STONES In His Pockets, Marie Jones’s Irish comedy with a tragedy forewarned in its title, will return to York for the first time since February 2009 for a one-night visit to the Grand Opera House on Wednesday, November 5.

Jones’s poignant tale is set in a quiet southern Irish community suddenly over-run by the arrival of a Hollywood movie shoot, where Charlie Conlon and Jake Quinn, like much of the rural County Kerry town, sign up to be film extras.

Outwardly happy despite his video shop in Ballycastle going belly up, tentative writer Charlie has aspirations for his first script to be made into a movie.

Jake, newly returned from a dispiriting fortune-seeking sojourn in New York, is as mesmerised as everyone else by the beautiful American star of the movie, even if she never quite conquers the Irish accent.

Initially, most of the locals are excited at the chance to be a part of a major film and distracted by the novelty, but as the filming continues, they begin to feel abused and the glamour wears off.

A cast of two – the names are yet to be confirmed – will share 15 roles in Jones’s heart-warming but ever-darkening drama.

Tickets for the 7.30pm performance cost £10, £15 or £20 on 0844 871 3024 or at atgtickets.com/york

 

Win tickets

Courtesy of the Grand Opera House, we have two pairs to be won for the November 5 show.

Question: Where in southern Ireland is Stones In His Pockets set?

Send your answer with your name, address and daytime phone number, to charles.hutchinson@nqyne.co.uk, by next Friday, 9 May, 2014. Usual competition rules apply.