Dancing at Lughnasa - 2 April 2009
A night of melancholy and mirth was had by the Whatsonstage.com theatregoers that attended last night’s performance of Brian Friel’s Olivier Award winner Dancing at Lughnasa.
This wonderful production, Dancing at Lughnasa’s first major revival since its premiere almost twenty years ago, comes beautifully to life thanks to a strong ensemble cast including Niamh Cusack, Andrea Corr and Susan Lynch under the skillful direction of Anna Mackmin. The Old Vic, transformed into a theatre-in-the-round, is the perfect setting for this deeply moving story of five spinster sisters in a small invented Irish town in the 1930s. Neatly involving the wider problems of the day in this very personal story Friel gives us a snap shot not only of a collapsing family but also of a rapidly changing world.
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Thank you for joining us for this event, and do check the homepage to keep up to date on all of our upcoming Outings.
Laura Norman
Club Manager