Description:
Listed in The Stage's Best Shows to See at EdFringe2025, Dan Hazelwood's wonderfully rule-breaking play returns to EdFringe, reclaiming the story of an 18th-century exile marooned on Ascension Island for the crime of sodomy. As light on its feet as it is in its disposition, Ascension adapts his 300-year-old diary, infusing it with original writing and post-modern flourishes to transcend its historic roots into a play rooted in the 21st-century. Ascension explores weaponised religion and self-acceptance through optimism, compassion, and wit. 'I laughed, I cried, I wished I'd brought more tissues' **** (TheStage.co.uk). ***** (TheStudentNews.co.uk). **** (WeeReview.com). **** (BroadwayBaby.com).