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Gerard McCabe Charlie Fleur Mellor Choreographer and Shaun Blaney Jake Photo Credit Neil Harrison

Gerard McCabe Charlie Fleur Mellor Choreographer and Shaun Blaney Jake Photo Credit Neil Harrison

Stones in His Pockets at Barn Theatre Cast and Creative Team Announced

by Staff Writer
July 2, 2021
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The Barn Theatre in Cirencester have announced the full cast and creative team of the 25th anniversary production of Marie Jones’ Olivier award-winning tragicomedy Stones in His Pockets and have released first look photos of rehearsals at Vault Artist Studios in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Set in rural Ireland, Stones in His Pockets follows a small village that is turned upside down by the arrival of a Hollywood studio to film the latest historical blockbuster. Told through the eyes of local lads Charlie Conlon and Jake Quinn, who are employed as extras, it soon becomes clear that Tinseltown’s romanticised dream of Ireland is a long way from reality.

Directed by Matthew McElhinney, son of the playwright and the play’s original director Ian McElhinney, this new production promises to bring an authentic rediscovery of the worldwide phenomenon, which has won numerous awards including both the Olivier and Evening Standard Awards for Best New Comedy, as well as three Tony nominations on Broadway.

       

McElhinney said of the production, “‘Stones in his Pockets,’ began life in small community halls and regional venues in Ireland before going on to run for four years on the West End and then Broadway, winning two Olivier Awards and several Tony nominations and has now been translated into over 30 languages. A dream come true; but as a consequence of its success, throughout its many iterations it slowly began to drift away from its original essence and into the more farcical, the pantomime and the Irish with a capital O. This production, on the year of its 25th anniversary, is an opportunity, for us, to reclaim the story.”

The 25th Anniversary production, which is currently rehearsing in Belfast, will star Northern Irish actors Shaun Blaney as Jake and Gerard McCabe as Charlie with direction by Matthew McElhinney, design by Gregor Donnelly, choreography by Fleur Mellor, lighting design by Sam Rowcliffe-Tanner, sound design by Harry Smith, AV design by Benjamin Collins and Alex Tabrizi and Denise Cleal as costume supervisor.

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Shaun Blaney Jake Gerard McCabe Charlie and Fleur Mellor Choreographer Photo Credit Neil Harrison

3. Shaun Blaney Jake Photo Credit Neil Harrison

Shaun Blaney Jake Photo Credit Neil Harrison

       

4. Gerard McCabe Charlie Fleur Mellor Choreographer and Shaun Blaney Jake Photo Credit Neil Harrison

Gerard McCabe Charlie Fleur Mellor Choreographer and Shaun Blaney Jake Photo Credit Neil Harrison

       
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