Pigspurt's Daughter: A Mythic Dad / A Legacy of Lunacy

The astounding monologue of Daisy Eris Campbells celebrated one-woman show.In addition to John Higgs introduction this edition also contains Jason Watkins review of Pigspurts Daughter which won the Observer/Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism 2019. A full color edition with photographs from the live performance plus a special section of Campbell family photos.Director actor writer Daisy Eris Campbell grew up in the lunatic world of her father master storyteller Ken Campbell described by The Guardian obituary as the most original and unclassifiable talent in British theatre of the past half-century. Daisy was literally conceived backstage at her fathers 12-hour staging of Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilsons epic production of Illuminatus! in which her mother Prunella Gee played Eris the 50-foot Goddess of Discord. In Pigspurts Daughter Daisy presents a surreal and comedic monologue that magnificently continues her family legacy of lunacy.Prior to Pigspurts Daughter Daisy adapted and directed Robert Anton Wilsons Cosmic Trigger in 2014 and 2017 in Liverpool and London to great acclaim. She also directed The KLFs comeback Welcome to the Dark Ages. She worked with her father for many years on productions notably directing the worlds longest play The Warp and a West-End run of Macbeth in Pidgin English Makbed. Pigspurts Daughter is her first solo show.