Wild

by Mike Bartlett

Last week, Andrew was that guy with his girl lunching in KFC and making plans for the future. Today he's in Moscow, on the run and at risk of assassination. Loosely based on the case of CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden, this is a darkly comic play that explores the unexpected and life-changing consequences of challenging the status quo at a global level.

Genres: Plays

80 pages, Paperback

First published June 9, 2016

About the author

Michael Bartlett is a British playwright. Mike Bartlett was born on 7 October 1980 in Abingdon, Oxford, England. He attended Abingdon School, then studied English and Theatre Studies at the University of Leeds. In October 2013, Mike won Best New Play at The National Theatre Awards for his play Bull, beating plays from both Alan Ayckbourn and Tom Wells.

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Reviews

[Doug · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bartlett's examination of the Snowden case is brilliant and frustrating in equal measure, including an ending that would seem virtually impossible to actually stage. Until the final 5 pages, I was tempted to give it 5 stars, but that ending....

[Sandro · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating play about whistleblowing and society. I would love to see a performance in the near future but until then the text alone has provided much food for thought.

[Tuti · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow. Extraordinary. A smart, tremendously fast paced, efficiently constructed, surprising and extremely timely play about the definition of freedom, identity, privacy in our age of complete surveillance.

[Debbie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Saw it performed in Melbourne. Also worth reading.