Laughing at Lughnasa

Laughing at Lughnasa

Laughing at Lughnasa

Brian Friel's multi-award winning drama about the remarkable Mundy sisters.

Royal Exchange Theatre – Manchester
Fri 10 October 2025 - Sat 8 November 2025

7.30pm / 6pm / 2.30pm

I want to dance, Kate. It’s the festival of Lughnasa. I’m only thirty five. I want to dance.’

On the outskirts of Ballybeg, County Donegal, the five Mundy sisters’ lives are bound by responsibilities and social expectations.

When influences from a wider, more modern world creep into their home, the sisters’ are swept along in a sea of change and suddenly the life they know is gone for good.

Brian Friel
’s multi-award-winning drama is a powerful and moving exploration of reflection, memory and how the future will arrive no matter how much we resist.

- Advertisement -