National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World

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National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World

Thursday 28 May - Sunday 07 June 2026

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Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins Éanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobhán McSweeney (Derry Girls) in John Millington Synge’s riveting play of youth and self-discovery, National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World.

Pegeen Flaherty’s life is turned upside down when a young man walks into her pub claiming that he’s killed his father.

Instead of being shunned, the killer becomes a local hero and begins to win hearts, that is until a second man unexpectedly arrives on the scene…

Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Caitríona McLaughlin directs this darkly funny tale full to the brim with secrets

 

*Timings subject to change

 

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Ticket prices:

Standard £20.50 Concessions £18.50

Certificate: 12

Length: 165 minutes*

Director: Caitríona McLaughlin

Cast: Éanna Hardwicke, Nicola Coughlan and Siobhán McSweeney

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Dates and times

Thursday 28 May 2026 | 7:00 pm

Sunday 07 June 2026 | 2:00 pm

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