Fleabag -nt Live- May 2026

And that is exactly where Waller-Bridge wants us.

Critics hailed it as “a landmark of contemporary theatre” (The Guardian) and “funny, filthy, and profoundly moving” (The New York Times). The stage script won the Critics’ Circle Theatre Award for Best New Play and the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement. fleabag -nt live-

Introduction When Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s one-woman play Fleabag premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2013, few could have predicted the cultural phenomenon it would become. By the time it transferred to London’s Soho Theatre and then to New York, it had already garnered critical acclaim. But it was the 2019 National Theatre Live (NT Live) filmed performance—captured during its West End run at Wyndham’s Theatre—that preserved this raw, hilarious, and devastating piece of theatre for a global audience. And that is exactly where Waller-Bridge wants us