Decadent Theatre Company & Verdant Productions in association with The Gaiety Theatre present
“THE WEIR”
By Conor McPherson
The Gaiety Theatre from 20th February – 4th March 2017
Sample Reviews for this Production:
- **** “Perfectly measured.” IRISH EXAMINER
- **** “This is a first rate production of a play that reaches powerfully into the understated drama of ordinary lives.” THE MAIL ON SUNDAY
- “The Weir takes the audience to an otherworldly dimension.” – SUNDAY BUSINESS POST
Decadent Theatre Company & Verdant Productions in association with The Gaiety Theatre are delighted to announce Conor McPherson’s award-winning pièce de résistance The Weir at the Gaiety Theatre from 20 February to 4 March for a strictly limited run.
A stellar cast has been assembled for The Weir at the Gaiety Theatre from 20th February until 4 March and will star Gary Lydon (Brooklyn, Borstal Boy, The Pillowman), Janet Moran (Plough and the Stars, LOVE/HATE), Patrick Ryan (Red Rock) Garrett Keogh (A Skull in Connemara, The Clinic, Veronica Guerin) and Frankie McCafferty (Vikings, Trial of the Century, In the Name of the Father).
On a stormy night in Brendan’s pub, isolated above a Leitrim town, the men are gathering for their daily pint. The arrival of a stranger in their midst – a beautiful woman – spurs them to impress her with stories. They are stories of souls past, spirits present and spectres unforeseen. One story, however, is more chilling, more sinister and more real than any of them could have foreseen.
On its premiere in 1997, The Weir won the Evening Standard, Critics’ Circle, George Devine and Olivier award for Best New Play. Quietly compelling and strangely chilling,The Weir is the perfect story for a summer’s night.
The production will be brought to the stage by the critically acclaimed, and award winning, creative team, with director Andrew Flynn (The Pllowman), Owen MacCarthaigh (set design), Carl Kennedy (sound design) and Petra Breathnach (costume design).
Booking Information:
The Weir at The Gaiety Theatre
20th February to Saturday 4th March 2017
Tickets: From €24,50 (Including booking fee and €1 restoration levy)
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Reviews for previous productions of The Weir:
- “Truly marvellous and thought-provoking.” The Sunday Times
- “A treat for newcomers to the play and a chance for those who know it to savour its emotional profundities afresh. “Daily Express
- “A masterpiece.” Daily Mail
- “Pitch-perfect, I have no doubt that The Weir is a modern classic.” Daily Telegraph
- “Golden comic moments, flashes of poetry… delicate and haunting” Evening Standard
- “Enthralling.” Metro
- “I sat compelled throughout.” Financial Times
- “Magnificent.” The Guardian
- “Takes your breath away… Truly haunting.” Independent
- “Wonderfully humorous and heart breaking.” Independent on Sunday
- “Enthralling… The entire beauty and sadness of humanity flower before us.” The Times
- “A contemporary classic.” Mail on Sunday
- “A mesmerising and haunting night.” ★★★★ The Stage
Editors Notes:
Actors within productions of The Weir have been nominated for a slew of awards too. Most recently, Ardal O’Hanlon A.K.A Father Dougal was nominated in the 2014 Olivier Awards for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Weir. While Brendan Coyle, known for his performances in Downton Abbey, won the Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for The Weir in 1999. The depth of McPherson’s characters have routinely caught the eyes of the upper echelon of critical circles.