Hot Mess
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'Hot Mess' is the new site-specific show from Ella Hickson 'one of the most talented young writers around' (Scotsman); writer of 'Eight' (Fringe First, 'best of the Edinburgh Festival') and 'Precious Little Talent', 'Hickson really is special' ★★★★ (Guardian). Set in the round, in Edinburgh's trendiest boutique nightclub, this dark and lyrical tale asks you to join four late-night revelers as they push sexual politics to their limits. We ask you to charge your glasses and step into the underworld of human interaction. 'Utterly original, exhilarating; Hickson is a satirist of real power and insight' ★★★★ (Sunday Times on 'Eight').
Note: Strobe lighting, not suitable for children. Subject matter is sexual.
Ages: 16+
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Reviews & features
Hot Mess
8 Aug 2010
Believable take on the hazy suspended reality of a messy night out
An otherworldly pair of twins with only one heart between them, a couple whose sexual closeness is as great as their emotional disjunction, two people with the uneasy taste of a one-night stand still in the backs of their mouths, and ex-best friends…
Hot Mess takes modern angst theatre into the nightclub
27 Jul 2010
Experimental look at contemporary relationships from hot young playwright
Despite feeling increasing pressure to give in and follow every other hot young thing to London, playwright Ella Hickson doesn’t want to leave Edinburgh behind. A graduate of Edinburgh University, Hickson wrote and directed her breakthrough Fringe play…
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