Ghosts in the Garden - Edinburgh International Festival

: Holding on_Photography by Melanie Sangwine

: Love_Photography by Melanie Sangwine

: Correspondence_Photography by Melanie Sangwine

: Dying soldier_Photography by Mona Kastell

: Pianist_Photography by Mona Kastell

: Gone love_Photography by Mona Kastell

: Heartful letters _Photography by Mona Kastell

: Reading_Photography by Mona Kastell

: Away soul_Photography by Mona Kastell

“acoustically stunning” Thom Dibdin, All Edinburgh Theatre

With Chris Elliott, dressed in a period military uniform already hidden amidst the leaves of the Palm House, Emma Morwood in the flowing grey dress of a WW1 nurse, gives a long, wistful performance of the song as she changes cloak for apron, a nurse preparing for a day on the wards.
18th February 2016

Part of a series of “Pop up performance project” by the Edinburgh International Festival, Ghosts in the garden commemorates First World War, reflecting upon courage and love in turbulent times.

Performed in the middle of the plam trees and giant ferns, at the Royal Botanics Gardens, Edinburgh.

Director: Sally Hobson
Costume Designer: Mona Kastell
Singers: Chris Elliott (lyric tenor) & Emma Morwood (soprano)
Pianist: Andrew Brown
Photography: Stuart Armitt, Melanie Sangwine and Mona Kastell

Ghosts in the Garden – Edinburgh International Festival

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