Who's joining Mark Rylance and J. Smith-Cameron in Juno and the Paycock?
Posted on 21 August 2024
The Boyle’s have a full house as casting has been confirmed for Seán O’Casey's timeless masterpiece, Juno and the Paycock. Directed by Tony and Olivier award-winner Matthew Warchus and starring Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies) and J. Smith-Cameron (Succession), the highly anticipated production will play a strictly limited 9-week run at the Gielgud Theatre from 21 September 2024. But who will be joining Rylance and Smith-Cameron?
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.
Juno and the Paycock sees Sonia Friedman, Matthew Warchus and Mark Rylance reunite following their acclaimed productions of Boeing-Boeing and La Bête.
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).
What is Juno and the Paycock about?
‘What can God do against the stupidity of men?’
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 life changing news, 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.
Book Juno and the Paycock tickets now
Playing a strictly limited run from 21 September 2024, don’t miss your chance to see Oscar winner Mark Rylance and two time Screen Actors Guild winner J. Smith-Cameron in Seán O’Casey's Irish classic.
