NT Live: The Misanthrope - Arc Cinema Drogheda

NT Live brings a broadcast of The Misanthrope to Arc Cinema Drogheda for one Tuesday evening screening in September, the latest in a long-running series that puts National Theatre productions on cinema screens across Ireland at the same time as UK audiences see them live or in close-to-live broadcast.

What to expect

NT Live has run since 2009, filming stage productions with multiple cameras inside the theatre and broadcasting them to cinemas worldwide, giving audiences outside London a way to see major London stage work without travelling, and it has become one of the most widely distributed theatre-on-screen formats anywhere, playing everywhere from small regional cinemas to multiplexes. The Misanthrope is Moliere’s satire on manners and hypocrisy in high society, a classic of French theatre that has been restaged many times in English-language adaptations, typically leaning on sharp, fast dialogue and a comedy of social manners rather than spectacle, and productions of it tend to draw audiences who might not otherwise go looking for classical French comedy. As with other NT Live titles, the broadcast is a single fixed screening rather than a run of showings, so there is only the one date and time to catch it in Drogheda, and it is not expected to return for a repeat showing afterwards. Arc Cinema Drogheda runs its NT Live titles on the same screens as its regular film programme, with the auditorium set up for the broadcast’s surround sound and high-definition picture in the same way as a normal feature film rather than a dedicated event space.

Good to know

• Date and time: Tuesday 22 September 2026, 7:00pm

• Venue: Arc Cinema Drogheda, Scotch Hall Shopping Centre, Drogheda

• Series: National Theatre Live, broadcasting UK stage productions to cinemas since 2009

• Price: ticketed as an event cinema screening; check the booking link for current pricing

• Book: drogheda.arccinema.ie/event/111711

Getting there

Arc Cinema Drogheda is inside Scotch Hall Shopping Centre on the south bank of the Boyne, a short walk from Drogheda town centre and the bus station. Drogheda is on the M1 motorway about 50km north of Dublin, with regular Irish Rail and Bus Eireann services from Dublin on the Dublin-Belfast line taking around 45 minutes, and Drogheda MacBride station is within easy walking distance. Scotch Hall has its own multi-storey car park serving the shopping centre and cinema, making a Tuesday evening drive over from Dundalk or Ardee straightforward too.