What happens when an ordinary Christmas Eve gathering takes a dark and sudden turn? Conor McPherson’s The Seafarer brings five men together in a Dublin home for an evening of drinking, storytelling, and poker, gradually revealing a world where friendship, guilt, and redemption collide with something far more malevolent. Marking the 20th anniversary of the play’s premiere at the National Theatre, this revival explores the extraordinary humanity below its dark humour and supern