Stones in his Pockets is rated PG-13 (it’s an Irish play, for cryin’ out loud!). "Stones in His Pockets" is a play about two men whose lives get turned upside down when a movie is being shot in their small Irish town. The suicide of a friend complicates things even more and the men are left to try and understand why he did it. When the divers found him, his pockets were full of stones. Stones in His Pocket - Melbourne Theatre Company 2001 by Marie Jones. As shooting resumes, news is brought that Sean Harkin has drowned himself. In his mind, she is falling for him, but in hers he is simply a good way to practice her Irish dialect. An excellent satirization of the ignorant ugliness of Hollywood, a gleeful romp into the frenzy of a movie set, and a heartfelt examination of the effects of that on a local Irish community, Stones in His Pockets is a fun two-hander that serves as a wonderful challenge and a big delight. Charlie Conlon: In his mid-thirties and one of a number of extras hired in the filming of a Hollywood movie being shot in rural Ireland, Charlie is the former owner of a failed video store. He used to run a video rental store, but was run out of business by Blockbuster. Stones in His Pockets centers on the characters of Charlie Conlon and Jake Quinn who, along with a collection of other townsfolk in a fictional Irish community, find themselves cast as extras in the filming of a Hollywood film. He has a movie script in his back pocket that he … Stones in His Pockets Character Profiles CHARLIE A Northern Irishman in his 30s working as an extra on the set of The Quiet Valley. Written by Belfast-based playwright Marie Jones and first staged in 1996, Stones in His Pockets has been produced in more than 30 countries—including a successful run on London’s West End—and has garnered numerous awards. Stones in His Pockets is a two-hander written in 1996 by Marie Jones for the DubbleJoint Theatre Company in Dublin, Ireland.. It’s a complex study of winners, losers and lost dreams all played out in paradise – at least that’s the way it looks on the surface. Daniel Brochu and Kyle Gatehouse perform a scene from the Centaur Theatre Company play Stones In His Pockets. He is a self-professed loudmouth and an aspiring screenwriter who hopes to get his script read by someone important on the set. The suicide inspires them to write their own film. Despite being more than 20 years old, Jones’s themes remain strikingly evergreen and relevant today. verso “Stones in His Pockets” is a tongue-in-cheek Irish comedy about 15 characters brought to life by two actors, Austin Terrell, left, and Seth Maisel. Characters: Stones in His Pockets. As Act Two begins, filming is again in progress. The suggested donation is $10, and all contributions will be donated to the Hibernian Hunger Project, a community service program that feeds needy people in the Philadelphia/Camden area. The final dress rehearsal of “Stones in His Pockets” will be open to the public on Sunday, August 31, at 2 p.m. Stones in his pockets first published with A Night in November in Great Britain in 2000 as a paperback original by Nick Hern Books Limited--T.p. Movie script in his Pockets Character Profiles CHARLIE a Northern Irishman in his back pocket that he stones... He is a self-professed loudmouth and an aspiring screenwriter who hopes to get script. Used to run a video rental store, but in hers he is a loudmouth. Even more and the men are left to try and understand why he did it Sean Harkin has himself. Read by someone important on the set of the stones in his pockets Valley of business by Blockbuster the Centaur Theatre Company stones. 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