Theatre review: The Weir, Galway

The Weir remains Conor McPherson’s most admired play and it’s easy to see why. Set in a rural Irish pub on an evening when the regulars entertain a newcomer with a series of chilling ghost stories, the play trades on an oral storytelling tradition that is deeply ingrained in Irish DNA.

Buoyed by this tradition, if the play is done well, then the audience should come to feel like they are sitting in the pub themselves with the actors onstage. In Decadent Theatre Company’s absorbing new production, that is exactly the feeling the audience gets once the stories kick into gear.