Now is the Summer of our DiscoTent

A Shakesperean-inspired temporary bawdy nightclub

A playful collision of Elizabethan theatre and festival mischief, Now is the Summer of our DiscoTent reimagines the Globe as a bawdy, dust‑covered nightclub where Shakespeare’s spirit arrives wearing sequins and a cheeky grin.

  • The Globe facade entrance to Miss Peaches, Third Degree
    The Globe facade entrance to Miss Peaches, Third Degree
  • The Globe facade entrance to Miss Peaches, Burning Seed
    The Globe facade entrance to Miss Peaches, Burning Seed
  • The Globe facade by night, Burning Seed
    The Globe facade by night, Burning Seed
  • Now is the Summer of our DiscoTent, Wild Yam
    Now is the Summer of our DiscoTent, Wild Yam
  • Scale model for the Globe
    Scale model for the Globe

Originally created for Wild Yam’s A Midsummer Night’s Yam in 2022, the façade was a temporary gateway to the Miss Peaches theme camp — an invitation to step through velvet curtains into a world where Bogan Shakespeare, masquerade balls, and late‑night revelry unfold under the watchful eye of Will Shakespeare herself (aka Legs 11:11).

The structure began as a scale model, built to test proportions and the practical realities of festival life. From that prototype grew a modular, pack‑flat “kit” designed for rapid onsite assembly and a true leave‑no‑trace ethos.

In 2023, support from BOSS enabled the next evolution of the concept, expanding both its artistic ambition and its capacity to transform a simple patch of paddock into a theatrical celebration of community, humour and creative play.

Installed at:

  • The Third Degree, Oct 2023
  • Burning Seed Rekindled, Mar 2023
  • Wild Yam A Midsummer Nights Yam, Dec 2022

Dimensions:

  • 2.4m high x 3.6m wide
  • The entrance doorway is 1.6m deep, .8m wide and 2.2m high

Materials used:

  • Marine plywood
  • Recycled doors
  • Paint
  • Star pickets
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