The Brightening Air

Old Vic Theatre

Available from 16 April 2025 to 14 June 2025

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Get tickets for The Brightening Air, one of the best new plays in London at the Old Vic Theatre 

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.

A world premiere from Olivier Award-winning writer and director Conor McPherson (The Weir, Girl from the North Country), The Brightening Air is an entrancing tale of fate, family and unseen forces in 1980s Ireland.

  • Age recommendation: 14+
  • Duration: TBC
London,
United Kingdom SE1 8NB
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The Brightening Air is suitable for ages 14+

  • Audio described performances: Fri 30 May, 7:30pm (Touch Tour 5:30pm)
  • Relaxed (also audio described, captioned and BSL interpreted): Sat 31 May, 2:30pm
  • Captioned: Mon 02 Jun, 2:30pm
  • British Sign Language (BSL) interpreted: Fri 06 Jun, 7:30pm

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