Dirty Wonderland

scripted by Michael Wynne and devised by the Company (2005)

Commissioned by the Brighton Festival.

Inspired by the uncompromising photography of Nan Goldin and set to the sex-driven power pop of Goldfrapp, this guided tour of excess around the ballrooms and bedrooms of a faded hotel detonated the idea of the 'dirty weekend'. The undoubted success of the 2005 Brighton International Festival, Dirty Wonderland was a master class in site-responsive theatre.


With a script by Michael Wynne (My Summer of Love) in celebration of Frantic Assembly's 10th anniversary, this dark journey of the soul redefined the very concept of site-specific theatre.

The show performed at the Grand Ocean Hotel, Saltdean from the 18th – 29th May 2005.