This production will begin performances on 21 September and close on 23 November 2024.
Tony award-nominee J. Smith-Cameron (Succession) stars as Juno Boyle opposite Mark Rylance in a highly anticipated new production of JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK, Seán O’Casey's timeless masterpiece, directed by Tony and Olivier award-winner Matthew Warchus (Matilda The Musical, Pride).
Dublin, 1922, the Irish Civil War is tearing the nation apart. In the cauldron of the family’s tiny tenement flat, Juno Boyle, a beleaguered matriarch whose sharp wit is a survival tool, struggles to make ends meet and keep the family together. Her husband, ‘Captain’ Jack Boyle, fancies himself a ship's commander but sails no further than the pub. When providence comes knocking with news of a great inheritance, could the family’s troubles finally fade away?
Poetic, poignant, and hilarious, JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK is a big-hearted, black-humoured, tragi-comic triumph that reflects on a mother’s resilience in the midst of life’s most trying moments.
‘WHAT CAN GOD DO AGAINST THE STUPIDITY OF MEN?’
CAST
J. SMITH-CAMERON – Juno Boyle
MARK RYLANCE – ‘Captain’ Jack Boyle
Further casting to be announced.
CREATIVES
SEÁN O'CASEY – Writer
MATTHEW WARCHUS – Director
ROB HOWELL – Set and Costume Designer
HUGH VANSTONE – Lighting Designer
CLAIRE VAN KAMPEN – Composer
SERENA HILL CDG – Casting Director