Critic’s Choice 2018 – Mark Ludmon
BritishTheatre.com reviewer Mark Ludmon nominates his theatre favourites from 2018.
BritishTheatre.com reviewer Mark Ludmon nominates his theatre favourites from 2018.
Mark Ludmon reviews Funeral Flowers, written and performed by Emma Dennis-Edwards, at the Pleasance Pop-Up at Edinburgh Fringe Funeral Flowers Pleasance Pop-Up at 21 Broughton Street, Edinburgh Fringe Five stars Book Now A large apartment on Edinburgh’s Broughton Street has been turned into a performance space by The Pleasance for this year’s Fringe, home to Power Play, a programme exploring gender inequality through immersive theatre. A highlight of the line-up is Emma Dennis-Edwards’ powerful new play, Funeral Flowers, which certainly touches on the programme’s theme but is also a hard-hitting, heartbreaking story of a young woman’s resilience against the odds. In a brilliantly sustained performance by the author herself, the play presents us with Angelique, a 17-year-old who has embarked on a course in floristry at college while living in care because her mother is in prison. We meet Angelique at the front door of 21 Broughton Street and she … Read more