Es & Flo (NHB Modern Plays)

Es and Flo fell fiercely in love in the eighties. They've been living as secret lovers ever since. As Es becomes more forgetful around their home, an unexpected carer arrives. Who sent this woman? Why? And can they trust her? As the outside world comes crashing in, Flo fights to protect the life they've built together over forty years behind closed doors. And faces the hardest battle of her life - to hold on to the woman she loves. Jennifer Lunn's play Es & Flo is a sharply observed, deeply compassionate drama, coloured with memories of the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp. It celebrates an older lesbian relationship, women coming together to fight for what's right, and the healing power of chosen family. The play was produced by Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, and opened there in 2023 before moving to Kiln Theatre, London, directed by Susie McKenna. It won the Popcorn Group Writing Award and the Nancy Dean Lesbian Playwriting Award.

Auteur

Jennifer Lunn is a writer, director, and producer. Her plays include Es & Flo (Wales Millennium Centre & Kiln Theatre, 2023) and Terroir (Sherman Theatre, 2021). Es & Flo won the Popcorn Group Writing Award in 2020, was shortlisted for the Verity Bargate Award, and longlisted for the Bruntwood Prize. Her play Core was shortlisted for the inaugural Women's Prize for Playwriting in 2020.