Stones in His Pockets

A New Vic production

by Marie Jones, directed by Paul Warwick

This wonderful comedy is the stuff of theatre legend. From community halls in Northern Ireland, it moved to the Edinburgh Festival and then to London and the West End for a triumphant six year run. It took Broadway by storm and to date has played in more than 30 countries worldwide – gathering award after award along the way.

An isolated Irish community is turned upside down when an American film crew arrives to make a Hollywood blockbuster. The villagers recognise a good thing when they see it and are soon earning plenty of money as extras – not to mention getting all the lemon meringue pie they can eat! But it’s not long before there’s friction between the Hollywood big-shots and the locals.

From the local lads with dreams of making it big in the movies to burly Scottish security guards and glamorous Hollywood divas with dodgy Irish accents, two actors bring to life a multitude of extraordinary characters in one of the most riotously funny and moving plays of the last 20 years.