Basic Info
Release: October 14, 2025
Videos
The Brightening Air | Official Trailer | National Theatre at Home (YouTube)
Conor McPherson introduces his new play | The Brightening Air (YouTube)
The Brightening Air | Who's Who (YouTube)
The Brightening Air
2025
Overview
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.
Genres
Drama
Comedy
Production Countries
No production country data available.Spoken Languages
- English en
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Cast
Brian Gleeson
Stephen
Rosie Sheehy
Billie
Sean McGinly
Pierre
Hannah Morrish
Lydia
Chris O'Dowd
Dermot
Eimhin Fitzgerald Doherty
Brendan
Aisling Kearns
Freya
Derbhle Crotty
Elizabeth
Crew
Conor McPherson
Director
Conor McPherson
Writer
Backdrops
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