Paul Mescal has been taking the world by storm on the stage in London and New York.
He won an Olivier for A Streetcar Named Desire during the play’s run in London before it was transferred to Broadway.
Now he will be returning to the Irish stage in a brand new production.
He will appear at The Abbey Theatre in Dublin in 2027 in a staging of Tom Murphy’s A Whistle in the Dark, following its run at the National Theatre in London.
This play tells the story in three acts of the climactic confrontation between Michael, the oldest of the Carney sons, and his father and brothers, a brawling, hard-drinking, criminal gang of Irish immigrants living and working in Coventry.
A Whistle in the Dark will be directed by the Abbey’s artistic director Caitriona McLaughlin.
Artistic Director Caitríona said: “It is very meaningful for us at the Abbey Theatre to have such fulsome engagement in this next chapter of the National Theatre of Great Britain.
“It will be an honour to bring The Playboy of the Western World and A Whistle in the Dark before audiences in London. Every generation deserves to see these two seminal works of the Irish canon.”
Picture Brian McEvoy
Further casting and ticket sale dates will be announced soon.
And that’s not the only play Paul has booked. He will also take to the stage in London in Death Of A Salesman.
This production will be directed by Rebecca Frecknall.
