The world premiere from Olivier Award-winning writer and director Conor McPherson will play in London for a limited run beginning in April.
Chris O'Dowd (Dermot) and Brian Gleeson (Stephen) in The Brightening Air rehearsals. Photo by Manuel Harlan
Rehearsal images have been released for The Brightening Air.
The new play is an entrancing tale of fate, family and unseen forces in 1980s Ireland. It follows Dermot who returns to his home in County Sligo with hidden aims. His siblings are desperate to hold on to the family home but with an ex-clergyman uncle and sister-in-law looking for their own answers, plans soon go awry.
The cast for the production includes Derbhle Crotty (Portia Coughlan), Eimhin Fitzgerald Doherty (Juno and the Paycock), Brian Gleeson (Bad Sisters), Aisling Kearns (Juno and the Paycock), Seán McGinley (A Whistle in the Dark), Hannah Morrish (The Merchant of Venice 1936), Chris O’Dowd (Bridesmaids) and Rosie Sheehy (Machinal). The understudies are Ella Maria Carmen, Callum Cronin, Joseph McCarthy and Amy Vicary-Smith.
The creative team is Set & Costume by Rae Smith, Lighting by Mark Henderson, Sound by Gregory Clarke, Movement & Intimacy by Lucy Hind, Casting by Serena Hill CDG, Voice by Charlie Hughes-D’Aeth, Dialect by Danièle Lydon and Fights by Kate Waters.The Associate Director is Anastasia Osei-Kuffour, Associate Set is Niall McKeever, the Costume Supervisor is Poppy Hall, the Props Supervisor is Fahmida Bakht and the Music Associate is Benjamin McQuigg.
The Brightening Air will play at the Old Vic from 10 April to 14 June 2025.
