Juno and the Paycock

Last seen in London a little over a decade ago at the National Theatre, this is an altogether bigger revival for Seán O’Casey’s classic tragicomedy about an unusual family struggling through the chaos of the Irish civil war. J Cameron Smith – aka Gerri from ‘Succession’ – will star as quick-witted matriarch Juno (a role she’s already played top acclaim in the US) with the might Mark Rylance as her absurd, posturing, drunken husband Jack (aka ‘The Paycock’ ie ‘the peacock’ in an Irish accent). Old Vic boss Matthew Warchus takes a rare break from his home turf to direct.