About
Set in a rural homestead in Ireland in the 1980s, THE BRIGHTENING AIR is a haunting new play about longing, magic and the fates that tear us apart. Adult siblings, Billie and Stephen, share their family home in their own semi-functional way. Until their excommunicated uncle, Fr Pierre, and estranged brother, Dermot,…
Set in a rural homestead in Ireland in the 1980s, THE BRIGHTENING AIR is a haunting new play about longing, magic and the fates that tear us apart.
Adult siblings, Billie and Stephen, share their family home in their own semi-functional way. Until their excommunicated uncle, Fr Pierre, and estranged brother, Dermot, arrive to disturb it all, awakening hidden forces with devastating consequences.
From the author of The Weir and Girl from North County, The Brightening Air is ‘Audacious, hilarious and achingly moving,’ The Evening Standard.
Winner of the Edgerton Foundation New Play Award.
Writer and Director: Conor McPherson
Set and Costume Designer: Rae Smith
Lighting Designer: Mark Henderson
Sound Designer: Gregory Clarke
Movement and Intimacy: Lucy Hind
Casting Director: Serena Hill
