WILD SWIMMING
DIRECTED BY ZOE VANDERVELDE
JUNE 20-28
BY MAREK HORN
SALE OPENS 30/04/25
1st RELEASE (Early Bird)
$18 - 28
2ND RELEASE
$30 - $40
SALE OPENS 21/05/25
FINAL RELEASE
$35 - $45
SALE OPENS 13/06/25
A kaleidoscopic exploration of cultural progress, Marek Horn's play Wild Swimming is an interrogation of gender and privilege, and a wilfully ignorant history of English Literature.
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Nell and Oscar meet on a beach in Dorset. It's 1595… or maybe 1610. Oscar has returned from university and Nell is doing fuck-all. They will meet here, again and again, on this beach for the next four hundred years. Stuff will change. As it does with time. They will try to keep up.
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Hover for Warnings:
Sexual References
Partial Nudity
Adult Themes
References to discrimination, war, and mental illness.
19th JUNE is a preview for schools audiences.
If you are a school and want to book, email info@ioperformanceco.com
This production is a part of IONS - Our early-mid career artist Program.
'Huge fun... a bold, anarchic and life-affirming celebration of progress and friendship... a thorough and empathetic interrogation of what it really means to move forward, told with spontaneity, honesty and creative flair' - Broadway Baby
'Joyful, clever and funny... Horn’s script is so alive that the whole thing fizzes with energy... a fascinating way to get to grips with gender history' - Edinburgh Festivals Magazine
'A consistent source of delight... Horn's writing is gorgeously supple... a pure sugar-hit of joy' - Exeunt Magazine
An irreverent exploration of gender dynamics... a charmingly wild piece of feminist theatre'Fringe Review'Deliciously immodest, formally inventive and searingly clever' - Guardian
'A confident comedic time-travelling exploration of gender rights, power and history... delivers laughs throughout... sarcastic barbs, a puckish spirit and big ideas all merrily co-exist here' - The Stage
