THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD

Name: THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD
Start: 2025-12-04T00:00:00
Location: National Theatre

National Theatre

Run Dates

2025.12.04

National Theatre

About the show

The Playboy of the Western World by John Millington Synge, presented at the National Theatre in 2025. A classic Irish play featuring a young man who becomes a local hero after claiming to have killed his father, directed at the National Theatre with an acclaimed cast. The production also screened via NT Live in cinemas from 28 May 2026.

Creatives

John Millington Synge

Playwright/Author

John Millington Synge

Playwright/Author

Details

Playwright John Millington Synge Director Caitríona McLaughlin Set and Costume Designer Katie Davenport Lighting Designer James Farncombe Movement Director Sue Mythen Sound Designer Adrienne Quartly Composer Anna Mullarkey Fight Director Kev McCurdy Dialect Coach Patricia Logue Voice Coach Shereen Ibrahim CAST Susan Akintomide Marty Breen Declan Conlon Nicola Coughlan Lorcan Cranitch Megan Cusack Naoise Dunbar Matthew Forrest Sallay Garnett Fionnuala Gygax Éanna Hardwicke Erin Hennessey Siobhán McSweeney Peter Mooney Donncha O’Dea Marty Rea production photo ©Marc Brenner

Where it's been performed

National Theatre

London

United Kingdom

London

United Kingdom

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