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The Weir

A tale of nostalgia, grief and loneliness, Bedlam’s tender and quiet production of Conor McPherson’s haunting play The Weir allowed each actor’s earnest performance to shine through in an intimate setting. In the story, the old men of a rural Irish village come to a pub to reflect on past passions and regrets, with the […]

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Culture Theatre

The Weir

The boundary between the supernatural and the ordinary is made permeable in Conor McPherson’s The Weir. Twenty years after its premiere, the latest production at the King’s Theatre sees the humour crackle fiercely while strange stories send shivers down the spines of the audience. We are immediately thrown into the world of Brendan’s pub with some […]