NT Live: The Playboy of the Western World

Admission

From Free - £19

Cinema

30 May - 3 June 2026

Dir. Caitríona McLaughlin, 2026
Runtime: 15o mins

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.

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.

Showings
Saturday 30 May, 7.00pm
Wednesday 3 June, 2.00pm