The Tinker
  • Vault Festival

Outside a rural home, a blizzard rages. Waiting out the storm, Frank and Evelyn receive an unexpected knock on their door. The man on their porch isnt what they expected, yet the Tinker has a way with words and a talent for fixing broken things. All he asks for in return is a nights shelter. But he has brought something with him in his cart. Something that will cause the couples past and future to collide over the space of a few short hours, all under the watchful eye of the snow. Written by exciting newcomer Olivia Foan (unsettling, evocative and wonderfully bold - Finborough Theatre) and Part of the Main Productions (Pleasance London Associate Company 2022-2024), THE TINKER is a twisting, unsettling tale that asks what we are willing to believe about the strangers at our door.

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