Thursday 4th June 2026
11am
Tickets: £14.75, £22.75 inc drinks & nibbles (inc booking fee)
MAC ENCORE CLUB
The Playboy of the Western World - Encore Club
by John Millington Synge
directed by Caitríona McLaughlin
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.
(This screening is prerecorded in front of a live audience)
This event will be held in the Ellipse Room - limited tickets available
Guardian
‘Two of Ireland’s best-loved comic actors go head-to-head’
Independent
‘Ahead of its time’
Guardian
‘A strong turn from Nicola Coughlan’
Standard
‘A twisty treat’
The i
‘Nicola Coughlan and Siobhán McSweeney reunite for an Irish classic’
Broadway World
