Paul Mescal To Star In A Whistle in the Dark

The Abbey Theatre Ireland's national theatre is joining forces with the National Theatre of Great Britain for a major new co-production of Tom Murphy's A Whistle in the Dark, directed by the Abbey's Co-Director and Artistic Director, Caitrona McLaughlin. Starring Olivier award-winning Paul Mescal (Normal People, Aftersun), this will be his National Theatre debut. The production will premiere in London before transferring to the Abbey Theatre in 2027.

About A Whistle in the Dark

Murphy's A Whistle in the Dark is a gripping, ferocious drama about family, identity and the violence that can follow us across borders. Capturing the raw tensions of emigrant Irish life in Britain, it is a work that shook Irish theatre in its time. Michael Carney is trying to start over in Coventry with his wife Betty - but when his brothers arrive from Ireland, old loyalties and dark impulses threaten to pull him back into the chaos he tried to leave behind.