Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel
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Dancing At Lughnasa tells the story of five colourful sisters, barely surviving on a hardscrabble farm in 1930's Ireland, and the powerful moment that changes their lives forever. This is director Sean McKenna's version of the International stage success by Irish playwright Brian Friel.
A young boy tells the story of growing up in a fatherless home with his unmarried mother and four spinster aunts in 1930s Ireland. Five women different in temperament and capability from one another form a firm emotional support system for one another (reluctantly at times), with the eldest assuming the role of 'somewhat meddling' overseer. Into this comes their elderly brother, a priest too senile to perform his clerical functions who has 'come home to die' after a lifetime in Africa. Then the boy's father rides up on a motorcycle--to announce that he's on his way to Spain to fight against Franco. Although undeniably affected by the presence of the two men, the sisters continue to cope as a close-knit unit until something happens that disrupts the fabric of that cohesiveness beyond repair.
Companion Card Accepted. Contact Ticket Secretary
A young boy tells the story of growing up in a fatherless home with his unmarried mother and four spinster aunts in 1930s Ireland. Five women different in temperament and capability from one another form a firm emotional support system for one another (reluctantly at times), with the eldest assuming the role of 'somewhat meddling' overseer. Into this comes their elderly brother, a priest too senile to perform his clerical functions who has 'come home to die' after a lifetime in Africa. Then the boy's father rides up on a motorcycle--to announce that he's on his way to Spain to fight against Franco. Although undeniably affected by the presence of the two men, the sisters continue to cope as a close-knit unit until something happens that disrupts the fabric of that cohesiveness beyond repair.
Companion Card Accepted. Contact Ticket Secretary