Friel’s award-winning masterpiece returns to the Royal Exchange Theatre in a vivid new co-production with Sheffield Theatres.
Funny, tender and heartbreaking, Friel’s modern classic pulses with music, laughter and unforgettable moments of joy.
Dancing at Lughnasa at the Royal Exchange Theatre
Friday 10 October - Saturday 8 November. Tickets from £12.00
Book nowDancing at Lughnasa — Brian Friel’s Olivier and Tony Award-winning masterpiece, often described as the work of the Irish Chekhov — is anything but ordinary.
This autumn, Sheffield Theatres and the Royal Exchange Theatre join forces for a major new co-production directed by Elizabeth Newman.
Narrated by Michael, who looks back on the summer of 1936 in rural Donegal, it follows the five Mundy sisters as their lives shift forever. Funny, tender and heartbreaking, the play pulses with music, laughter and moments of wild, unforgettable dancing — a reminder that joy itself can be an act of survival.
And in the Royal Exchange’s intimate in-the-round theatre, every moment of joy, conflict and connection will feel even closer, making this modern classic more urgent and alive than ever.
10 October - 8 November. Tickets from £12.00.
