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“The great problem with life is that you can get from one end of it to the other without ever feeling that another human being ever truly knew you”
Patrick Hamilton (1904 – 1962) was a dazzling success whilst still in his twenties, producing the hit plays Rope and Gaslight, and classic novels like Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky, Hangover Square and The Slaves of Solitude.
But he was also an alcoholic, whose wit became increasingly mordant as his inner and outer worlds collapsed. Set in an electro-therapy clinic in the 1950s, and covering the entire sweep of Hamilton’s turbulent life, The Silence of Snow has gripped audiences wherever it has been performed.
It has since been performed over a hundred times across the UK, at venues including the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield and Sadler’s Wells, London. In 2023 the play won Best Solo at the London Pub Theatre Awards. Its many rave reviews include this from The Times: “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”.
Friday 3 October 2025 : 7.30pm
Saturday 4 October 2025 : 7.30pm
Tickets : £15
Tim Welling
This play is dedicated to the memory of Tim Welling, a close friend of Mark Farrelly and a beautiful soul. Tim committed suicide in December 2012. He was a steadfast support in joyous and challenging times, a truly loyal friend, and hugely missed. He was the first person to read The Silence of Snow, and always promised to be in the front row of the first performance, a promise he was unable to fulfil. At the end of every performance, a collection is undertaken for MIND, the mental health charity. To date this has raised over £15,000.
Click here to learn more about the relationship between Tim and The Silence of Snow.

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
Master of the monologue Mark Farrelly intriguingly deploys his many skills and all his talents
Broadway Baby
Clear and sharp-eyed characterisation and performance of a very high order
Edinburgh Guide
Farrelly’s achievement is to portray a life so lacking in personal happiness so entertainingly
British Theatre Guide
The masterful Farrelly doesn’t so much play as inhabit the role of Hamilton…he holds us spellbound
Theatre Things
Wonderful passion and charisma…a complete embodiment of a complex character
Exeunt
Horrifyingly funny snapshot of the wit, novelist and playwright…brilliant
The Spectator
It’s no surprise that this outstanding piece of theatre is continuing to captivate audiences up and down the UK.
southlondon.co.uk
Unmissable! An extraordinary, beyond accomplished piece of writing, performed faultlessly. This is a spellbinding event
Everything Theatre
Reality is here in spades. Farrelly possesses the stage, inhabits Hamilton, in a rich portrayal of a gifted, flawed man
Plays To See
Farrelly’s sharp, insightful and witty writing and his magnificent acting linger long in the mind
Fairy Powered Productions
Farrelly’s performance is electric
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