Lead cast announced for 30th-anniversary revival of 'Disco Pigs' at Cork's Everyman theatre 

The son of two Scottish popstars has been chosen for the lead in one of Cork theatre’s most iconic productions.

Disco Pigs was the Cork play that launched the careers of Cillian Murphy and Eileen Walsh, and now two new actors are stepping into the roles for the 30th anniversary production.

Playwright Enda Walsh is also returning to his old stomping ground to direct the new production of his hugely successful work, which will run from October 31 at The Everyman in Cork.

The play originally debuted at Triskel in 1996 before it went on to international acclaim and a film version.

Dubliner Walsh, aged 59, and his team, spent much of the early part of this year sifting through about 150 self-tapes before hosting face-to-face auditions in Cork, Dublin, and Britain.

Finally, they have revealed the leads in the two-handed play: Scottish actor Séamus McLean Ross will take on the role of Pig, while Co Clare actress Aoise Meaney is the new Runt.

The Dundee actor is the more experienced of the two, having appeared in such shows as the recent BBC reboot of Rebus, and he will also be appearing opposite Isla Fisher and Colin Firth in forthcoming film Bare.

He’s also no stranger to the world of showbiz, as his parents are Ricky Ross and Lorraine McIntosh of Scottish pop group Deacon Blue.

Meaney is making her professional stage debut at The Everyman, but has been acting since her school days in Co Clare, and is a recent graduate of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.

“I love Cork and its people, and it’s a real joy, and an absolute honour, to bring Disco Pigs back to the stage in The Everyman,” said Walsh.

“I hope I can repay Cork’s support of me when I was a younger playwright with a thumping new production. With Aoise Meaney and Séamus McLean Ross — I could not be more excited.”