National Theatre Live
“The Playboy of the Western World,” John Millington Synge’s 1907 comedy set in a rural Irish village, is the next offering of the National Theatre Live series at Guild Hall, set to screen on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Filmed at London’s Lyttelton Theatre, where it opened in December 2025, it stars Nicola Coughlan as Pegeen Flaherty, a barmaid who becomes infatuated by Christy Mahon (Éanna Hardwicke), a young man who walks into her pub to confess that he has killed his father. Instead of being shunned, he becomes a local celebrity, and also attracts Widow Quin (Siobhán McSweeney). However, things take a turn when a second man unexpectedly arrives on the scene.
Caitríona McLaughlin directs the dark comedy, which is full of secrets. Tickets are $25.
Also at Guild Hall, the Silent Disco Dance party will return to the garden Friday at 8 p.m. with D.J.s Mister Lama, Schvitz-a-Lot, and Divina. Tickets are $25.
Artists and Writers
The Barnes Landing Association’s 25th annual Anna Mirabai Lytton Writers and Artists Showcase will be held on Saturday afternoon from 1:30 to 3:30 in the Barnes Landing Association Meeting House at the intersection of Barnes Hole and Waters Edge Roads.
The event is named in honor of Anna Mirabai Lytton, a teenage community member, local school student, and young writer, who was riding a bicycle in 2013 when she died in a traffic accident.
Attendance is free, as is parking across the street from the meeting house.
Jazz Age Celebration
“Bohemian Swing: A Night of Jazz, Roaring Twenties Style,” an immersive musical experience inspired in part by F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby,” will be held on the grounds of the Southampton History Museum next Thursday at 6:30 p.m.
Presented by the museum and East End Jazz, the program will feature songs from the 1920s, blending melodies of the American Songbook with the string-driven style popularized by Django Reinhardt.
The performers are Vanessa Trouble, vocals; Vinny Raniolo, guitar; Iris Ornig, double bass, and a clarinetist to be announced. Lawn chairs, blankets, and Roaring Twenties attire have been suggested.
Sticks and Stones
The Southampton Cultural Center will host two programs from Sticks and Stones Comedy on Saturday evening, starting at 6 with a screening of “Anxiety Club.” The film tackles the subject of anxiety through stand-up performances, sketch videos, and interviews featuring the comedians Tiffany Jenkins, Joe List, Marc Maron, Aparna Nancheria, Mark Normand, Baron Vaughn, and Eva Victor. The director, Wendy Lobel, will take questions afterward. Doors will open at 5:30.
Janelle Draper and friends will take the stage at 8 p.m. Draper has performed at the Wilbur Theater in Boston, the San Francisco Sketchfest, HBO’s “Women in Comedy,” and was runner-up in the Boston Comedy Festival. She will be joined by the comics Ted Jones, Pete Cestaro, and Rob White.
General admission tickets to each program are $35; $50 for reserved seats, and $70 for V.I.P. seating.
Open Call
The Hampton Theatre Company has issued an open call for nonunion performers to audition for “Finishing School,” a play by Elaine Liner, on Sunday from 10 to noon, and Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m., with callbacks to happen next Thursday from 6 to 8. Auditions are by appointment only and will take place at the Quogue Community Hall. A nonequity stipend will be offered.
“Finishing School,” a comedy about life’s second act, finds Al and Wizzer, two older men, meeting each morning on a park bench to read and make fun of the day’s newspaper obituaries. Their daily routine is upended by the appearance of a friendly young woman and her mother.
Rehearsals will begin Sept. 8; the performance dates are Oct. 15 through Nov. 1. Sides will be emailed before the audition, which can be scheduled by calling 631-653-8955 or emailing [email protected].
More information is on the theater’s website.
Rebel Elle in Sag
Rebel Elle is the next band in the music series at Sag Harbor’s Masonic Temple. Set to perform Saturday at 8 p.m., the band blends “soul-shaking vocals with raw jazz grit and a rebellious snarl,” according to the temple.
The band consists of Dlove, the lead singer, Scott Hewett on drums, Tye Granger on saxophone, Dylan Hewett on bass, Cali on lead guitar, and Sassy Kane as backup singer. They will be joined by Silas Jones on guitar.
Tickets are $20.
