NT Live: The Playboy of the Western World

BBFC Ratingf-rated FilmNT Live: The Playboy of the Western World

Showing: 28 May 2026

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Thu 28 May 2026

CertificateNot Rated
Year2026
GenreStage on Screen
Director(s)CaitrĂ­ona McLaughlin
Writer(s)John Millington Synge
LanguageEnglish
CountryUK
Running Time2HR 30MINS
Extra InfoRecommended 12+
Season Stage on Screen

Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins Éanna Hardwicke (Saipan) 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.


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