★★★★ In a kitchen, in Ballybeg, Ireland, in 1936, five sisters are dancing. Heads thrown back, arms flailing, legs pounding the stone; that shrieking, limitless, unstoppable dancing. You can imagine the sort. And when you’re sitting in the round, at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, you are swallowed up by it—the pure joy, the energy, the sheer life in it! Written by Brian Friel and directed by Elizabeth Newman, Dancing at Lughnasa is a true delight of a performance.