National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World

Drama, Comedy

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Caitriona McLaughlin

Status Released

Release Date 2026-05-28

Storyline

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...

"At the edge of the earth, you could be anyone."