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.

One of the hits of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2023, it is touring through Scotland this May, as well as dates at the Norwegian Storytelling Festival in Oslo this March and the Literhaus Literature and Music Festival in Copenhagen in June.

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2nd to 24th May 2024

Cumbernauld Theatre: 2nd May Tron Theatre, Glasgow: 3rd & 4th May Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock: 5th May The Studio, Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival: 23rd May Cat Strand, Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival: 24th May Learn More View Trailer

Photo: Jassy Earl

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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.

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. It was selected as part of the Made In Scotland Showcase 2023 and is now touring in Scotland and Scandinavia.

Performance photos: Mihaela Bodlovic

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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.