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

A guide to the week’s theatre

L-R: ‘The Secret Life of Bees’, ‘Dancing at Lughnasa’ and ‘Ain’t Too Proud’ (Johan Persson/Marc Brenner)

This week, a major Brian Friel revival opens at the National Theatre, a popular novel gets the stage treatment at the Almeida and a new jukebox musical opens in the West End.

Dancing at Lughnasa – National Theatre ★★★☆☆