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Beautiful and deeply moving: a testament to the indomitable flowering of queer identity and found family through grief and the cracks of time.
—The Stage
Nineteen-year-old Pip is trying to find themselves 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.
Then one day, they uncover a jacket in the attic that's been gathering dust. Bold, vibrant, and very '80s, in its pocket lies a diary belonging to someone long gone. Swept up in the mystery, Pip digs into the past, unearthing secrets about an old friend their parents don't want to discuss…
Funny, affecting, and beautifully queer, Coral Wylie's play Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew tracks one family's efforts to assuage the past and plant the seeds of a better future.
Nothing short of brilliant, the play holds a torch over family relationships, understanding queer identities, confronting gender binaries, Black masculinity, and femininity whilst bursting with humour and sentiment…Wylie is masterful and poetic, sensitive and commanding. The talent is overwhelming.
—WhatsOnStage
Affecting and genuinely moving…Wylie's writing is astute, with witty everyday observations that ring true and some devastating lines on loss.
—Telegraph
Profoundly personal…There's an unaffected poetry to the dialogue…a vibrant alternative perspective to today's concerns about digitally fixated teens.
—The Times
Pulses with humour and fire…a play that shows the wonder of friendship wholeheartedly and my eyes are filled with tears by its close. Wylie is clearly a talent.
—Time Out
So heartfelt, so genuine…moments of such joy, and of such immediate sorrow—it's difficult to not be entirely won over by this play, and by the complicated family at its heart.
—All That Dazzles
A warm and gentle play, with weight behind its poetry, and thorns behind its petals…a tightly bundled bouquet of a play–crafted, considered and full of love.
—West End Best Friend
Wylie's script soars.
—Reviews Hub
Profound and gorgeous…the way in which this play branches out to cover so many topics is nothing short of extraordinary.
—Liam O'Dell, journalist
Coral Wylie is a writer, performer, and theatremaker from West London. Their work for the stage includes Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew (Bush Theatre, London, 2025) and Entomology (longlisted for the 2022 Tony Craze Award).