30th Anniversary Reading
Stones In His Pockets
Written by MARIE JONES
Directed by BEX BOWSHER
Performed by PATRICK KELLY (who will also be performing live music) & DAVID NELLIST
Marking 30 years of the show that took the world by storm, the classic Irish tragi-comedy about two Hollywood extras on a film set receives a special anniversary reading with an outstanding cast of Live Theatre favourites.
Stones in His Pockets is a comedy with a poignant undercurrent, about a small rural town in Ireland where a Hollywood epic is being filmed. The story centres on Charlie Conlon and Jake Quinn, who, like much of the town, are employed as extras for the filming. After a tragic incident concerning a local teenager, Charlie and Jake assume responsibility for giving an account of events, taking on all the roles themselves.
A two-hander that delights in exploring the limits of comedy and theatricality, and the collision of romanticised notions of 'Irishness' and the harsher reality, Stones in His Pockets has delighted audiences around the world.
Patrick Kelly
Patrick is an actor, musician, composer and writer from Bangor, Northern Ireland. Since moving to Newcastle in 2014 he has studied and graduated from Northumbria University’s Performing Arts BA and went on to writing and performing his music around the UK and Europe. Some of his previous acting credits include The Crucible (SERC Theatre), Mother Courage and her Children (Northern Stage), Only Gods are Fallen and All Safety Gone (Northern stage, Dionisius Festival Croatia). Having also been musical director and composer.
for Gavin Cowards Helium for SIRF and also Blue for Dance City. As well as assistant musical
director for Mother Courage and her Children in Northern Stage.
David Nellist
Theatre includes - Romeo & Juliet ( New Vic Theatre), Gerry & Sewell ( Newcastle Theatre Royal), I Daniel Blake ( Northern Stage/UK Tour), Protest Song (La MaMa, New York,Arcola Theatre); Animal Farm (Stratford East/Leeds Playhouse- Olivier Award Nom); The Bench (UK Tour)I,Daniel Blake - North East Actor of the Year Winner (Tiny Dragon/ Northern Stage/ ETT UK Tour) Love It If We Beat Them (Live Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare North Playhouse/Northern Stage/Not Too Tame), Sharon 'n' Barry Do Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth (Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch), Magic Goes Wrong (UK Tour) Much Ado About Nothing (Northern Broadsides),The Fulstow Boys (Steelworks Theatre Co), The Crucible (Storyhouse Chester), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (NT/West End) Pitmen Painters (New Vic Theatre), War Horse (National Theatre ) Billy Elliot ( West End ) Nicholas Nickleby ( Chichester, West End, Toronto) Much Ado about Nothing , Globe Mysteries ( Shakespeare's Globe ) The Throne, Unearthed, Magic (New Vic Theatre)Wet House , Searching for Tom, You Couldn't Make It Up, You REALLY Couldn't Make It Up, Toast and Smack Family Robinson (Live Theatre) Blue,Remembered Hills, Close the Coalhouse Door ( Northern Stage/Live Theatre), Releevo ( Map Studio ) Junket ( Arcola ), Alf Ramsey Knew My Grandfather, The Likely Lads, the Far Corner (Durham Gala ), The Taming of The Shrew ( Salisbury Playhouse ) Up on the Roof ( Colchester Mercury ) Hey Hey Good Looking ( Soho Theatre ) Comedians ( Comedy Actors ) Elton Johns Glasses ( West End ) The Warp ( Ken Campbell)
Television - Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes ( Disney+/ITV); The Walk In (Apple); Archie, Eastenders, Casualty, Waterloo Road, Shakespeare & Hathaway, A Confession, Taboo, Harley and the Davidsons, Sherlock, Boy Meets Girl, Holby City, M.I High, Omid Djalili Show, Murder on the Victorian Railway, 55 Degrees North, Breezeblock, Rhona, Rough Justice, Sorry About Last Night, Spender ( All BBC ) Ghostboat, Northern Lights, Place Of the Dead, The Gambling Man, The Student Prince, Badger, The Bill. ( ITV ) Film - Faith, Dragonfly, Sebastian, Bull, Lady Macbeth, Twelfth Night, Sket ( Revolver ) Radio - Homefront, Close The Coalhouse Door
