A little something from your favourite heroes/losers.
Starring Cliff Chapman (Tyler) and Adam Joselyn (Gary). Written by Steve Jordan.
A London-based theatre production group, headed by Steve Jordan and Ellen Gallagher.
Wednesday, 4 November 2020
Saturday, 29 February 2020
Announcing our new show - NON-PLAYER CHARACTERS!
We're thrilled to announce that Bad Bat's next theatre production will be NON-PLAYER CHARACTERS by Steve Jordan (The Future Boys, Doctor Who), a new one-hour comedy play about the trials and tribulations of a group of misfits and a second-hand computer game shop on the Isle of Wight. That's right - the stakes are pretty high here.Tom was born a decade too late - he owns a highly curated vintage computer game shop on the Isle of Wight, while his contemporaries are more interested in starting families and building careers… bloody sad acts. You’ll never complete Super Mario World with that attitude.
The shop is failing, due in no small part to his refusal to stock merchandise that people might actually want to buy, and he is running out of money and sanity. He grudgingly attempts to modernise by copying his best friend, charismatic YouTube vlogger Lara - but discovers there’s more to online popularity than aggressively reading tedious facts at camera...
The crisis deepens when a competitor, former computer game developer Alex, announces that he will soon be opening a rival store on the island. He’s even trying to steal Tom’s only employee - Greg, a former bank manager who’s nostrils-deep in a midlife crisis.
This island ain’t big enough for the both of them. Only one thing can settle this – a ‘loser leaves town’ fight to the death - in an obscure vintage computer game, obviously.
Can Tom bring his shop into the 21st Century (or even the 90s, that’d be a start) enough to drum up business? Or will he ignore the bigger picture and instead obsess over winning a poorly-thought-out gaming tournament? Maybe it’s both! You’ll have to reach the end of level boss to find out...
‘Bad Bat have established themselves as seriously hot talent in sci-fi comedy.’ – Views from the Gods
Starring:
Robert Dearn as ‘Tom’
Hannah Victory as ‘Lara’
Adam Joselyn as ‘Greg’
Joshua Jewkes as ‘Alex’
Produced by Steve Jordan & Ellen Gallagher for Bad Bat Productions.
Robert Dearn is delighted to be working with Bad Bat once again, nearly 5 years since first working with them. Robert has been a part of Bad Bat productions such as King Chaos, Super Global Mega Inc and the audio episodes of The Future Boys. Robert's credits include; 'Jim' in The Railway Children (Brewhouse Taunton), 'Wisby' in Arrivals and Departures (Malvern Coach House) 'Mercutio' in Romeo and Juliet (Blue Orange Theatre) and 'Prince Charming' in Cinderella (Mitchell Arts Centre). Robert has also featured on a set of BBC Bitesize educational videos and the RNLI's 'Float to Live Campaign'. Robert has sung domestically and in Europe.
Hannah Victory is an actor-musician, physical theatre performer and aerialist in training. She will also be appearing as Judy Garland in Legends & Bridge at the Barons Court Theatre in July. Theatre credits include; TARO (The Jack Studio), Gentleman Jack (The Jack Studio), Zombiegate (Theatre Royal Haymarket), Richard II (The Bread & Roses), Three Sisters (The Jack Studio), Richard II (Rehearsed Reading, Young Vic), The House of Bernarda Alba (The London Theatre), Knitters in the Gutter (LOST Theatre), Nothing Like the Sun (Theatre Utopia), Julius Caesar (V&A Museum), T.E.A.R's (ACT Main House), Thin Air (The Horse and Stables), Barge Baby (The Courtyard Theatre & Edinburgh Fringe), Nowhere to Go (Camden Roundhouse), The House of Bernarda Alba, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Wright Theatre, USA), RENT (Wyatt Pavilion, USA), The Seagull (Site Specific, Canterbury), Silent Streets (Bloomsbury Theatre, Fairfield Halls), The Libertine (Showcase, Trafalgar Studios). Film includes; Red-Handed, K & J, Ripley, Stay With Me.
Having acted from an early age, Adam Joselyn got the part of Simon in the pilot episode of The Inbetweeners at the age of 18. Although much of the cast was later re-cast, E4 commissioned the first series of the popular show off the back of the pilot episode. In the last few years, Adam has featured in many short films, commercials for Coca-Cola, Mercedes and McDonald's among others, and played Giles in the feature film The Inbetweeners 2. Adam wrote, produced and starred in the pilot episode of webseries, Twins, and is a long-time collaborator with Bad Bat as a performer (The Future Boys, The Probleming) and writer (Global Mega Inc). Adam is also a regular performer with comedy improvisation group Trophy Room. Adam is represented by BMA Artists.
Joshua Jewkes trained in London as an actor at The Bridge Theatre Training Company. Since graduating in 2013, he has worked in a variety of roles, both on and off stage, within the fringe theatre circuit. Recent acting credits include: Tell it Slant (Merry Spinsters), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Unfolds Theatre), The Sword and the Dope (LAPA Productions), Twelfth Night (Original Impact), The Great & The Cynical (Light of the Moon Productions), Romeo and Juliet (CandleFire Theatre), Trial of the Jew Shylock (Poetic Justice).
