Winner of the 1997 Olivier Award for Best New Play, Conor McPherson’s chilling modern classic opened at the Mercury Theatre prior to embarking on a UK tour in its 20th Anniversary year.
In a small Irish town, the locals gather round the crackling fire of Brendan’s bar to pass the hours together, safe from the clutches of a dark night. Huddled away from the howling wind on the Knock, stories of local folklore start to unfold as quickly as the beer and whiskey flow. As the night thickens, so too the storytellers tunnel ever deeper into their own lives, and perhaps even the life beyond. But as the friends mine their memories of the past, darkly buried secrets being to re-emerge.
An English Touring Theatre and Mercury Theatre Colchester co-production.
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