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NT Live: The Playboy of the Western World
NT Live: The Playboy of the Western World

NT Live: The Playboy of the Western World

Running time: 150 mins

Genre: Drama, Play, Theatre

Directed by: Caitríona McLaughlin

Release Date: 28/05/2026

Starring: Éanna Hardwicke, Nicola Coughlan and Siobhán McSweeney

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.

28 May

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