THIS award-winning comedy, by Irish author and actress Marie Jones, has a cast of a dozen or so characters, most of whom are involved in shooting a Hollywood film in a quiet Irish village.

Caroline Giovanni is the American star, closely guarded by her security man and her dialect coach. Ageing director Clem Curtis leaves most of the work to his assistant and a young lady production assistant, Aisling, who is in charge of extras, the people who make up the crowd scenes.

Among these ranks are Charlie and Jake, both of whom have ambitions in the world of film. Martin Jenkins and Jean-Paul van Cauwelaert play Charlie and Jake, but what's different about this play is that Martin and Jean-Paul also play all the other parts, including the women, two children and an assortment of old men.

It's a bit of a shock at the outset, as Charlie points one knee and becomes Caroline, or Jake adjusts an imaginary ponytail and suddenly, there's Aisling. The only props are a couple of boxes and two folding stools, so the illusion is maintained by the skill of the two actors and some clever dialogue.

By the interval, I found myself buying into the idea. In the second half there's an Irish jig in which most of the main characters appear just for a moment or two; sheer brilliance and really good fun.

It's an amusing, unusual production, carried off with astonishing versatility by two young men I haven't heard of before, but I'm sure I shall in the future.

Sue Heath

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Published: 13/11/2003