‘Can you feel it? The lights are screaming, the buildings fall like dominoes…I can feel a shame rising in my body”
Chaos. Rebellion. A city on the brink. But Millie’s focused on living life to the full – who wouldn’t? Amid the 2019 Hong Kong protests, Millie searches for her sense of home whilst a city fights for its identity.
She’s normally the outsider; bold, rebellious, and impossible to resist. But this time, Millie finds herself face to face with a future she can’t ignore.
As the streets of Hong Kong erupt, Millie’s world begins to crack. Friendships fray, loyalties fracture, and the version of home she thought she was chasing slips through her fingers. What begins as a night of dopamine-fuelled excitement quickly spirals into chaos.
With original sound design blending euphoric techno with the intensity of a Hong Kong riot, Youth in Flames is a high-energy, socially charged debut inspired by real events. Writer and performer Mimi Martin weaves the personal and political with “unflinching honesty”. A love letter to Hong Kong and a snapshot of a generation caught in political unrest, Youth in Flames explores the search for belonging in a rapidly changing world – and the cost of ignorance when our attention is needed most.
Recipient of the Keep it Fringe Fund Award, Youth in Flames makes its debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
