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The Brightening Air

How much of living is really just forgetting? The family home is more than merely a building. It can be a destination of pilgrimage, an ...

Wednesday 16th April - Saturday 14th June 2025
Various times

Wednesday 16th April - Saturday 14th June 2025
Various times

The Brightening Air

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The Brightening Air


About

How much of living is really just forgetting?

The family home is more than merely a building. It can be a destination of pilgrimage, an inherited investment, a repository of memory or even magic. And, for brother and sister Stephen and Billie, home is all they have. Mucking along in their decaying farmhouse, they’re doing just fine.

That is, until the arrival of an ex-clergyman uncle with an unscrupulous plan, a sister-in-law seeking a miracle, and a prodigal brother hell-bent on trouble.

Conor McPherson, writer, director and Old Vic Associate Artist, said: ‘I’m so excited that my new play The Brightening Air will have its world premiere at The Old Vic. I’ve had such fantastic times at this historic building with its incredible audience. I’m really looking forward to seeing everyone in the spring and sharing this new story.’

Matthew Warchus, Artistic Director of The Old Vic, said: ‘It’s such an honour to welcome back Conor McPherson to The Old Vic. Indisputably one of the world’s greatest living writers, and a superb director to boot, Conor has long been a personal favourite of mine. Back in 2017, I invited him to create Girl from the North Country for The Old Vic and witnessed him weave his own distinct magic with that unique and wonderful show. So I am beyond excited to be premiering his funny, breathtaking and heart-wrenching brand new play, The Brightening Air, this coming spring.’

Written and directed by Conor McPherson, Set and Costume is by Rae Smith, Lighting by Mark Henderson, Sound by Gregory Clarke, Movement and Intimacy by Lucy Hind, Casting by Serena Hill CDG and Voice by Charlie Hughes-D'Aeth.

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For access information please contact 0344 871 7628 or email access@oldvictheatre.com

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Suitable for 14 Years and Older

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The Old Vic, 103 The Cut,, London, SE1 8NB

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