I Hope Your Flowers Bloom

Presented by All the Figs, I Hope Your Flowers Bloom is written and performed by Raymond Wilson and directed by Fiona Mackinnon.

The show is part of the Made in Scotland Showcase, and will be showing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year.

Show Dates:

2nd to 27th August 2023

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A story of ancient plants and modern relationships.

Flitting between romantic obsession and botanical description, this semi-autobiographical piece by Raymond Wilson offers a raw, moving and genuinely humorous exploration of healthy masculinity, self-worth and working-class access to nature.

Through his friendship with Flo and her modern nomadic lifestyle, Raymond attempts to escape the greyness of the Glasgow scheme into Scotland’s natural world, with some unflinching self-reflection along the way.

Part of the Made in Scotland Showcase

Emma commissioned and supported the development of this piece through the Village Storytelling Festival 2022. Further development was supported by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland

Performance photos: Greg McKinney

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I Hope Your Flowers Bloom will be showing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe between 2nd and 27th August

Full dates and tickets on sale on 25th May

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Meet the Creative Team

Raymond Wilson, Writer and Performer
Raymond Wilson is a working-class, LGBTQ+-identifying creative and environmental-educator from Clydebank. An award-nominated, multi-disciplinary artist with experience in acting, writing, and music, his work explores the intersections between the natural world, spirituality, and the Scottish working-class.

He was awarded a postgraduate scholarship to study at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where he achieved an MA in Classical & Contemporary Text. He has worked as a performer with companies including BBC Radio 4, Modest Predicament, Fear No Colours, and Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland, as well as leading workshops with organisations such as Clydesider, and Traidhos (Thailand).
Photo: Richard Walker
Fiona Mackinnon, Director
Fiona Mackinnon is a freelance theatre director based in Glasgow. Fiona has worked as an assistant/ associate/ director with the National Theatre of Scotland, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, The Lyceum Theatre, The Traverse Theatre, Lung Ha Theatre Company, The Royal Shakespeare Company, The Citizens Theatre, The Beacon Arts Centre, The Tron Theatre, and A Play, A Pie and a Pint, Glasgow.

She runs a free training programme for actors with a learning disability across Scotland with Lung Ha Theatre Company and is a Lead Artist with Class Act at the Traverse Theatre. She is also a script reader for the National Theatre of Scotland. ext with your real content.
www.fionamackinnon.com
Emma Collins, Producer
Emma Collins has been a leader, consultant and producer in the arts sector for over a decade. She has had the privilege of working with some of Scotland’s leading cultural organisations, including Independent Arts Projects, All or Nothing Aerial Dance Theatre, Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival, Puppet Animation Scotland and Mischief la-bas.

She develops, programmes, commissions and produces award-winning festivals and small scale theatre both as an independent producer (under the banner All the Figs) and on behalf of some fantastic organisations. She is the Executive Director of Push the Boat Out: Scotland’s International Poetry Festival, and founder and former Director of the Village Storyelling Festival. With All the Figs, she produces work that crosses boundaries of storytelling, theatre and music, and aims to support artists to develop performance that asks us to consider what it means to be human in today's world.