Martin Compston has revealed the date that his model new drama Mayflies might be launched - and it is this month.
The Scots actor will star within the sequence primarily based on Scottish writer Andrew O'Hagan's e-book of the identical identify, which gained Waterstones Scottish Guide of the Yr 2021.
It has been described as an "intimate and devastating portrait of male friendship".
Taking to Instagram, he introduced the date that Mayflies might be on our screens. Sharing an image of him on set with co-star Tony Curran, he wrote: " 'Mayflies' coming to@bbcscotlandand@bbciplayeron Tue twenty seventh Dec & Wed twenty eighth Dec. Gonna be emotional."
Followers expressed their pleasure within the feedback. One wrote: " Am so wanting ahead to this. I do know it’s going to interrupt my coronary heart however might be so thought frightening too."
Whereas one penned: "Can’t wait-love the whole lot you do @mrmartincompston."
And one other added: "This might be good. Tissue field required. I appreciated the e-book."
In a press release to the BBC, O'Hagan mentioned of the TV adaptation: "The story is a really private one to me, and it’s wonderful to see the characters come to life."
Compston, 37, is ready to play Jimmy, one half of the pair on the coronary heart of this drama, alongside Tony Curran, who performs greatest buddy Tully Dawson.
Set in a small Scottish city, Mayflies tells the story of the 2 younger males who kind a friendship primarily based on music, movies, and, a insurgent spirit.
Opening in the summertime of 1986, the sequence follows the pair as they rush in direction of the "climax of their youth" – a music competition in Manchester. There, towards the backdrop of the music they love, they make a vow: to go at life otherwise.
Thirty years later, nevertheless, issues change. Sooner or later, the cellphone rings – and when Jimmy picks up, he learns that Tully has the worst type of information, and a request "that can take a look at their friendship, love, and loyalty to the restrict".
Because the synopsis concludes: "Mayflies is a memorial to youth’s euphoria and to on a regular basis tragedy. A young goodbye to an outdated union, it discovers the enjoyment and the prices of affection."
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