The Weir Tickets

The Weir – Spooky goings on win critical acclaim

Press reviews for The Weir are already stacking up into something seriously impressive. The production has been awarded four stars by Whatsonstage, the Sunday Express, Time Out, Independent on Sunday, The Guardian, Mail on Sunday and the Arts Desk, plus five stars from The Times, Metro, The Evening Standard, FT, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail and Independent. All of which means there’s a real treat in store for theatregoers who like their plays dark.

Originally produced at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in London in summer ’97, the play hit Broadway two years later with all guns blazing, thrilling audiences at the Walter Kerr Theatre. And it has caused sleepless nights all over the world ever since, in places as diverse as Toronto, Dublin, Belfast, Bolton, Bury St Edmunds, Hamburg, Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Chicago, Buffalo, Washington DC, Detroit, San Jose and San Francisco.

The Weir - The story

Connor McPherson’s legendary 1997 play is already an award-winner and it’s set to thrill the crowds again at Wyndham’s Theatre for a strictly limited run. The play has a typically Irish feel with that unmistakeable blend of sadness and sweetness, exploring the nature of loneliness and isolation just as much as ghostly goings on.

The play takes place in an Irish country pub where four old friends meet for a session full of memories, tall tales and banter. Jack is a mechanic and garage owner. Brendan is the pub owner. Jim is Jack's assistant and Finbar Mack is a local businessman.

After a few drinks they start telling spooky stories about ghosts, fairies and mysterious events. Valerie, who has just rented an old house close by, arrives and joins in. Her sad story is obviously true, with a ghostly twist that shocks the men rigid.

So why the name? What about the weir itself? It refers to the hydroelectric dam nearby, mentioned in passing and symbolising the flow of the drinkers’ stories in, out and around one another. In the words of The Times it’s unnerving, moving, richly funny and richly human. So why not join the talented Risteárd Cooper, Brian Cox, Dervla Kirwan, Peter McDonald and Ardal O'Hanlon for a night you’ll remember for a very long time indeed?

The Weir theatre tickets – This strictly limited run ends 19th April

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