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Tony award-nominee J. Smith-Cameron (Successions Gerri Kellman) stars as Juno Boyle opposite Mark Rylance as Captain Jack Boyle in a highly anticipated new production of JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK, Seán OCasey'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 familys 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 familys 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 mothers resilience in the midst of lifes most trying moments. WHAT CAN GOD DO AGAINST THE STUPIDITY OF MEN?