Irish Theatre Group of Belgium

Past ITG Productions

Stones in his Pockets

2-5 May 2007

The ITG welcomed the Tir Na Theatre Group to Brussels in Spring 2007 to perform the award winning play Stones in his Pockets.

The Play

Jake and Charlie are thirty-somethings who meet when working as extras on a big American movie being shot in Ireland. Charlie's video shop in Ballycastle has gone bankrupt and Jake has returned to Kerry after a futile few years in the US. The movie is a wonderful break from worrying about their futures, until the harsh realities of rural life break through.

The Company

Tir Na Theatre, the exciting new startup theatre company founded by Colin Hamell, produces quality contemporary works with a focus on Irish playwrights. Tir Na is a theatre without a permanent home, a travelling venue whose productions draw upon a wealth of talented actors, writers, producers, and directors, many of whom hail from the American Irish theatre scene.

Tir Na Theatre's current production, Marie Jones' Stones in His Pockets, stars Hamell and Derry Woodhouse. Hamell and Woodhouse have shared the stage in such productions as Ronan Noone's Lepers of Baile Baiste, produced by Boston's Sugan Theatre Company and Conor MacPherson's The Weir, produced by The Gloucester Stage Company. Company member Ronan Noone's latest play, The Atheist, is currently in production off-Broadway, and stars Chris Pine. George C. Heslin, artistic director of Origin Theatre Company in New York City, director of Tir Na's production of Stones, also performed in the Broadway tour of that play throughout the United States.

Performances: 2-5 May 2007 in the Warehouse Studio Theatre