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Thursday 4th June 2026
11am
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Tickets: £14.75, £22.75 inc drinks & nibbles (inc booking fee)
MAC ENCORE CLUB[spacer height="20px"]
The Playboy of the Western World - Encore Club[spacer height="20px"]
by John Millington Synge
directed by Caitríona McLaughlin[spacer height="20px"]
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.[spacer height="20px"]
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…[spacer height="20px"]
Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Caitríona McLaughlin directs this darkly funny tale full to
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Watch Trailer[spacer height="20px"]
Interview with Katie Davenport - Set and costume designer[spacer height="20px"]
(This screening is prerecorded in front of a live audience)[spacer height="20px"]
This event will be held in the Ellipse Room - limited tickets available[spacer height="20px"]
Guardian[spacer height="20px"]
‘Two of Ireland’s best-loved comic actors go head-to-head’
Independent[spacer height="20px"]
‘Ahead of its time’
Guardian[spacer height="20px"]
‘A strong turn from Nicola Coughlan’
Standard[spacer height="20px"]
‘A twisty treat’
The i[spacer height="20px"]
‘Nicola Coughlan and Siobhán McSweeney reunite for an Irish classic’
Broadway World[spacer height="20px"]
