Wild Swimming by Marek Horn

“Deliciously immodest, formally inventive and searingly clever.” – Guardian

“Joyful, clever and funny.” —Edinburgh Festivals Magazine

A KALEIDOSCOPIC EXPLORATION OF CULTURAL PROGRESS, GENDER AND PRIVILEGE, AND A WILLFULLY IGNORANT HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.

Wild Swimming was created by FullRogue and ran at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival before transferring to the Bristol Old Vic. FullRogue director Julia Horn says of the impetus for the play, “Me and my friend (a man) were having a conversation about two years ago, we chatted about lots of stuff for a very long time because we were probably drunk. He almost certainly was drunk. Eventually he said to me ‘sometimes, Julia, I wish I was born in the Victorian times, because I think I would have been more successful back then’…ever since that conversation I wanted to make a play about men. And feminism. And I wanted a man to write it. I wanted the MAN to write it, and I wanted this man to have to DEFEND ALL MEN, at once, in one play…”

Starring: Katie Ryan & Jules Talbot

Directed by Emily Larson & Brooks Reeves
Costume Design: Elizabeth Rocha
Lighting & Scenic Design: Danielle Fauteux Jacques
Sound Design: David Reiffel
Stage Manager: Maria-Sophia Martin
ASM: Alan Jussome
Design Assistant & Gallery Design: Audrey Johnson

Running Time: estimated 75 minutes