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Running Time
TBCSuitable for ages
14+Tickets
Previews £10–£70, Off Peak £13–£70, Peak £15–£75. Premium and Old Vic Plus tickets available. A £2.50 transaction fee applies per booking (does not apply to OV TOGETHER Members).
Preview
PwC £10 Previews 10 Apr–15 AprAccess Performances
Audio described: 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, 7.30pm
British Sign Language (BSL) interpreted: Fri 06 Jun, 7.30pm
£22–£25 access rate available for all performances and one carer/companion ticket per booking available at the same price. Please visit www.oldvictheatre.com/access to join the free Access Membership and book online or call 0344 871 7628.
Dates
10 Apr–14 Jun 2025ABOUT THE SHOW
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.
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