Steve Jordan is a playwright, theatre director, award-winning author of short fiction and the co-founder of theatre production group Bad Bat Productions. His plays have been performed in London’s West End and Fringe venues across London to wide-spread acclaim. His short fiction has been awarded a Wattpad 'Watty' Award, and also published in KZINE and the Terror Tales horror anthology series (including the British Fantasy Award nominated Terror Tales of Wales). He also writes audio plays, novels and screenplays (Screenwriting Goldmine Awards finalist). Two episodes of his audio sitcom, The Future Boys, were released following a successful Kickstarter campaign, and he was recently commissioned by Big Finish Productions to write an audio drama for their Doctor Who range.
Thursday, 27 February 2020
Paperbacks now available!
The paperback editions of 'The Future Boys' and 'Empire of Monsters' are now available to buy on Amazon.
A novel based on the cult science fiction comedy plays and audio series, by award-winning genre author Steve Jordan (The Good Death Guide, Doctor Who).
The year is 2288. Two complete strangers wake up on a tiny shuttle in the middle of deep space. Tyler, a sarcastic, over-confident entrepreneur, finds himself trapped with Gary, an insufferably chirpy conman. The Syndicate has sentenced them both to death - they have one hour before their shuttle plunges nose-first into the asteroid belt. Can they work together to survive? Are they doomed to irritate each other into oblivion? Death is only the beginning...
Join Tyler and Gary on an epic adventure across the solar system - treasure hunting on Proteus, taking on an evil empire, and a series of perilous, ludicrous heists.
The future of the galaxy is at stake - will they screw it up like everything else?
Link to buy.
Monsters are real.
In the husk of an abandoned city, ghosts haunt the streets, dinosaurs hunt in the parks and mythical creatures stalk the neighborhood. The only human survivors have been forced back to an encampment on the outskirts.
Kate remembers the city before the monsters appeared, and is prepared to fight to reclaim it from them.
Zing, the youngest, has only ever known a life behind the walls of the encampment - but that's about to change.
Tyler and Gary, two petty criminals on the run, realise they've landed in hot water when their spacecraft crashes nearby. The monsters are getting more aggressive, and supplies are dwindling.
Will they escape? Will the monsters get them?
Set after the events of 'The Future Boys'.
Link to buy.
The year is 2288. Two complete strangers wake up on a tiny shuttle in the middle of deep space. Tyler, a sarcastic, over-confident entrepreneur, finds himself trapped with Gary, an insufferably chirpy conman. The Syndicate has sentenced them both to death - they have one hour before their shuttle plunges nose-first into the asteroid belt. Can they work together to survive? Are they doomed to irritate each other into oblivion? Death is only the beginning...
Join Tyler and Gary on an epic adventure across the solar system - treasure hunting on Proteus, taking on an evil empire, and a series of perilous, ludicrous heists.
The future of the galaxy is at stake - will they screw it up like everything else?
Link to buy.
Kate remembers the city before the monsters appeared, and is prepared to fight to reclaim it from them.
Zing, the youngest, has only ever known a life behind the walls of the encampment - but that's about to change.
Tyler and Gary, two petty criminals on the run, realise they've landed in hot water when their spacecraft crashes nearby. The monsters are getting more aggressive, and supplies are dwindling.
Will they escape? Will the monsters get them?
Set after the events of 'The Future Boys'.
Link to buy.
Monday, 9 December 2019
New from Bad Bat Books...
Ahead of news of our brand new theatre outing for 2020, Bad Bat Books are pleased to announce that we're publishing our first novel - The Future Boys by Steve Jordan - on December 16th! It's currently available to pre-order for Kindle now!Here's some words from Steve about the novel, and what you should expect from it.
"It will tell the story of the entire Future Boys saga (except Empire of Monsters, which is definitely its own thing). I’m re-telling the three original theatre productions - Dead Static, Pilgrim Shadow and King Chaos - plus the two audio episodes, and the stories of what would have been the other four episodes of the audio series - to make one glorious package."
"So it’s effectively 6 hours of script, fleshed out into a novel with some extra bits to bring it all together, comprised of essentially two mini-books – the story of the plays, and the story of the audio series. This is something I’ve thought about for a while, but as the funding for the rest of the audio series didn’t materialize, I’ve gone for what I feel is the best option to tell the stories. It would be great to do an audio book of it too with the audio series cast at some point, time allowing."
A paperback version will also be released in 2020, along with a paperback of Empire of Monsters - a previous Future Boys publication that we released in 2018.
Tuesday, 3 December 2019
Saturday, 9 June 2018
Future Boys: Back to the Start!
With 'Empire of Monsters' being released next week, now is the perfect time to go back to the start! Every single previous Future Boys adventure is available to download or watch in one form or another - and the entire back catalogue of adventures is completely free! Journey from Tyler and Gary's first meeting, to the treasure hunting, the empire conquering, the heists, the thrills, the spills, all the way up to their first novella - 'Empire of Monsters', which is available on Amazon right now!
You're now up to date!
Sunday, 3 June 2018
Empire of Monsters
Monsters are real. In the husk of an abandoned city, ghosts haunt the streets, dinosaurs hunt in the parks and mythical creatures stalk the neighborhood. The only human survivors have been forced back to an encampment on the outskirts.
Kate remembers the city before the monsters appeared, and is prepared to fight to reclaim it from them. Zing, the youngest, has only ever known a life behind the walls of the encampment - but that's about to change. Tyler and Gary, two petty criminals on the run, realise they've landed in hot water when their spacecraft crashes nearby.
The monsters are getting more aggressive, and supplies are dwindling. Will they escape? Will the monsters get them?
The Future Boys return! Bad Bat Books presents Empire of Monsters, a new novella from Steve Jordan, available to pre-order now on Amazon. Out June 14th!
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