Norden Farm Productions in association with Kate Tull present ...

Wig

A short story written and performed by Patrick Gale. A live reading of Wig, a black comedy about a housewife in suburban hell and a hairpiece with a will of its own, set to a specially commissioned soundscape designed by sound artist Jon Nicholls.

When downtrodden mother and wife Wanda impulsively buys a blond wig, it's just a bit of morale-boosting fun. She has no idea that the wig will tempt her into breaking all her careful suburban rules, drawing out a dangerous side to her personality...

Patrick Gale is the author of eleven novels, including Rough Music and Friendly Fire. Wig is taken from his collection of short stories, Dangerous Pleasures .

Jon Nicholls is a composer and sound artist whose work includes frequent collaborations with the BBC, Channel 4, Radio 4 and national theatre companies. He is currently writing an opera , Falling Across , due to be staged in Birmingham in 2008.

"nattily subversive, sexually ambiguous, intelligent and disturbing"
The Sunday Times

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