The Brightening Air by Conor McPherson

Name: The Brightening Air by Conor McPherson
Start: 2026-07-17
End: 2026-08-30
Location: Gate Theatre

Friday, 17 July 2026 - Sunday, 30 August 2026

Event times:

19:30

Event location:

Gate Theatre

Event price:

From 18

About this event

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.

See the Gate Theatre website for details on dates, times and ticket prices.

Readers are advised to check with the venue before relying on the details published here.

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