Paul Mescal and Nicola Coughlan to Make National Theatre Debuts

Paul Mescal and Nicola Coughlan will make their National Theatre debuts in the theatrical institution's coming seasons, according to Baz Bamigboye of Deadline.

Coughlan, best known for her roles in Derry Girls and Bridgerton, will lead The Playboy of the Western World by John Millington Synge at the Lyttelton starting December 4. The production will also be directed by McLaughlin and co-stars Éanna Hardwicke and Siobhán McSweeney.

Mescal will star in two productions at the Lyttelton Theatre in 2027. He will appear in Tom Murphy’s A Whistle in the Dark, directed by Caitríona McLaughlin, and as Biff in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, directed by Rebecca Frecknall. Mescal recently received acclaim for his stage work in A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida and at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

The season also includes Letitia Wright in a new play by Tracey Scott Wilson, Monica Barbaro in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and upcoming collaborations with Stormzy, BAM, and The Shed in New York. 

Read more at Deadline.