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National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World – Cert 12

an encore screening filmed live in front of an audience

Thu 28 May 2026

The Playboy of the Western World, by John Millington Synge, directed by Caitríona McLaughlin.

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.