The Weir review – a riveting return for Conor McPherson’s lonesome barflies | Theatre
Conor McPherson’s rural Irish bar-room drama seeps into your bones. Almost 30 years since its first production, I can still recall the chill that came across Rae Smith’s snug set, hear the humorous sneer in the line “the Harp drinkers” and sense the despair beneath the banter. McPherson’s aptitude for atmosphere was later deployed in his Bob Dylan musical Girl from the North Country, set during…















