THROWING STONES is a half-hour domestic drama (with a healthy dose of comedy) airing on the CBC on Wednesday July 15th at 9pm Atlantic. The show stars Academy Award winner Patty Duke, Gemini Award nominees Lolita Davidovich and Caroline Neron, as well as Barbara Radecki and Stephanie Anne Mills. Throwing Stones also features a cameo by curling legend, Jennifer Jones!
Meet Patti, Shirley, Annette, Cindy and Marge. Five very different women just trying to stay afloat amidst the chaos of life: demanding children, high-maintenance husbands, mortgages that keep them awake at night, uninspiring jobs, and all the challenges that come from being a wife, a mother and more significantly, a woman. They’re working class women who do it all and more. And they’re just desperate for a little me time. They are the real desperate housewives.
BUT all is forgotten, all is left behind when they are together, playing, training, and competing for their true love curling. They are proud members of the West Kildonan Curling Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The show uses the principles of curling as a metaphor for life. Patti (played by Patty Duke) believes that all the lessons, rules and wisdom you need in life, you can learn from curling. Every episode begins with Patti philosophizing about one aspect of curling. It is this principle of curling and its larger application to life that will be explored in the episode.
Directed by the acclaimed director that brought you, “ZOS: Zone of Separation”, Mario Azzopardi and writers Lara Azzopardi and Julia Cohen, comes a show about life, love, and the power of friendship. Produced by Lara Azzopardi, Julia Cohen, Mario Azzopardi and Kim Todd (Original Pictures).
THROWING STONES is an original pilot developed and produced for the CBC, who loved the pilot, but chose not to pick up the series due to the economy and programming realities. That means that the show will be airing on July 15 with very little publicity or promotion. To that end, the producers are trying to get the word out to people across Canada – especially curlers. They are very proud of this series and want as many people as possible to tune in, watch it and send their feedback to the CBC! (http://www.cbc.ca/contact/)