The Weir review – Conor McPherson's black stuff still chills

The Lowry, Salford
Adele Thomas’s revival of McPherson’s early play reveals the horror of loneliness to be on a par with fear of the undead
Just over 20 years on from its Royal Court debut, Conor McPherson’s haunting drama has been resurrected once more, this time for a co-production by English Touring Theatre and Colchester’s Mercury. In a remote pub in rural Ireland, the locals avoid the solitude of their homes by clinging to each other’s stories, as Adele Thomas&