Dancing at Lughnasa is the award-winning drama from Brian Friel, the writer of Translations.
Harvest time in County Donegal, 1936.
Outside the village of Ballybeg, the five Mundy sisters battle poverty to raise seven-year-old Michael and care for their Uncle Jack.
During the Festival of Lughnasa, Pagan and Christian meet and collide. The sisters fight each other, love each other, dance, yearn and survive.
Brian Friel’s Olivier Award-winning play is an astonishing evocation of a family’s world on the brink of change.
Josie Rourke directs this striking revival, with a cast including Siobhán McSweeney (Derry Girls), Ardal O’Hanlon (Father Ted) and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (Translations).
National Theatre, South Bank, SE1 9PX from 6th April – 27th May.
Times: Mon-Sat 7.30pm; Wed & Sat matinees 2pm.
Admission: £20 – £89.
Booking: www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
