Plays by David Farn

Synopsis

Armed only with her iPad and a searing vision of the future, Parveen is spearheading a telecoms revolution. Her Galahad is Ron, a conman on the run from the bin men. Can they find a way to overcome the fearsome Welsh Dragon, Owen Brecon, and liberate his captive daughter, Dawn?

Signals is a comedy about creativity, poetic inspiration, and our struggles to communicate with one another, with some serious points to make about the world we live in.

The Characters

Owen Brecon

Owen is an elderly Welsh poet. Once he was a rising star, ‘Wales’ greatest nature poet’, but lately has become embittered, reclusive and is not in good health. He lives in a small cottage in a beautiful remote Welsh valley.

Dawn Brecon

Dawn, in her thirties, is Owen’s long-suffering daughter. She lives in the cottage with her father, works in the local supermarket and is an avid chapel-goer. Loyal to her father, yet she feels she may have missed out on something, and yearns for a larger world.

Ron

Ron is in his thirties. He’s a bit of a drifter and moves from job to job without any real purpose. He’s clever and funny, and lives on his wits, but he is also a reckless gambler and a drinker.

Parveen

Parveen, also in her thirties, is a clever, ambitious, feisty woman in a man’s world. She is an executive for a global telecommunications company and a passionate advocate for their vision of the future.

The Setting

The play is set outdoors in rural Wales, in Owen Brecon’s small cottage, in a supermarket aisle and in the bar of a pub. In the original production, this was achieved with a simple composite set and lighting changes. The time is now.

Previous Performance

Signals was produced by Hands On NE and first performed at The Customs House, South Shields on November 3rd 2016, followed by a short NE tour.

Reviews

Brecon is more than a codger railing against technology. He, and the author, have important things to say.

Peter Mortimer, British Theatre Guide