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HISTORICAL FACTS: Brian friel - Caught on Camera

A Month in the Country review – delicate, tragicomic tangle of desire and disappointment

Brian Friel’s version of Turgenev treads lightly between humour and hurt as wayward passions rock a country house

The Guardian - UK

A Month in the Country: Sophie Okonedo makes a fine return to the stage

4/5 At the Donmar Warehouse, Turgenev’s comedy sparkles with a fine cast

Evening Standard

The Shaughraun review – comic antics and roguish charm in a divided Ireland

A beautifully knit ensemble bring infectious, giddy fun to Dion Boucicault’s 1874 caper, finding a delicious balance between whimsy and sincerity

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Russell Tovey and Monica Dolan among stars lined up for 2026 Donmar season

London’s Donmar Warehouse has revealed its upcoming season.

Evening Standard

Dancing at Lughnasa review – flashes of rapture in Brian Friel’s story of sisterhood

Elizabeth Newman’s debut show as artistic director captures the play’s humour and heartbreak yet leaves you wishing for more of its ecstatic abandon

The Guardian - UK

Stories of Ireland by Brian Friel review – a solid gold treat

Originally published in 1979, this tremendous set of stories by the great Irish playwright is full of country folk looking to make their mark

The Guardian - UK

Faith Healer review – Brian Friel revival tests its audience’s belief

David Thacker’s production of the Irish playwright’s ambiguous play is over-emphatic in parts but transfixing in quieter moments

The Guardian - UK

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Brian Friel’s plays to be brought home to cross-border Irish terroir that inspired them

Five-year project will show acclaimed dramatist’s plays in location, season or even month in which they were set, to mark centenary of his birth in 1929

The Guardian - UK

The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes review – follow your own path

A woman searching for solitude runs into her sisters in this brilliant, brainy tale

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Faith Healer; Instructions for a Teenage Armageddon – review

In a great week for monologues, Rachel O’Riordan directs a superb cast of three in her unmissable revival of Brian Friel’s 1979 classic, while Bridgerton’s Charithra Chandran compels as a conflicted 15-year-old

The Guardian - UK

Faith Healer at the Lyric Hammersmith review: riveting performances in a pitch-perfect revival

This emotionally dense production of Brian Friel’s eloquent play about memory, love and belief is the latest example of why the Lyric is one of London’s most interesting theatres right now

Evening Standard

Dancing at Lughnasa review: ‘a beautiful production of a beautiful play’

First staged in 1990, Brian Friel’s “magnificent memory play” Dancing at Lughnasa has been revived at the National Theatre, said Sarah Crompton on What’s On Stage. And the production, directed by Josie Rourke, is a “glory”. The story is told from the point of view of a man called Michael,…

The Week

The week in theatre: Dancing at Lughnasa; Private Lives – review

Brian Friel’s thoughtful 1930s drama remains absorbing, while Noel Coward’s classic has fine cigarette work but fails to ignite

The Guardian - UK

The Week on Stage: From Dancing at Lughnasa to Ain’t Too Proud

A guide to the week’s theatre

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Dancing at Lughnasa review – an exquisite staging of Brian Friel’s evocative drama

There are superb performances from a cast including Siobhán McSweeney and Ardal O’Hanlon in Josie Rourke’s production

Evening Standard

Dancing at Lughnasa at the National Theatre review: a powerfully moving family portrait at a moment of change

Even if you missed all the subtext, this show would still delight in its acute depiction of family dynamics

The Conversation

Why a play about Ireland's native language finds new resonance in Anglo-Irish relations today

Caitríona McLaughlin’s version of Brian Friel’s seminal play Translations is coming to Ireland’s national theatre, the Abbey, this summer. Her striking adaption shows how Friel’s masterpiece is as relevant today as it was when it was first performed in 1980.

The Guardian - UK

Translations review – Brian Friel’s tale of two cultures has universal impact

Caitríona McLaughlin’s taut new production of Friel’s colonisation drama is a timeless study of change and identity

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Liam Neeson sends support to cast of Brian Friel's Translations at the Lyric Theatre

In 1980, Neeson performed the character of Doalty in the premiere of Translations by Field Day Theatre Company

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