the drama of Gaelic folklore woven through four captivating monologues, it is a story of great power that I’m sure will stay with you long after the curtain call, as it did with me.

Under the direction of , the production has been crafted by artists of the highest calibre in the country and, following the acclaimed season at Belvoir, and Alison Whyte received as Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for their performances. When the stars align like this, you know you’re in for something special.

Faith Healer is the first of three collaborations with interstate theatre companies in this year’s season. Such collaborations are at the heart of the modern theatre industry, opening doors to new artists, ideas, resources and audiences. Combining forces with our interstate colleagues makes for a richer cultural landscape across the country and, ultimately, the chance for more people to see extraordinary theatre, such as this very special production of Faith Healer. Enjoy!

Programmes can be downloaded for free at mtc.com.au/backstage Brett Sheehy ao Artistic Director

Melbourne Theatre Company acknowledges the Yalukit Willam Peoples of the Boon Wurrung, the Traditional Owners of the land on which Southbank Theatre and MTC HQ stand, and we pay our respects to Melbourne’s First Peoples, to their ancestors past and present, and to our shared future.

MTC is a department MTC is assisted by the Commonwealth Government through the Council, MTC is a member of Live of the University its arts funding and advisory body, and by the State Government of Victoria through Performance Australia and the of Melbourne. Creative Victoria. Australian Major Performing Arts Group. MELBOURNE THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS FAITH HEALER by Brian Friel

4 MARCH – 8 APRIL Southbank Theatre, The Sumner

— Cast — Teddy Paul Blackwell — About the play — Frank Colin Friels From church hall to church hall, from Grace Alison Whyte one remote and dying village to the next, Francis Hardy, faith healer, works his magic, — Production — curing the sick and the lame, giving strength to Director Judy Davis the weak. He can tell of nights when miracles Set Designer Brian Thomson were conjured as fast as he could place his Costume Designer Tess Schofield touch, but his powers have never been Lighting Designer Verity Hampson reliable. More of a mystery is why Associate Lighting Designer Daniel Barber Grace and Teddy stay with him. Composer & Sound Designer Stage Manager Whitney McNamara This performance runs for approximately 2 hours Assistant Stage Manager Roxzan Bowes and 15 minutes, including a 20 minute interval. Production Photographer Brett Boardman

A Belvoir Production Media Partner

This production has been licensed by arrangement with The Agency (London) Ltd, 24 Pottery Lane, London W11 4LZ Faith Healer was first produced at the Longacre Theatre, New York on 5th April 1979

Cover photo: Justin Ridler From the Director

Judy Davis

It’s all about language, he said to me. The play, I asked? The theatre? The whole thing, he said. Stephen Rae on Brian Friel

Born Catholic in County , Northern them later, isolated, haunted by anguished in 1929, Brian Friel’s understanding memories, searching for reconciliation with of both his country and his own identity was the past, for an understanding of the lives shaped by being, as he termed it, a member they once shared and who or what they of the minority. might be. But the characters’ control over their lives is fragile. ‘I certainly think we’re a maimed people in this country,’ Friel once said. ‘We’re a ‘I think, when the possibility of being able to maimed people to the extent that there was control, or determine what you should do, once a language in use in this country; this or what you must do, is no longer in your language is gone. When we say we’re trying hands and can no longer be summoned, I to identify ourselves, I’m not quite saying think in that case death occurs. Maybe not that we’re trying to identify a national necessarily a physical death but a spiritual identity, that’s a different kind of thing. death occurs.’ Brian Friel on Faith Healer. When you talk about a national identity, I’m not quite sure what that means. But when These issues of identity, of the importance you’re trying to identify yourself, that means of a sense of place, of foreign conquest, and you’ve got to produce documents, you’ve of the damage done when one’s destiny is got to produce sounds, you’ve got to out of one’s control – all strike a familiar produce images that are going to make you and profound note beyond the shores of distinctive in some way. If there’s a sense of Ireland. Faith Healer could be described decline in this country, it’s because we can’t as a : ‘while memory is about readily produce these identification marks.’ what has happened in the past, it’s also about what might have happened but never Written in the midst of the Troubles, Faith did.’ That the characters’ troubled Healer (1979) is in part a complex study memories are often in conflict is of identity and sense of place. All three unsurprising – we remember differently, characters are outsiders, itinerants: Frank sometimes what we need to remember, to Hardy the faith healer; Grace his wife, or create a coherent narrative for ourselves perhaps mistress; and Teddy, Frank’s perhaps; at times, perhaps, to hide. cockney manager. As they trawl the dying Welsh and Scottish villages of the Celtic Ballybeg, Friel’s imagined town, is a place of fringe of Britain in search of audiences, haunting memory that often appears in his Teddy refrains: ‘We are going to make a plays, notably in . Irish killing this time, dear hearts.’ We meet writer, Frank McGuinness, once said about Colin Friels the fictional town: ‘Most Irish people would love to live in Ballybeg, for there is one GRACE’S JOURNEY extraordinary characteristic about this small Donegal town: in Brian’s plays it is always very good weather. In fact, it is almost Mediterranean weather – volcanic weather. Because he does see it as a place of passion, and he does see it as a place of revelation; brilliant light.’

