the drawer boy

 by Micheal Healey

‘A play about the healing and restorative power of theatre.’
Toronto Sun

Premiered in Toronto at Theatre Passe Murialle in 1998, Michael Healey’s funny and deeply affecting play has become something of a Canadian classic and the most produced play across North America for the past three years.

The Drawer Boy is about what happens when the country meets the city, when the farmer meets the actor and when memories start to unravel.  Produced by Farnham Maltings in collaboration with Theatre Passe Murialle and the Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford for studio theatres and village halls this is an opportunity to see the best new work being made from the countryside around the world.  

The Drawer Boy benefits from a company of English and Canadian actors and is directed by Gavin Stride.

‘Funny and deeply affecting, full of human comedy and disarming pathos’ RTE


2008  
September  
Thu 25th The Mill Studio, Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3UX
Fri 26th The Mill Studio, Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3UX
Sat 27th The Mill Studio, Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3UX
Sun 28th Lingfield Community Centre, High Street, Lingfield, Surrey, RH7 6AB
October  
Thu 2nd Shoreham Village Hall, High Street, Shoreham, Kent, TN14 7TB
Fri 3rd Platt Memorial Hall, Maidstone Road, St Marys, Platt, Sevenoaks
Sat 4th Petham Village Hall, Petham, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 5RD
Tue 7th Uckfield Community College, Downsview Crescent, Uckfield, Sussex, TN22 3DJ
Wed 8th Robertsbridge Community College, Station Road, Robertsbridge, Sussex, TN32
Thu 9th East Quantoxhead Village Hall, Nr Williton, Somerset, TAJ 1EJ
Fri 10th Charlton Horethorne Village Hall, Nr Wincanton, Somerset, DT9
Sat 11th Compton Dundon Village Hall, Nr Street, Somerset
Thu 16th Tacchi Morris Arts Centre, School Road, Monkton, Heathfield, Taunton, TA2 8PD
Fri 17th Merlin Theatre, Bath Road, Frome, Somerset, BA11 2HG
Mon 20th Octagan Theatre, Hendford, Yeovil, BA20 1UX
Tue 21st Strode Theatre, Church Road, Street, Somerset, BA16 0AB
Wed 22nd Regal Theatre, 10-16 The Avenue, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 5AY
Thu 23rd The Brewhouse Arts Centre, Coal Orchard, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 1JL
Fri 24th Selmeston Village Hall, The Street, Selmeston, East Sussex, BN26 6UD
Sat 25th Thursley Village Hall, Thursley, Surrey, GU8
Tue 28th The Pavilion Theatre, 29 New Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1UG
Fri 31st Farnham Maltings, Bridge Square, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7QR
November  
Tue 4th Dukes, Moor Lane, Lancaster, LA1 1QE
Wed 5th Dukes, Moor Lane, Lancaster, LA1 1QE
Thu 6th Dukes, Moor Lane, Lancaster, LA1 1QE
Fri 7th Dukes, Moor Lane, Lancaster, LA1 1QE
Sat 8th Dukes, Moor Lane, Lancaster, LA1 1QE