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The Ching Room Alan's first play, directed by Cheryl Martin, was first performed in 2009, commissioned by Traverse Theatre for their A Play, A Pie and A Pint season in collaboration with Òran Mór. It's a pitch-black two-hander set in a toilet cubicle. Rory realises he is out of his depth once he becomes trapped by the terrifying and enigmatic drug-dealer, Darren. Cast Size: 2m The original cast included Andy Clark, shortlisted for a CAT award for Best Actor in the role, and Colin McCredie (Taggart). The Ching Room was revived at Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, in March 2010, in a double bill with The Moira Monologues, with Simon Donaldson as Rory and Martin McCormick as Darren. The double bill played at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester in October 2010, with McCormick as Darren and McCredie returning to the role of Rory. "Has subtle depth as a meditation on drug culture...The character of Darren is a demon for our times." **** The Scotsman (read full review here) "Exudes the same sort of self-assurance as Gregory Burke's debut, Gagarin Way...You can see real talent at work here." **** Metro "As tight as a short drama set in a toilet cubicle should be...A curiously compelling little play... A script riddled with priceless back-alley gems." **** The Herald "It's exciting, totally absorbing theatre." **** City Life, Manchester Turbo Folk Turbo Folk is a blackly comic three-hander taking a sharp look at Scottish nationality at home and abroad. Set in the sort of bar you wouldn't take tourists to, in an unspecified Balkan country, Turbo Folk's "dazzling linguistic games" (The Scotsman) earned Alan a nomination for Best New Play at the 2010 Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland (CATS). This play was first performed at Òran Mór, Glasgow, in April 2010, starring Steven McNicoll, Simon Donaldson and Ryan Fletcher. It was directed by Sacha Kyle.

'That's why aw this-' Cage lifts his lager can, sweeps it round 180 degrees. '-means so much tay a man.' The crowd stamps and claps, a hundred and fifty thousand voices blending into one. In 2008 Glasgow Rangers FC reached a major European final. It was held in Manchester, a short hop from Scotland into England. Cue a colossal invasion: the largest movement of Scots over the border in history and the first time in hundreds of years that an English city was taken over. Chaos reigned. Pack Men is the fictional story of three pals and one child trapped inside this powderkeg. In a city rocking with beer, brotherhood and sectarianism, the boys struggle to hold onto their friendship, as they turn on each other and the police turn on them. And somehow one of them has to disclose a secret which he knows the others won't want to hear... With this novel, one of Scotland's leading young writers has created a scuffed comedy about male un-bonding and Britain unravelling.

A dazzling performance (think Forrest Gump, think Curious Incident, think Anne Donovan's Buddha Da) from one of Scotland's brightest new talents. Adam Spark. Eighteen going on eight-and-a-half. Fast-food worker. Queen fan. Last in the queue for luck. On waking from an accident in which he saves a child, he has the distinct impression that all is far from right. What are these curious lights that seem to surround people? Why are animals and machines trying to speak to him? And can he really control time? Is it just his imagination, or has Adam Spark been chosen to become Scotland's first, and only, superhero? This, however, is the least of his problems. The local gang is luring him into deeper and darker peril. His sister and lone carer, Jude, is giving all her love to another woman. And if Jude abandons Adam - or Adam drives her away - all the superpowers in the world won't be able to save him.

By day, Charlie Bain is the school's most inspiring teacher. By night he prowls the stylish bars of Glasgow seducing women. Fuelled by art, drugs and fantasies of being an indie star, Charlie journeys further into hedonism, unable to see the destruction his desires are leading everyone towards.

In one of the most ambitious collections of recent years, Somerset Maugham Prizewinner Rodge Glass edits an exciting assembly of Scotland s most promising new writers. Writing on contemporary Scotland, The Year of Open Doors features stories from Saltire First Book award shortlisted Sophie Cooke, James Black Tait Memorial Prize nominee Suhayl Saadi, acclaimed novelist and poet Kevin MacNeil and renowned performer and novelist Alan Bissett. Throw in renowned international authors like Kapka Kassabova and Jason Donald and renowned figures of Scottish literature like Duncan McClean and you have a collection that aims to show a changing and dynamic new Scotland. Cargo Publishing has also opened the door to brand new, unpublished authors; quite simply if you want to read the best new talent in Scottish fiction, you ve come to the right place.