This spring, Liverpool’s Royal Court is producing something a little bit different. Instead of their usual big, bawdy comedies they have gone for something funny, but dark.

The Lonesome West is set in the West of Ireland and sees two brothers trapped in an old farmhouse after their father’s death. The play ran on Broadway, receiving a Tony Award nomination for Best Play in 1999.

The writer, Martin McDonagh, is best known for writing and directing the hit film In Bruges and he also wrote the Academy Award winning Six Shooter and Seven Psychopaths. His latest film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri comes out later this year.