So, as August yields to September, Frank Hardy makes his fateful journey to Ballybeg. Autumn: harvest season, time of reapers, time of offerings. This is not a simple play; another quote from Friel may be helpful: Alison Whyte ‘I gave up my study for the priesthood out of conflict with my belief in paganism.’ Grace travels from Norfolk to Glasgow, takes the night-crossing and a bus from Glasgow Brian Friel died on 2 October, 2015. His great to Omagh, before walking three miles to friend, the Irish poet , had Knockmoyle to see her father. She makes the evocatively described the spirit of this great journey, which is at least 703 miles each dramatist a few years before: ‘What way, and returns to Frank in Norfolk by the I remember best, I suppose, about the following evening; making her version seventies, is the visits in the summertime of accounts virtually impossible. up to Donegal. First of all to Brian’s own house in Moft, just outside , but particularly the summer visits to his house in Mollyduft. I associate those summers with the light coming off the sea, with big windows, with a great freshness, with a sense of being in the Gaeltacht almost, in the ‘old dream Ireland’. This lighthouse, a  MILE  . KM house full of sea light, full of conversation, GLASGOW full of energy, full of irony. It was displaced and elsewhere, and Brian was at the centre KNOCKMOYLE  MILES  MILES of it as a focus and a stimulus.’ OMAGH

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References: S. Rea, ‘’s tribute to Brian Friel: a shy man and a showman’, , 2nd October 2015 ‘Brian Friel’, RTÉ, 2000 B. Nightingale. ‘Brian Friel, Playwright Called the 1 MILE 1.6 KM Irish Chekhov, Dies at 86’, , 2nd October 2015 Colin Friels and Alison Whyte QR14897 - AU MTC Programme_A5_Portrait_R2p.indd 1 14/12/16 4:14 pm Brian Friel

After a brief and conflicting period studying for the priesthood, and a decade working as a school teacher like his father before him, Brian Friel went on to become one of Ireland’s most celebrated dramatists of the 20th century.

Bernard Patrick Friel was born near Omagh, , in Northern Ireland, on January 9 in 1929. He never strayed far from these roots all his life.

He was an artist who let his work speak for itself. Famously reclusive when it came to the media, and deeply modest about his own talents, Friel scripted over 30 plays in a spectacular career that spanned over four decades.

