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WILD  TIME  -   A  Theatrical  NOVEL
BY  ROSE   BIGGIN   &  KEIR  COOPER (pub. 2020 )

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Wild Time is a punk prose revision of A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the lovers and the haters, told with humour, mythology and erotics on an astronomical scale.

The Duke of Athens and the Amazon Queen are getting married in the morning. It’s going to be a big one, and everyone’s invited. The King and Queen of the Fairies arrive into ancient Athens, ready to be guests of honour at the party of the age.There’s a gifted new Changeling in town — a uniquely talented human who’s attracting some attention. Titania has plans, Oberon’s wound up about it, there’s a long night ahead and naturally it all comes down to who does what. The planets have their own ideas, and elsewhere, deep within the forest, we see a leatherworker and part-time male stripper rehearsing a play that’s ahead of its time...

This is A Midsummer Night’s Dream as you’ve never known it before. A punk revision of Shakespeare’s narratives of pleasure and power, WILD TIME is a new world composed of erotic and theatrical acrobatics, taking liberties with Greek gods and literary idols like nothing is sacred. It’s funny, it’s sexy, and you’ve got a front row seat.


“Huge fun!…an exuberant puck-fest that knows its arse from its bottom”
Alan Moore (Jerusalem, Illuminations)





Published by:
Surface Press 2020

Supported by:
die kleine steinfelder galerie
Arts Council England

Interviews * Reviews * Blogs: 
A Bit Lit
Nina Allan
Fantasy Hive
Breaking the Glass Slipper


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Theatre Events:

LIVERPOOL
Wild Time a theatrical novel

feat. Garnett "Ratte" Frost
(June 2023: Shakespeare North)

LONDON
Wild Time at Birkbeck Arts Week
feat. Prof Sue Wiseman
(April 2023: Birkbeck)


LANCASTER
Wild Time at The Dukes
feat. Christine Mackie
(May 2022: Dukes Lancaster)

LEEDS
Wild Time: a theatrical novel
feat. Dr Kara McKechnie
(Oct 2021: Slung Low)

LONDON
Wild Time: a theatrical novel at CPT
feat. Emma Jude Harris
(Feb 2021: Camden People's Theatre)

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