“I want to dance, Kate. It’s the Festival of Lughnasa. I’m only thirty-five. I want to dance.”

It’s the summer of 1936, during the pagan festival of Lughnasa, and young Michael watches his five aunts navigate the fragile joys and looming hardships of rural Irish life. Brief moments of freedom, hope, and love flicker through the household only to be threatened as economic pressures and family upheaval close in.

Widely regarded as Brian Friel’s masterpiece, this semi-autobiographical memory play is a haunting and affectionate portrait of five unmarried sisters whose fierce spirit and resilience shine even as their world begins to change forever.

“Exquisite… a finely crafted memory play… an exploration of nostalgia… the way we choose to reconstruct the past.” The Guardian