NT Live: The Playboy of the Western World

A National Theatre Live screening starring Nicola Coughlan in a darkly funny play of youth and self-discovery.

Date: Fri 19 Jun 2026

Time: 7.00pm – 9.40pm

Nicola Coughlan joins Éanna Hardwicke and Siobhán McSweeney in John Millington Synge’s riveting play of youth and self-discovery. A young man arrives claiming he has killed his father, and instead of being shunned, becomes a local hero—until the unexpected arrival of a second man.