The majority of his plays were set in Ballybeg (from the Irish word for ‘small town’), a fictitious place in the town Donegal, where Friel spent his holidays as a child. It was a setting that was local and specific, but also universal – as evidenced by the way that Friel’s plays have found a home on stages all over the world. ‘To remember everything is Often through the prism of family, the a form of madness.’ playwright explored themes of cultural Brian Friel identity and social change, as well as the desire for self-realisation and transcendence. While dedicating over four decades of his Always balancing his sharp observations life to the art form, Friel remained humble with humour and warmth, Friel repeatedly about his own powers as a playwright. explored the slippery nature of language and He once said: ‘At the end of any night’s memory, perhaps most starkly in his world experience in the theatre, all that any famous play, Faith Healer. writer can hope for is that maybe one dozen people have been moved ever so much or It’s with Faith Healer that Friel expresses ever so slightly, and that the course of their most powerfully a theme that has always lives may be enriched or altered by a very lingered in his work – that our memories fine degree.’ and stories only reveal partial truths about ourselves. The story of a gifted rogue and his tragic entourage comprises of four References Brian Friel: Theatre and Politics by Anthony Roche, monologues, with each testimony calling Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

PHOTO: BOBBIE HANVEY PHOTO: into question what we have heard before. Brian Friel, playwright – obituary, The Telegraph, 2015 Mr BURNS

HIR 16 SEP – 22 OCT

Image: by Daniel Boud Rabe by Image: Pamela BELVOIR.COM.AU Cast & Creative Team

PAUL BLACKWELL COLIN FRIELS ALISON WHYTE Teddy Frank Grace

Paul Blackwell’s appearances for For Melbourne Theatre Company, Alison Whyte is one of Australia’s Melbourne Theatre Company Colin Friels has starred in most accomplished actors across include The Chairs, When the Skylight, Endgame and Red. His theatre, film and television. Rain Stops Falling (Brink other theatre credits include Her recent theatre credits at Productions) and The Popular Mortido and Death of a Salesman Melbourne Theatre Company Mechanicals (Company B (Belvoir); Hamlet, Zebra, Victory, include The Last Man Standing, Belvoir). Recent appearances , The School for Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, for State Theatre South Australia Scandal, Macbeth, The Temple Clybourne Park and All About include Tartuffe, Things I Know (); My Mother. Other theatre credits To Be True, Eh Joe in the Beckett Shadow and Splendour, The include The Testament of Mary, Triptych, Volpone, and Vere, Cherry Orchard (Royal Love and Information, a co-production with Sydney Queensland Theatre Company); Travelling North (Sydney Theatre Theatre Company. Other The Incorruptible (Playbox Company); Australia Day (Sydney highlights include Brink Theatre); and Cloud Nine, Miss Theatre Company/Melbourne Productions’ The Aspirations Julie, The Bear (Nimrod Theatre Theatre Company); Rising Water of Daise Morrow and Moliere’s Company). Colin’s television (Black Swan Theatre Company); The Hypochondriac. For credits include The Secret and The Bloody Chamber, Mr BURNS Company B Belvoir productions Daughter, : Bad Debts, Tartuffe, Eldorado, Optimism include Antigone, Ubu, Wild Boys, Killing Time, Bastard (Malthouse Theatre). Television The Underpants, Picasso at the Boys, Blackjack, Temptation, credits include The Kettering Lapin Agile and Up The Road. My Husband My Killer, The Farm, Incident, Glitch, The Doctor Blake For Windmill Performing Arts he and Water Rats. His film credits Mysteries, Miss Fisher’s Murder has appeared in The Composer is include The Eye of the Storm, Mysteries, Tangle, Satisfaction, Dead, a co-production with the A Heartbeat Away, Tomorrow City Homicide, Marshall Law, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra When the War Began, Matching Sea Change, Good Guys Bad and in The Clockwork Forest Jack, The Informant, The Nothing Guys, G.P. and Frontline. Her HIR a co-production with Brink. Men, Solo and Monkey Grip, most recent film wasThe 16 SEP – 22 OCT Musical theatre credits include amongst many others. Colin Dressmaker. Alison is the Dusty for The Production received a Helpmann Award for recipient of numerous awards: Company, South Pacific for Best Male Actor for Copenhagen, a 2016 Sydney Theatre Award Gordon Frost/Adelaide Festival a TV Week Logie Award for Best for Faith Healer, a Green Room Centre Trust, Jonah and Actor in Water Rats, an AFI Award and a Helpmann Award in The Venetian Twins for STCSA, Award for Best Actor in a 2010 for Richard lll, and a 2013 and Die Fledermaus for Opera Television Drama for Water Rats, Green Room Award for The Australia. Film credits include a Best Actor AFI Award for Bloody Chamber. She has also Red Dog, Dr Plonk, Candy, Malcolm, and a 2016 Sydney won an ASTRA Award, two TV The Quiet Room, Charlie’s Theatre Award for Faith Healer. Week Silver Logie Awards, and Country and The Boy Castaways. a Green Room Award.

