Chris O’Dowd is a walking midlife crisis in The Brightening Air – review

The Brightening Air is one of the funniest plays we’ve seen in a long time – review

The Brightening Air completely caught us off guard – we weren’t expecting Conor McPherson’s family drama to be one of the funniest plays we’ve seen in a long time, but it really made us laugh a lot. The subject matter doesn’t lend itself to comedy – the focus is on siblings squabbling over the inheritance of a property in rural Ireland in the 1980s – and yet it has a brilliantly naturalistic, conversational humour which we immediately warmed to.…

Chris O’Dowd is a walking midlife crisis in The Brightening Air – review

Magic, faith, and family secrets come to light in an old Irish farmhouse

Review: The Brightening Air - Old Vic - southlondon.co.uk

This will become a cult classic Siblings Stephen (Brian Gleeson) and Billie (Rosie Sheehy) continually bicker as they prepare a feast for the visit of their blind uncle Pierre (Seán McGinley), a former priest coming back to the rundown rural cottage that he grew up in. What can go wrong, writes Michael Holland. Conor McPherson directs his own play, The Brightening Air, and in this piece about myth, religion and a normal dysfunctioning family he …

‘The Brightening Air’ review – Conor McPherson’s dull domestic drama in 80s Ireland

Conor McPherson’s world premiere is a mellow and mundane story of a family in 1980’s Ireland, made only slightly interesting with its use of music and a rebellious performance from Rosie Sheehy.

THE BRIGHTENING AIR review by thespyinthestalls at Old Vic

THE BRIGHTENING AIR Old Vic ★★★★ “a rich and entertaining family drama” “How are you doing?”, a priest asks jittery Dermot (Chris O’Dowd) midway through this fine new play. “I’m fine”, replies deadpan Dermot, although “the circumstances around me are challenging”. Dermot is not alone in his plight. In the ramshackle Irish farmhouse that is the setting for Conor McPherson’s eagerly anticipated Chekhov adjacent play, the circumstances would test …