The Weir Tickets

First written by Conor McPherson (Girl From the North Country, The Brightening Air, The Hunger Games) in 1997, The Weir is a poignant, atmospheric play about a group of storytellers in a pub in rural Ireland. Directed by McPherson himself, and starring Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inverness, Harry Potter), it returns to the West End after a critically acclaimed global run almost thirty years ago.

Why should you watch The Weir?

• Don’t miss the chance to see Brendan Gleeson make his much-anticipated West End stage debut. Gleeson is an award-winning Irish actor, who has been nominated for an Academy Award, three BAFTAs, and five Golden Globes. In an interview, he described The Weir as ‘profoundly moving, inspiring, and ultimately hopeful’.
• Conor McPherson is one of the most talked-about playwrights today, known for award-winning shows like Girl from the North Country and The Brightening Air. The New York Times has called him ‘one of the finest writers of his generation’. The Weir is the play that sparked his career as an award-winning playwright, making this a beautifully full-circle moment for him.
• Since opening at the Royal Court in 1997, The Weir has had a blazing run that took it to Broadway two years later, followed by a global tour that took it across the UK, US, Ireland, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Australia, and Canada. Writing when it first premiered, Michael Billington called it ‘a spellbinder that transfixes you like the Ancient Mariner’s tale’.

What is The Weir about?

Brendan Gleeson stars as Jack, one of four men who gather in a remote pub in rural Island, where they encounter a woman named Valerie. They begin sharing stories of ghosts, fairies and the supernatural, not realising that Valerie has a shocking story of her own to tell, which will leave them forever changed.

The Weir first premiered at the Royal Court in 1997, where it won the Evening Standard, Critics’ Circle and Olivier awards for Best New Play, launching Conor McPherson into fame. Now it will open at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin before arriving in London this autumn. The Weir premieres at the Harold Pinter Theatre on September 11th for a strictly limited run - don’t miss your chance to catch this masterful play about the power of human connection through storytelling.