Colin Bateman's debut stage play
He's known as Bateman now, having lost the Colin after being re branded by his publishers a few years ago. But I can't call him Bateman when he's sitting opposite me, so I opt to call him Colin.
The Bangor based author and screenwriter was in today to talk to me about his new book "The Day of the Jack Russell", in which Mystery Man, the owner of the fictional No Alibis bookstore (yes there is a real No Alibis Bookstore in Belfast and, no, Mystery Man isn't David Torrans it's owner) combines book selling with solving crimes in the Belfast area.
Anyway Colin, or Bateman, is rightly dubbed "prolific" as he has not only finished the third in the Mystery Man series, also a children's book about ecological adventures, and he has just finished his first stage play. It's called "National Anthem" and will be premiered by Ransom Productions and directed by Rachel O'Riordan at next year's Belfast Festival at Queens 2011.
He didn't want to reveal too much, but I got out of him that it has got a cast of four and the theatre company is working with a composer for bespoke music.
It's the first time he's written for theatre. He's done screenplays, creating Murphy's Law with James Nesbitt but this is his first foray onto the stage. He says he likes David Mamet's plays and is nervously excited to see how this debut will be received.
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