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- National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World (12 TBC)
National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World (12 TBC)
Date:
28 May - 4 June 2026
The Square, Shrewsbury, SY1 1LH
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ON SCREEN AT THE OLD MARKET HALL - VIEW SHOWING TIMES
National Theatre Live
THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD
by John Millington Synge
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.
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