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The Cherry Orchard at Harold Pinter Theatre: Kristin Scott Thomas stars in a raucous staging

4/5 Stephen Mangan also stars in this bold restaging of Chekhov

Evening Standard · Oct 14

The Cherry Orchard review – Kristin Scott Thomas makes a modern matriarch in trad, earthy Chekhov

This Ranevskaya feels of our time but Conor McPherson’s plain-speaking adaptation, co-starring Stephen Mangan, doesn’t always hit you emotionally

The Guardian - UK · Oct 13

Brendan Gleeson wins best actor as Critics’ Circle theatre awards toasts The Weir

Other winners include Inter Alia’s Rosamund Pike, Ivo van Hove for All My Sons and Hayley Atwell who beat her Much Ado co-star Tom Hiddleston to best Shakespearean performance

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26

The best theatre to stream this month: Chris O’Dowd rules the roost in Conor McPherson’s family saga

The Irish actor returns to the stage in farmhouse drama The Brightening Air, stars of The Jewel in the Crown reunite for Creditors and choreographer Mark Bruce reanimates Frankenstein

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2025

The Weir at the Harold Pinter Theatre review: Brendan Gleeson's West End debut is a delight

4/5 Conor McPhearson directs this revival of his 1997 play that proves a splendid vehicle for Gleeson’s debut at the tender age of 70

Evening Standard · Sep 22, 2025

The Weir review – a riveting return for Conor McPherson’s lonesome barflies

Almost 30 years on, the Irish playwright’s intimate drama brims with painful memories and comedy – brought to dazzling effect by a flawless cast

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2025

Cheers to The Weir! What makes Conor McPherson’s mysterious pub drama so mesmerising?

As Brendan Gleeson prepares for his role in a revival of the 1997 hit, the stars of earlier productions toast its deceptively moving and profound barfly banter

The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2025

Brendan Gleeson to make West End debut in Conor McPherson’s The Weir

Revival of the ‘profoundly moving’ Irish pub drama will open at the Olympia theatre in Dublin before arriving in London this autumn

The Guardian - UK · May 1, 2025

The Brightening Air review – shades of Vanya as a Sligo family squabble, tease and wrestle

Terrific performances from Chris O’Dowd and Rosie Sheehy lead a populous family drama hinging on a broken-down country farmhouse

The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2025

The Brightening Air at the Old Vic review: this slice of 1980s Irish life is hilarious and achingly moving

4/5 Conor McPherson is a singular writer and a phenomenal director

Evening Standard · Apr 25, 2025