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National Theatre Live: The Brightening Air
“How much of living is really just forgetting?”
0.0 / 10• 2025• 2h 11m•NR• English
DramaComedy
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Brian Gleeson
Stephen
Lead
Rosie Sheehy
Billie
Hannah Morrish
Lydia
Chris O'Dowd
Dermot
EF
Eimhin Fitzgerald Doherty
Brendan
Aisling Kearns
Freya
Derbhle Crotty
Elizabeth
Sean McGinley
Pierre
What People Are Saying
0.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Conor McPherson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. National Theatre Live: The Brightening Air is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
