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The Weir – Incognito Theatre

Conor McPherson’s play won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play when it was first performed in 1997

Poster for a play - The Weir by Conor McPherson

Venue: Incognito Theatre, Holly Park Road, Friern Barnet, London, N11 3HB

Dates: Sunday 21st – Saturday 27th January

Info:  A bar in a remote part of Ireland. The local lads are swapping spooky stories to impress a young woman recently moved to the area from Dublin. But Valerie has a tale to tell that’ll stop them all dead in their tracks …

Conor McPherson is one of Ireland’s most acclaimed playwrights and The Weir won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play when it was first performed in 1997. It has subsequently been performed many times all over the word, and in a Royal National Theatre survey was voted among the 50 most significant plays of the 20th century.

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