The Weir
By Conor McPherson
Directed by Amanda Gaughan
"There's no dark like a winter night in the country. And there was a wind like this one,howling and whistling in off the sea. It was this type of night now. Am I setting the scene for you?”
You are guaranteed a good laugh and warm welcome when you join the local lads in Brendan’s Bar county Leitrim. When a young woman arrives from Dublin, the fellas impress her with their local ghost stories but as the night draws in, Valerie will share a haunting tale of her own.
Winner of the Evening Standard, Critics’ Circle and Olivier Award for Best New Play, Conor McPherson's moving, elegiac tale is a masterpiece of modern theatre. Quietly compelling and strangely chilling, The Weir is the perfect story for a winter night.
"Rich, vivid and often wonderfully funny... I have rarely been so convinced that I have just seen a modern classic." Daily Telegraph
"This is my play of the decade... a modern masterpiece." The Express
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Supported by
HR Creswick's Charitable Trust
Cast and Credits
CAST
Brian Gleeson / Brendan
Frank McCusker / Finbar
Gary Lydon / Jack
Darragh Kelly / Jim
Lucianne McEvoy / Valerie
CREATIVE TEAM
Amanda Gaughan / Director
Francis O'Connor / Designer
Simon Wilkinson / Lighting Designer
Michael John McCarthy / Sound & Music Composer
Lotte Hines / Casting Director
Video
Dates, Times & Prices
15 January – 6 February 2016
EVENINGS, 7.30pm
Tuesday through Saturday
MATINEES, 2pm from 20 January
Wednesdays and Saturdays
Running Time
Approximately 1hr 36 minutes with no interval
Prices
Individual Tickets
EVENINGS, 7.30pm
Tuesday - Saturday: £15 - £29.50
MATINEES, 2pm
Wednesday and Saturday: £13 - £25
Concessions
From £10, not available on Premium Seats
All prices guaranteed until 5 September 2015
Accessibility
AUDIO DESCRIBED
- Thursday 28 January - 7.30pm
- Touch Tour - 6.15pm
- Saturday 30 January - 2pm
- Touch Tour - 12.45pm
BSL INTERPRETED
- Wednesday 3 February - 7.30pm
CAPTIONED
- Saturday 6 February - 2pm
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Press Coverage
REVIEWS
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★★★★★★
“A riveting piece of storytelling paced to perfection”
Edinburgh Evening News
★★★★
"Amanda Gaughan’s excellent revival highlights the loneliness of the characters gathered to tell tales in a rural pub."
The Guardian
★★★★
"a top-notch cast of five...as moving as it is hair-raising."
The Times
★★★★
"spellbinding"
The Scotsman
★★★★
"Emotive and memorable."
The Telegraph
★★★★
“You could have heard a pin drop when Valerie told her story”
The Herald
★★★★
“A dynamically staged and truthfully told production”
The Stage
★★★★
"A celebration of storytelling and its power to transform us"
What's On Stage
★★★★
“While storytelling and craic are at the core of this play, it is shaped as much by the silences...”
Edinburgh Guide
★★★★
"Thought-provoking and impeccably acted"
All Edinburgh Theatre
★★★★
"You will not want to let these characters go home"
Edinburgh 49
★★★★
"Delivered with flair"
Female Arts
★★★★
"lingers in the memory long afterwards"
Broadway Baby
"There is far more to this story and our five characters than just stories."
Southside & Old Town Living
PREVIEW PRESS
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- "When Amanda Gaughan first read Conor McPherson's play, The Weir, she was so shaken by its contents that she knew she had to direct it."
Interview with director Amanda Gaughan in The Herald
Gallery
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