And there’s no dark like a winter night in the country. And there was a wind like this one tonight,
howling and whistling in off the sea. You hear it under the door and it’s like someone singing. Singing in under the door at you. It was this type of night now. Am I setting the scene for you?
Brendan Gleeson makes a long-awaited return to the Irish stage ahead of his West End debut in Conor McPherson’s The Weir. Presented by Landmark Productions and Kate Horton Productions in association with 3Olympia Theatre, The Weir will run from Friday 8 August to Saturday 6 September 2025 at 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin.
On a stormy night, four local men gather in an isolated pub in rural Ireland. Their usual banter and everyday lives are disrupted by the arrival of a woman called Valerie. The stories they weave to impress her are gripping, haunting and deeply unsettling. Little do they know that she has a profoundly personal story of her own, the sharing of which will leave them all shaken.
Conor McPherson (Girl from the North Country, The Brightening Air, The Hunger Games) directs his spellbinding masterpiece The Weir for the first time.
Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin, Harry Potter, Paddington 2) stars as Jack in what promises to be a definitive production of the celebrated modern classic. The Oscar, Bafta, Golden Globe-nominated, Emmy-winning Gleeson makes a long-awaited return to the stage in his native Dublin, as well as his much-anticipated West End stage debut.
