The Brightening Air

'The finest play of the year... a rich and subtle play that will surely endure for decades'

* The iPaper *

'Sharp and tender... nothing rings false in McPherson's delicious dialogue'

* The Times *

'A good Chekhovian mix of melancholy and humour'

* Guardian *

'Terrific... a haunting and very funny ensemble piece... richly steeped in Irish folkloric tradition... its haunting imagery will stay with you for a long time'

* Telegraph *

'Utterly wondrous... beautifully atmospheric, dancing a clever line between comedy and melancholy, realism and magic... McPherson's writing is pin-sharp, a rare combination of the riotous and the elegiac'

* WhatsOnStage *

'Audacious... hilarious and achingly moving... I bloody loved it'

* Evening Standard *

'Enthralling... a richly observed study of a family of quirky misfits imploding under the weight of their unattainable desires... McPherson's typically sparkling dialogue, dripping with vibrant Irish idiom and loaded with humour and profundity'

* The Stage *

'Excellent... the great Irish playwright Conor McPherson returns with a bang... a slow-burn, bittersweet drama... gloriously strange'

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