Twenty five years after its first ground breaking tour, Pat McCabe's 'Frank Pig Says Hello' takes to the stage at Roscommon Arts Centre on Tuesday, October 23 at 8pm, in a new production that brilliantly captures the legendary original.
Desperately funny and yet deeply tragic, 'Frank Pig Says Hello' is one of the great classics of modern Irish theatre. It tells the story of Francie Brady growing up in a small Irish town in the 1960s and his descent towards a brutal act that shocks his community.
Described as “one of the saddest and funniest tales I have seen” The Irish Times; “a masterpiece” The Evening Herald and “an extraordinary piece of theatre” The Sunday Independent, the original production coincided with McCabe's Booker-winning novel of the same story entitled 'The Butcher Boy'. The play distils Francie's infamous narrative into a riveting evening of pure, concentrated theatre.
Featuring mesmerising performances by two actors, Darragh Byrne and John Ruddy, 'Frank Pig' is regarded as one of the most vivid, hilarious and heartbreaking evocations ever seen on a stage of an Irish childhood and adolescence gone wrong. From the opening live trumpet notes over an image of a happy, comical boy acting the piglet, to the breathtaking depiction of a dark deed, this is theatre at its most entertaining and gripping best. Suitable for ages thirteen and over.
This Co-Motion Media tour of 'Frank Pig Says Hello' is grant aided by the Arts Council of Ireland and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
Tickets available now from Roscommon Arts Centre on 09066 25824/www.roscommonartscentre.ie.
