I Hope Your Flowers Bloom, By Raymond Wilson

Flitting between romantic obsession and botanical description, Raymond Wilson offers a raw, moving and genuinely funny exploration of healthy masculinity, self-worth and working-class access to nature. Through his friendship with Flo, Raymond attempts to escape the grey Glasgow scheme into Scotland’s natural world. But when Flo leaves, so does Raymond’s love of the wilderness. Inside and broken-hearted, he’s forced to admit the things he’s neglected in himself and with others. Directed by Fiona Mackinnon, this 2023 hit of the Fringe is not to be missed.