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The Brightening Air review " shades of Vanya as a Sligo family squabble, tease and wrestle by Arifa Akbar

Old Vic, London Terrific performances from Chris O'Dowd and Rosie Sheehy lead a populous family drama hinging on a broken-down country farmhouse Conor McPherson's family dysfunctional drama seems to take its inspiration from numerous sources: the title is a quote from WB Yeats's poem, The Song of Wandering Aengus, which lends it an air of poetic mysticism. There are shades of Uncle Vanya, a play McPherson has adapted…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:32AM on April 25, 2025

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