The Love Hungry Farmer
The Love Hungry Farmer is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Assembly Rooms. It has 22 performances listed, running from Thu 6 Aug, 12:10 to Sun 30 Aug, 12:10. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
The Love Hungry Farmer by John B. Keane, adapted and performed by Seamus O Rourke. Directed by Michael Scott. John B. Keane ranks among the great Irish writers. His plays include Sive, The Field and Big Maggie. The wistful, blundering, John Bosco McLaine has never been with a woman, having romantic blood pulsing through his veins all his life. Optimist and virgin in equal measure, he embarks on a search for an ideal companion regardless of age, failure rate or dammed advice! An uproarious production of laughter, love, hope and desire...
Details
- Venue: Assembly Rooms
- Space: Ballroom
- Genre: THEATRE, Drama, Adaptation
- Country: IRELAND
- Running time: 90 minutes
- Room size: about 350 seats (Ballroom) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 22, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: lift
- Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: There is lift access into the performance space. If not taking the lift there are 23 steps into the venue. Wheelchair access type:Lift (Building Lift) Stairs: 20+ 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 1 published review and 9 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.
The Love-Hungry Farmer, adapted by Des Keogh from John B. Keane’s Letters of a Love-Hungry Farmer, introduces us to John Bosco McLaine, a bachelor farmer living in glorious isolation in the south of Ireland.
— North West End UK (3 out of 5 stars)
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Thu 6 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £10.00
- Fri 7 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sat 8 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sun 9 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £17.00
- Mon 10 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £17.00
- Tue 11 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £17.00
- Thu 13 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £15.00
- Fri 14 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sat 15 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sun 16 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £17.00
- Tue 18 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £15.00
- Wed 19 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £15.00
- Thu 20 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £15.00
- Fri 21 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sat 22 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sun 23 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £17.00
- Tue 25 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £15.00
- Wed 26 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £15.00
- Thu 27 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £15.00
- Fri 28 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sat 29 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sun 30 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £17.00