Entertainment
Maeve Binchy's final novel arrives in Belfast as a hit stage play
Minding Frankie was the late Maeve Binchy's final novel. Now, the bittersweet comedy is entertaining audiences around Ireland in the first ever stage adaptation of her work, directed by Peter Sheridan. Leading lady Clare Barrett tells Joanne Sweeney why this tragicomic story of single parenthood has universal appeal
![Clare Barrett and Steve Blount in Maeve Binchy's Minding Frankie. Picture by Adrian Langtry](https://www.irishnews.com/resizer/v2/FOBUFXQCUBJMVLQSLIWVCSKWXI.jpg?smart=true&auth=717c5993fdd80f7eb6d6d45658adebc50e7a4eb712d73b5c89b5941af166109c&width=1463&height=822)