National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World

May 28, 2026

★ 0.0

At the edge of the earth, you could be anyone.

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

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Cast

Pegeen Mike

Nicola Coughlan

Christy Mahon

Éanna Hardwicke

Widow Quin

Siobhán McSweeney

Old Mahon

Declan Conlon

Michael Flaherty

Lorcan Cranitch

Susan Brady

Megan Cusack

Jimmy Farrell

Naoise Dunbar

Philly Cullen

Matthew Forrest

Nelly

Sallay Garnett

Honor Blake

Fionnuala Gygax

Fiddle

Erin Hennessey

Banjo / Ensemble

Peter Mooney

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