Wild
Hampstead Theatre,
Eton Avenue, London, NW3 3EU
Genre: Play
Booking period: 10 June – 16 July 2016
Written By Mike Bartlett
Directed by James Macdonald
‘Let me tell you, now you’re in the club, that it’s important to keep a sense of humour, because things are going to get, now and for the rest of your life, extremely difficult’
Hampstead Theatre presents the world premiere of Mike Bartlett’s darkly comic new play Wild..
Directed by James Macdonald, the full cast features Jack Farthing, Caoilfhionn Dunne and John Mackay.
Wild explores the unexpected, bewildering, and life-changing consequences of challenging the status quo at a global level. As the State grows more powerful because of technology, and technology grows more powerful because of the State, where do the self-appointed protectors of the rights of the citizen stand? Heroes? Or traitors?
Last week, Andrew was that guy with his girl lunching in KFC, discussing apartments and making plans for the future. Today he’s in Moscow, in an undisclosed hotel room, on the run and at risk of assassination. Last week, a nobody. This week, America’s Most Wanted: a man who humiliated his country with one touch of a button.
Cast
Andrew : Jack Farthing
Carmen Disruption (Almeida), Bang Bang Bang (Royal Court/ Out of Joint), Mary Broome (Orange Tree Theatre), Charley’s Aunt, Comedy of Errors (Royal Exchange).
Woman : Caoilfhionn Dunne
Forever Yours, Mary Lou (Theatre Royal, Bath), Our Country’s Good, The Veil (National Theatre), Fathers and Sons, The Night Alive (Donmar Warehouse).
Man : John Mackay
Measure For Measure (Young Vic), Oresteia (Almeida), Drawing the Line, 55 Days (Hampstead), Richard III, (Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory),
Creatives
Written By : Mike Bartlett
Chariots of Fire also at the Hampstead. King Charles III, Bull (Young Vic) Game (Almeida), Doctor Foster (BBC).
Directed by : James Macdonald
The Arrest of Ai Weiwei by Howard Brenton, Caryl Churchill’s Escaped Alone, Cock also written by Mike Bartlett, Drunk Enough to Say I Love You?, Blasted (Royal Court). The Father (Theatre Royal Bath, Tricycle and West End).
Booking Information | Wild
10 June – 16 July 2016