Extras

Stones in his pockets is a play which tells of the arrival of a movie set to an irish village and the fatal consequences it brings to the region. The play was created by Marie Jones and was critically acclaimed worldwide, in 2004 Sabina Berman adapted the paly into Extras, the numbers of actors were reduced to two and the setting was changed and the events now ocurred on a Mexican village.

Since there is no background and the lightning is very basic the play relies heavily on the acting skills for Sergio Galliani and Giovanni Ciccia. The actors always wear the same costumes and there are only three props in the play two of them are "sombreros", the hats the actors use during most of the time, and a black box used for the storage of the hats. Extras most recognizable aspect is the fact its got only two actors in stage all the time, they never leave and in order to perform as other character they simply chane their posture movement and voice in a matter of seconds resembling a new character, i.e from an old mexican man to a gracious and beautiful American woman.

In conclusion Extras was a nice experience and the message it sent against oppresion was powerful, however the play lacked a direction concept. It was not clear the purpose of the play and why wasnt it adapted once more to fit the context of our country furthermore ti was a n exapmle that in a paly there must be a balance of acting and direction in order to make its message much more precise and clear.

Wouldn´t it be more interesting if it was presented featuring aspects from another country, for instance Peru and showed different realities in our country with characters we encounter in our everyday life?