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Winner Solas Nua New Voices Award 2025. Garrick has tidied her living room and put out the good biscuits. But social worker Hegarty is there to interrogate. Why has her son got a mysterious bruise? Is she fit to care for him? What is she hiding? As power shifts and facades drop it becomes clear Garrick and Hegarty desperately need each other. A taut thriller, a struggle for power between a worried mother and concerned social worker. But who is telling the truth? A complex interrogation of parenting, power and what it means to care.
This is an archived listing from the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Good With Faces is by Oisín Kearney, produced by Gina Donnelly, supported by Culture Ireland, listed under Theatre in the Fringe programme. It plays at Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, EH9 1PL, 6 August to 31 August.
The show runs 60 minutes and is suitable for ages 14+. Tickets from £10. Content warnings: Distressing or triggering themes, Scenes of a sexual nature and Strong language.