Good With Faces
Good With Faces is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Summerhall. It has 24 performances listed, running from Thu 6 Aug, 16:20 to Mon 31 Aug, 16:20. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
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.
Details
- Venue: Summerhall
- Space: TechCube 0
- Genre: THEATRE, New writing, Thriller
- Country: UNITED KINGDOM - NORTHERN IRELAND
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Room size: about 114 seats (TechCube 0) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 24, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: level
- Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet, Hearing loop
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: Once in the Courtyard, follow the signs up the access ramp, pass in front of the decking bar and into the main reception. Follow signage down the corridor, past the Café turning left at the neon corridor. Once past the double doors, go past the Red Lecture Theatre and through the next set of double doors and Tech Cube 0 is directly ahead of you. Wheelchair access type:Permanent Ramp, Level Access Stairs: None Number of stairs is provided as guidance and is not in addition to any wheelchair access type (lift/ramp etc) stated above.
What the reviewers said
We have captured 6 published reviews and 27 audience reviews for this show from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s own listing. The excerpts below are the reviewers’ words, not ours — follow each link for the full review.
What I will say is that this piece is one of the most engaging 60 minutes I’ve spent so far at the Fringe – a brilliant plot-rich nightmare full of twists and turns where you will never guess what is next around the…
— Lost in Theatreland (5 out of 5 stars)
Anne is a struggling mother being interviewed by Liam, a social worker, about a bruise on her young son’s ear. Anne has an unfortunate parenting history and Liam has the power to take her son into care.
The twists and turns in the story mostly make for good theatre but the show would benefit from a more conclusive ending.
— Theatre in Edinburgh (3 out of 5 stars)
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Thu 6 Aug, 16:20 — Already performed — £10.00
- Fri 7 Aug, 16:20 — Already performed — £19.00
- Sat 8 Aug, 16:20 — Already performed — £19.00
- Sun 9 Aug, 16:20 — Already performed — £19.00
- Mon 10 Aug, 16:20 — Already performed — £19.00
- Tue 11 Aug, 16:20 — Already performed — £19.00
- Wed 12 Aug, 16:20 — Already performed — £19.00
- Thu 13 Aug, 16:20 — Already performed — £19.00
- Fri 14 Aug, 16:20 — Already performed — £19.00
- Sat 15 Aug, 16:20 — Already performed — £19.00
- Sun 16 Aug, 16:20 — Already performed — £19.00
- Mon 17 Aug, 16:20 — Already performed — £19.00
- Wed 19 Aug, 16:20 — Already performed — £19.00
- Thu 20 Aug, 16:20 — Already performed — £19.00
- Fri 21 Aug, 16:20 — Already performed — £19.00
- Sat 22 Aug, 16:20 — Already performed — £19.00
- Sun 23 Aug, 16:20 — Already performed — £19.00
- Mon 24 Aug, 16:20 — Already performed — £19.00
- Wed 26 Aug, 16:20 — Already performed — £19.00
- Thu 27 Aug, 16:20 — Already performed — £19.00
- Fri 28 Aug, 16:20 — Already performed — £19.00
- Sat 29 Aug, 16:20 — Already performed — £19.00
- Sun 30 Aug, 16:20 — Already performed — £19.00
- Mon 31 Aug, 16:20 — Already performed — £19.00