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A young man sits on a bench. Women peer in through the window behind him.

NT Live: The Playboy of the Western World

Age Rating: tbc
Duration
2 hours 30 minutes (TBC)
Date
Thu 28 - Sun 31 May 2026
Venue
Cinema
Accessible performances available
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Tickets: £19.50 (£17.50) 

Under 26s & Students £10.50 

Cast:

Nicola Coughlan, Éanna Hardwicke, Siobhán McSweeney

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Recommended Age:
Cert TBC, advised 12

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.

Accessible Performances

Sun 31 May 2026 2:00 pm - Captioned
A close up of the red cinema chairs and steps

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