National Theatre Live: The Brightening Air

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.

• Release date
• October 14, 2025
• Runtime
• 131 min
• Genres
• Drama, Comedy
• Director
• Conor McPherson

Cast

Brian Gleeson Stephen Rosie Sheehy Billie Hannah Morrish Lydia Chris O'Dowd Dermot

E

Eimhin Fitzgerald Doherty Brendan Aisling Kearns Freya Derbhle Crotty Elizabeth Sean McGinley Pierre