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DOUBT: A PARABLE
By John Patrick Shanley
Directed by Melanie Hooley
Supported by British Council Zimbabwe
Dorchester Arts Centre,
19 - 21 August 2010. 8pm.
Booking phone 01305 266926
DOUBT: A PARABLE
By John Patrick Shanley
Directed by Melanie Hooley
Supported by British Council
Tickets: £8 / £6 members
Kevin Hanssen and Anne Fischer come to Dorchester
"Funny, shocking, stimulating and ultimately wise"
This brilliant and powerful drama asks the question "What do you do when you're not sure?"
DIrector Mel Hooley, brings a very relevant piece for these troubled times as the conflict between a well-intentioned progressive priest and a conservative nun develops over the priest's relationship with a young boy at a school in the
Themes relating to the nature of doubt, the desire for justice and the right of individuals to live with integrity, freedom and safety, are explored in a series of evocatively terse scenes, leading to an explosive climactic confrontation between self-righteousness and compassion.
Unmissable drama.