Image: Pamela Rabe by Daniel Boud Rabe by Image: Pamela BELVOIR.COM.AU Cast & Creative Team

JUDY DAVIS BRIAN THOMSON TESS SCHOFIELD Director Set Designer Costume Designer

Judy Davis graduated from NIDA Brian Thomson received an Order Tess Schofield was awarded an in 1977. As an actor, her theatre of Australia, AM in 2005 for Australian Production Designers credits include Hapgood services to the arts and received Guild Lifetime Achievement for (Ahmanson Theatre, Los the 2012 Helpmann Award for Outstanding Contribution to Angeles); (Belvoir); La Traviata – the first opera on Design in Australia in 2015. , Victory (Sydney Sydney Harbour. Other awards Her costumes have toured Theatre Company); , include a Tony award for The King internationally and include , The Bear, Inside And I on Broadway, as well as A Streetcar Named Desire (BAM the Island (Nimrod Theatre some Green Room and AFI and Washington), The Secret Company); Insignificance(Royal Awards. He designed Dame River (STC and upcoming Court); Visions (Paris Theatre Ednas’s Glorious Goodbye, Barry Adelaide Festival), Company); and Piaf ( Humphries’ farewell US tour, (Barbican and European festival Playhouse). As a director, her Keating! and Shane Warne tours), Cloudstreet (national and productions include Victory, The Musical. He has worked international tours), and The The School for Scandal and extensively for all the major Diary of a Madman (Brooklyn Barrymore (Sydney Theatre theatre companies in Australia, Academy of Music transfer). Company). Judy’s extensive and internationally on musicals, Tess’s opera work includes film credits includeMy Brilliant films and opera productions. costumes for Sweeney Todd Career, The Dressmaker, The Operas include La Traviata, (ENO/Lyric Opera Chicago), Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet, Carmen, La Bohème, Bliss, Billy Peter Grimes, La Traviata, Jenufa The Eye of the Storm, The Budd, Voss, Death in Venice, (Opera Australia). Other theatre Break-Up, Marie Antoinette, The Eighth Wonder and Sweeney projects include The Drover’s Swimming Upstream and The Todd. He was production Wife, Miss Julie, Namatjira Man Who Sued God, amongst designer of the cult film classic (with Big hART), Toy Symphony, many others. Judy has won or The Rocky Horror Picture Show, As You Like It, The Judas Kiss, been nominated for over 50 the Sydney 2000 Olympic The Governor’s Family, The awards around the world, Games and Melbourne’s 2006 Seagull, Night on Bald Mountain including an Emmy, an American Commonwealth Games Closing and Hamlet (Belvoir); Spring Screen Actors Guild Award and Ceremonies. Brian also designed Awakening, Tot Mom, Elling, The a Golden Globe. Judy won two Priscilla Queen of the Desert in Great, Riflemind, A Midsummer BAFTAs for her performance in Australia, on Broadway and Night’s Dream, Woman in Mind, My Brilliant Career. She has London’s West End. Most Mother Courage and Her received two Academy Award recently, he designed Hugh Children, Far Away and Victory nominations and has won Jackman’s From Broadway (Sydney Theatre Company). Tess an AACTA Award for Best to Oz and Priscilla Queen of has received five AFI/AACTA Supporting Actress for her the Desert on the Norwegian Awards for Best Costume Design role in The Dressmaker. Epic cruise ship. in a Feature Film for, among other films,The Water Diviner, and Spotswood. Cast & Creative Team

