Well, we're here with a special podcast actually because at long last Mr Joyce has decided to allow himself to be put into vision, which is kind of like a big thing and likewise myself. And Matthew Jajak, who is our interviewee today. Hello, Matthew. Hello there. So we're straddling

kind of Britain a bit to do this podcast. The reason being that Matthew is starring in and has

adapted a play by James Robertson, the Testament of Gideon Mack. This book was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2006.

One of the things that drives me personally crazy is the incredible wealth of literary talent in Scotland that gets an innings, an outing, and then, you know, a lot of people who have read it, put it in the shelf, and that's the end.

In other parts of the UK, you might find that it becomes dramatised.

It might well find its way into a TV series.

It could become all sorts of things.

And it seems only when you're James Robertson and extremely talented and live in Scotland,

that you don't find many of those things happening.

So when I saw Matthew that you had actually taken the bit and gone for it

and your company Dog Star are actually producing a play,

the Testament of Gideon Mack, I thought,

let's have you on and talk about this because it's rare enough.

So what sort of, first of all, so people get how immediate this is,

you're just at a rehearsals day and night.

When's the first, you know,

when's the first production?

Well, today is Monday.

The first performance is on Thursday night.

And we're about to undertake our technical

and dress rehearsals over the next few days

at Eden Court Theatre in Inverness.

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