Hot Mess

Hawke & Hunter, Edinburgh, 2010 Producer Tantrums Productions Director Ella Hickson Writer Ella Hickson Starring Gwendolen Chatfield, Kerri Hall, Solomon Mousley & Michael Whitham

Polo and Twitch were born twins, but with only one heart. Twitch got the heart and Polo was left with a hole. Polo is not looking to be loved and Twitch can do nothing but. As they turn twenty-five they return to the island where they were brought up and face old friends and new.

Ella explores the effect of growing up in a world where sex and love are increasingly separated and asks how twenty-somethings deal with the death of Happy Ever After.

Written for the Hawke and Hunter's 'Below Stairs' nightclub, Hot Mess is performed in the round and backed by a live DJ.

IT’S TWO YEARS since Ella Hickson first exploded onto the festival scene with her magnificent monologue show Eight; and during that time, she has become recognised as one of Britain’s leading young playwrights. Her latest Fringe project ... is presented with great skill and poise, in a beautifully-paced production that never flags, over a taut 90 minutes.

Joyce McMillan The Scotsman

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Hickson has been hailed as something of a wunderkind in new writing. And deservedly

Nick Awde The Stage

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a rising star of British theatre ... she has a gorgeous way with words and head full of bewitching ideas. Hickson remains a red-hot one to watch

Alice Jones The Independent

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The script is a poetic interaction at the same moment as being well-observed natural dialogue - showing Hickson's rare and delicious skill

Edinburgh Spotlight

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Familiar and at the same time insightful, this piece is characterised by a rare naturalness ... a fine play

Laura Ennor The List

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