National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World (15)

National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World (15)

Brewery Arts, Kendal

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About the show

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.


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.


Written by John Millington Synge, directed by Caitríona McLaughlin

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on Thursday 28 May 2026