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The poster for the play NT Live: The Playboy of the Western World shows a man leaning against a windowsill while women peer in at him

NT Live: The Playboy of the Western World

Duration: 2h30m
Dates: Thu 28 - Sun 31 May 2026

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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The poster for NT Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses shows two people, one wearing a corset and pearls, and the other an open shirt, lying on sheets of writing paper

NT Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Duration: tbc
Thu 25 - Sun 28 Jun 2026
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Three people in black suits stand unsmiling against a red backdrop.

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Duration: 2h45m
Wed 4 Mar 2026
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Against blue lighting, two men have an argument on stage

NT Live: All My Sons

Duration: 2h10m
Thu 16 - Sun 19 Apr 2026