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National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World (12 TBC)
Thu 28 May

National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World (12 TBC)

5 DogpoleShrewsburySY1 1EN

Old Market Hall

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ON SCREEN AT THE OLD MARKET HALL

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.

£18
 
Running time: 2hrs 30min (tbc)
Thu 28 May7:00PM Book
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