Crucible theatre, SheffieldElizabeth Newman's debut show as artistic director captures the play's humour and heartbreak yet leaves you wishing for more ecstatic abandon Dancing at Lughnasa both is and isn't a memory play. It's told in retrospect by Michael, remembering the summer of 1936 spent with his mother and aunts in County Donegal, and draws on Brian Friel's own early life. Yet what we see of the women at its c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AM on September 19, 2025