VERITY HAMPSON PAUL CHARLIER BRIAN FRIEL Lighting Designer Composer & Sound Designer Playwright (1929– 2015)

Verity Hampson is a NIDA Paul Charlier’s theatre credits Considered by many to be graduate with over ten years include Afterlife (National Ireland’s greatest contemporary experience as a lighting and Theatre); Dreams of Violence playwright, Brian Friel’s plays projection designer. She has (Out of Joint); Deuce (Broadway); include Hedda Gabler (after designed over 120 productions, The Cost of Living (DV8 Physical Ibsen), , Three working with some of Australia’s Theatre); Honour Bound (Sydney Plays After (, The Bear, most talented directors and Opera House/Malthouse The Yalta Game), choreographers. Recent Theatre); Already Elsewhere (after Chekhov), Give Me Your productions include The Drover’s (Force Majeure); Summer of the Answer Do!, (New Wife, Ruby’s Wish, The Blind Seventeenth Doll, Diary of a York Drama Critics Circle Award Giant is Dancing, Ivanov, Is This Madman, Toy Symphony, The for Best Foreign Play), Wonderful Thing On?, Small and Tired, Lieutenant of Inishmore, Buried Tennessee, A Month in the The Business, That Face and Child, Aftershocks, Suddenly Last Country (after Turgenev), The Gates of Egypt (Belvoir); Summer, The Judas Kiss and The London Vertigo (Charles Hamlet: Prince of Skidmark, Hamlet (Belvoir Street Theatre); Macklin), Dancing at Lughnasa After Dinner, Battle of Watreloo, and Cyrano, Uncle Vanya, Tot (three including Machinal, Little Mercy and Mom, A Streetcar Named Desire, Best Play, New York Drama Critics Before/After (Sydney Theatre Ying Tong, Victory, The Cherry Circle Award for Best Play, Olivier Company); The Strategic Plan, Orchard, Democracy, Award for Best Play), Making , The Boys, Copenhagen (Sydney Theatre History, The Communication The Floating World, Angela’s Company). He was Composer Cord, American Welcome, Kitchen (Griffin Theatre for the feature filmsCandy, Last (after Chekhov), Company); A Midsummer’s Night Ride and Suzy & the Simple Man, , Aristocrats (Evening Dream (); as well as Music Supervisor for Standard Award for Best Play, and The Literati (Griffin Theatre Holding The Man, and Sound New York Drama Critics Circle Company/Bell Shakespeare). Designer and Music Mixer for Award for Best Foreign Play), For television, Verity has been a Paul Kelly – Stories of Me. Paul Faith Healer and Philadelphia lighting director for the ABC’s received Sydney Theatre Awards Here I Come! among many others. Live at the Basement and for Honour Bound, A Streetcar Brian was a member of Aosdána, The Roast. She was awarded the Named Desire and Diary of a the society of Irish artists, the Mike Walsh Fellowship in 2012, Madman, a Helpmann Award American Academy of Arts and as well as the 2013 Sydney for A Streetcar Named Desire Letters, Companion of Literature, Theatre Award for Best Mainstage and an Australian Screen Sound Royal Society of Literature and Lighting Design for her work Guild Award for Paul Kelly – the Irish Academy of Letters. He on Machinal at Sydney Stories of Me. was awarded the Ulysses Medal Theatre Company. by University College, Dublin.

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MELBOURNE TALAM by Rashma N. Kalsie Told through the stories of three young people from India trying to make Melbourne their home, Melbourne Talam is a bold new work that explores contemporary social issues with drama and comedy.

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THREE LITTLE WORDS MINNIE & LIRAZ by Joanna Murray-Smith by Lally Katz Catherine McClements stars in the A brand new work from the magnificent world premiere of Joanna Murray-Smith’s Lally Katz, starring Nancy Hayes, cutting new play. Virginia Gay and Sue Jones.

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