Molly Taylor Revives Fringe Show to Propose to Stage Manager Partner

Performer Molly Taylor revived her one-woman show, Love Letters to the Public Transport System, after 14 years at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe — not for fame, but as an elaborate ploy to propose to her partner, stage manager Sam Thornber. The couple first met during a "Fringe romance" in Edinburgh in 2012. For one night only, Taylor staged the show as an excuse to lure Thornber to the Scottish capital, where a wall of Fringe posters delivered the surprise proposal: "Sam will you marry me? Thornber, who said "yes, remarked: "It was such an elaborate ploy, I can't believe Molly got away with it." Taylor added: "We've just had such a golden time in a golden place.

The show was originally described as "stunning by Scotsman critic Joyce McMillan and received a four-star review. Taylor's friend Francesca Moody, who helped stage it, is the producer behind Fringe-to-screen hits like Fleabag and Baby Reindeer, though neither was dreaming of similar fame. A heart-warming tale to be immortalised on stage?