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Brendan Gleeson To Make West End Debut In The Weir This Autumn
Brendan Gleeson will lead a stellar cast including Ardal O'Hanlon, Brian Cox, Dervla Kirwan, Risteard Cooper, and Peter McDonald as local garage owner Jack in The Weir which has been produced in Dublin and London by Kate Horton Productions (Unicorn) and Ireland's Landmark Productions. Tickets to The Weir [https://theatretickets-london.co.uk/shows/the-weir/] are expected to be very much in demand due to its limited season in London and the quality of the casting.
The multi-award-winning actor Brendan Gleeson is an acclaimed TV, film, and stage actor, and started his acting career in Dublin on stage, before performing in England at the RSC. He is a member of Dublin's Passion Machine Theatre Company and has written three plays for the company and appeared in numerous plays.
His other stage credits in Dublin include Patrick Suskind's The Double Bass, John B. Keane's The Year of the Hiker, and The Walworth Farce directed by Sean Foley, at the Olympia Theatre where The Weir will open this August ahead of its London season.
Gleeson made his film debut in the powerful drama The Field in 1990 alongside Sean Bean, John Hurt, and Richard Harris, before his breakthrough role opposite Mel Gibson in Braveheart in 1995. His other famous movies include The Banshees of Inisherin - for which he received a nomination for an Academy Award - and In Bruges, alongside Colin Farrell.
The Weir premiered in July 1997 at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs at the Ambassadors Theatre, directed by Ian Rickson. The production won the Olivier Award for Best New Play in 1999 and transferred to the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End, where it enjoyed a two-year run. The play opened on Broadway in 1999 and has subsequently been produced and showcased all over the world, including a London revival directed by Josie Rourke at the Donmar Warehouse in 2013 that starred Brian Cox, which subsequently transferred to the West End.
The plot of The Weir is set on a stormy night in rural Ireland, as four local men are drinking in an isolated pub. Their banter becomes disrupted by the sudden arrival of a woman called Valerie. As the evening progresses, their stories become more elaborate to impress the female stranger. The tales are haunting, gripping, and unsettling, but little do they realise that the stranger in their midst has a profound and personal story of her own, which - when told - will leave them all shaken.
The very-much-in-demand Conor McPherson's new play The Brightening Air starring Rosie Sheehy and Chris O'Dowd is currently being presented at The Old Vic where it will run until until 14 June 2025. Other new projects from McPherson include the return to London of his hit musical Girl From the North Country, featuring the songs of Bob Dylan, which is back this summer, from 24 June 2025 at the Old Vic.
A new stage show written by McPherson, based on the hit book and movie franchise The Hunger Games will be directed by Matthew Warchus and opens in London later this year. The Hunger Games on Stage will play at the new East London venue Troubadour Canary Wharf Theatre from 20 October 2025.
London theatre tickets [https://theatretickets-london.co.uk/] to The Weir will be available to book online, and from the Harold Pinter Theatre for performances from 12 September to 6 December 2025.
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