The new production of Seán O’Casey's timeless masterpiece will run for a strictly limited run at the Gielgud Theatre this Autumn.
Artwork for Juno and the Paycock supplied by the production.
The full cast has been announced for Juno and the Paycock
Directed by Tony and Olivier Award-Winner Matthew Warchus, joining the previously announced J. Smith-Cameron (Juno Boyle) and Mark Rylance (‘Captain’ Jack Boyle) are Paul Hilton (‘Joxer’ Daly), Aisling Kearns (Mary Boyle), Eimhin Fitzgerald Doherty (Johnny Boyle), Ingrid Craigie (Mrs Tancred), Anna Healy (Mrs Maisie Madigan), Chris Walley (Charles Bentham), Seán Duggan (‘Needle’ Nugent), Leo Hanna (Jerry Devine), Jessica Cervi, Caolan McCarthy, Bryan Moriarty, John Rice and Jacinta Whyte.
Joining Warchus in the creative team is Rob Howell (Set and Costume Designer), Hugh Vanstone (Lighting Designer), Claire van Kampen (Composer), Simon Baker (Sound Designer) and Serena Hill CDG (Casting Director).
Set in Dublin in 1922, we follow Juno Boyle, a resilient matriarch who lives in a cramped tenement flat. As the Irish Civil War tears the country apart, Boyle fights to hold her struggling family together. Her husband, 'Captain' Jack Boyle, deludes himself with grand tales of adventures but rarely ventures further than the local pub. When unexpected fortune arrives with the promise of a better life, could their hardships finally end?
The play promises to be a poetic, poignant and darkly funny theatrical experience.
Juno and the Paycock will run at the Gielgud Theatre from 21 September - 23 November 2024.
