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The Brightening Air by Conor McPherson
Dublin City, Co. Dublin
17 July - 30 August 2026
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.

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Event details
Dates
17 July - 30 August 2026
Time
Start 19:30
Price
From 18
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Gate Theatre, Cavendish Row, Parnell Square E, Rotunda, Dublin 1, Ireland
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Part of the cultural and social heart of Dublin City, the Gate Theatre has been both artistically and architecturally, a landmark building in Dublin for over 200 years. It was established as a theatre in 1928 by Hilton Edwards and Micheál MacLiammóir.

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