A Substitute for Life

A new one act play by Simon Brett. 
Starring Tim Hardy, directed by Alison Skilbeck.


absolutely spellbinding’ ★★★★1/2 Bouquets & Brickbats 

'Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for real life'.

Robert Louis Stevenson's words resonate for Francis Kenworthy

Born to affluence in the middle of the nineteenth century, Francis has always used books as a means to insulate himself from real life. Books can make him forget about the brutalities of his Victorian upbringing, but books can’t protect him when a family accident forces him to face reality and his responsibilities. The seeds of tragedy have been sown long ago; a violent outcome is inevitable.

Tim Hardy plays Francis Kenworthy in Simon Brett’s riveting dark Victorian thriller directed by Alison Skilbeck.

Hardy’s one man “Trials of Galileo” by Nic Young received five star reviews in Edinburgh 2015 and was performed at The Swallow Theatre in 2017.

Tickets : £12.50
Recommended for age 14+ (contains adult themes)
Approximately 50 minutes.
Presented by The Swallow Theatre as part of the Wigtown Book Festival.
Tickets for this show are being sold by Wigtown Book Festival at https://www.wigtownbookfestival.com/ - on sale from 1 August.
Book
Venue
The Swallow Theatre
Moss Park, Ravenstone
Whithorn
Newton Stewart
Dumfries & Galloway
DG8 8DR