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film · Wednesday 22 July 2026 · 7:00pm 
National Theatre Live at National Opera House Wexford
At National Opera House Wexford · High Street, Wexford, Co. Wexford
At National Opera House Wexford · High Street, Wexford, Co. Wexford
NT Live brings the National Theatre’s London stage to the big screen at the National Opera House on Wexford’s High Street, running a series of screenings across summer 2026 from late July through to September. If you enjoy theatre but rarely make it to London, this is as close as it gets - high-definition broadcasts of productions filmed live in front of a Southbank audience, with all the energy of a first night. The format suits anyone who loves drama but prefers a comfortable seat and a drink in hand to a long-haul flight.
The 2026 NT Live season includes some of the most talked-about productions of the year. By the time the Wexford screenings run from July onwards, the season includes Christopher Hampton’s adaptation of Les Liaisons Dangereuses (in cinemas from 25 June) with Lesley Manville, Aidan Turner and Monica Barbaro, and The Misanthrope from September. Earlier in the year the season featured Nicola Coughlan and Éanna Hardwicke in The Playboy of the Western World, directed by the Abbey Theatre’s Caitriona McLaughlin - a particularly Irish-interest production from the NT’s stage.
The broadcasts are shot with multiple cameras specifically for cinema audiences, so you get close-ups and angles that even the stalls can’t offer. Productions typically run two to three and a half hours including an interval. Check the National Opera House website for the exact titles playing on each date - the venue screens them across the summer rather than a fixed single night.
The National Opera House itself opened in 2008 as Ireland’s first purpose-built, multi-purpose opera house. The main O’Reilly Theatre seats 855; a smaller blackbox space, the Jerome Hynes Theatre, seats 172. There is a café and bar in the building.
Wexford town is about 140km south of Dublin on the M11 and N11, roughly 90 minutes by car. The town centre is compact and easily walkable once you arrive. Wexford Bus Éireann Expressway services run from Dublin Busáras (route 5) and take around two hours. The town has on-street parking and several car parks within short walking distance of High Street. The Opera House box office opens two hours before each performance.
Wexford is a good town to spend an afternoon before an evening screening - the quay, the narrow medieval streets, and the selection of cafés and pubs along Main Street repay an hour or two of wandering. There is more to see in Wexford and across Co. Wexford.
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