THAT THEATRE COMPANY

STONES IN HIS POCKETS by MARIE JONES

Olivier Award Winner!

Enjoyed long runs in London’s West End and on Broadway.

The play is a tragicomedy about a small rural town in The Republic of Ireland where many of the townspeople are extras in the making of a Hollywood film.

Stones in his Pockets is an example of pure theatre and a perfect performance piece for actors who are able to transform and switch quickly between the characters.

an example of pure theatre and a perfect performance piece for actors who are able to transform and switch quickly between the characters.

It’s a satirical portrait of the processes of filmmaking that captures the pressures, personalities and egos of the film crew, artistes and of course the locals.

It’s also a commentary of the invited Hollywood invasion of Ireland and their shrewd offer to U.S. film companies to pay minimal tax and to ignore their lack of

attention to historical accuracy.

Marie Jones has the gift of making us laugh and then to make us feel guilty seconds later, for doing so.

”Sad, hilarious and irresistible” – London Evening Standard

“Clearly magical” – The Guardian

“Marie Jones is very funny and her observations of the hectic compression of a film set are dead on” – Vanity Fair