The Silence of Snow: The Life of Patrick Hamilton

Mark Farrelly (Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope) presents his riveting, kinetic solo show portraying one of the great English writers of the inter-war years. Patrick Hamilton was a dazzling success in his twenties, producing hit plays Rope (filmed by Hitchcock) and Gaslight, and classic novels Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky, Hangover Square and The Slaves of Solitude.

But Hamilton was also an alcoholic, whose wit became increasingly mordant as his inner and outer worlds collapsed. Covering the entire sweep of Hamilton’s turbulent life and writing, The Silence of Snow entertains and challenges in equal measure, asking audiences: why do so many of us get through life without feeling we ever truly knew another person?

This witty and engaging tribute to a great English writer is written and performed by Mark Farrelly, whose West End credits include Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? opposite Matthew Kelly. He is directed by EastEnders star Linda Marlowe.

Press for this production

You won’t be able to take your eyes off this magnetic actor Mark Farrelly. He inhabits the character of Hamilton with a blazing fluidity ★★★★  The Times
Farrelly’s performance is electric ★★★★  What’s On Stage
Horrifyingly funny snapshot of the wit, novelist and playwright…brilliant ★★★★  The Spectator
Wonderful passion and charisma…a complete embodiment of a complex character ★★★★ Exeunt
Farrelly’s revelatory autopsy of a cauterised heart of darkness is intimidatingly implosive: stand well close ★★★★  The Reviews Hub