Omari Douglas is a triumph in heartbreaking play Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew

Omari Douglas is a triumph in heartbreaking play Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew

“Everything is born from something dying,” notes Duncan during a particularly tear-jerking moment of Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew, the stunning debut play from non-binary writer Coral Wylie. It’s an ethos that runs through Wylie’s piece, far beyond its focus on gardening as a radical act. Flowers can grow from where others have died, but humans too, can grow and blossom in unexpected ways in the aftermath of loss. Duncan, played with equal pa…

The diaries are dynamite: they keep secrets and secrets can tear families apart. In the debut of Coral Wylie, Lavanda, hyacinth, violet, weaving currently at the Bush Theatre, the written records are linked, as the title highlights, with plants in a story that explores the strange identity and questions the genre binaries, while at the same time creating a powerful image of family life, and the way in which experiences are passed through generat…

Coral Wylie’s Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew at the Bush Theatre: Tender And Original Debut About The Black Queer Experience

Diaries are dynamite — they hold secrets, and secrets can tear families apart. In Coral Wylie’s debut, Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew, currently at the Bush Theatre, written records are linked, as the title highlights, with plants in a story which explores queer identity and questions gender binaries, while at the same time creating a powerful picture of family life — and the way experiences are passed down the generations. Wylie, a graduate of…

Bush Theatre FIRST LOOK IMAGES: Omari Douglas, Wil Johnson, Pooky Quesnel & Coral Wylie in the “Beautifully queer” ‘Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew’

“A garden without a traditional English rose is a cardinal sin – and I committed eight of those before my Ready Brek. – D x”   Soil-soaked jeans and dirt under their fingernails, 19-year-old Pip is trying to find themself through gardening. But with a Dad more interested in plants than people and a Mum stuck in the past, they’re left to ponder life’s questions alone. Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew by Coral Wylie ;Production ;  Credit and copyri…