NTLive: The Playboy of the Western World BBFC Rating: (12A)

  • 150mins | BBFC Rating: (12A)

Written by John Millington Synge and directed by Caitriona McLaughin.


Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) join Eanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobhan McSweeney (Derry Girls) in John Millington Synge's reveting 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 loal 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, Caitriona McLaughlin direct this darkly funny tale to full the brim with secrets.

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