Flora Gosling
May 4, 20222 min
Dreamworld (Previously Zumba Gold) (Pleasance Courtyard)
There are various professions that require you to put on a performance; teaching, customer service, and, apparently, being a Zumba...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20223 min
Review: The Importance of Being...Earnest? (Pleasance at the EICC)
Be warned, this is a dangerous show. It involves no pyrotechnics. It has no elaborate stunts. It doesn’t even feature wild animals. No,...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20224 min
Review: Love in the Time of Lockdown (TheSpace @ Surgeons' Hall)
I confess, this year I expected the stages of Edinburgh to be awash with lockdown-related plays this August, but I was wrong. Maybe in a...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20223 min
Review: The Comedy of Errors (The Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Garden Theatre)
The new, temporary Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Garden Theatre is reminiscent of a water park. It feels as though we are about to witness some...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20222 min
Review: Curtains (King's Theatre Glasgow)
“Refrain from making anything brilliant, just avoid making anything god awful”. A truly accurate description of what it can feels like to...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20222 min
Review: Noises Off (Lyric Hammersmith)
After the sensation of The Play that Goes Wrong, one (i.e. me) would be forgiven for thinking that this farcical, meta 1982 play was an...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20223 min
Review: Bitter Wheat (Garrick Theatre)
While I may not be a London critic, it’s difficult to be a theatre enthusiast with a twitter account without having heard of “Bitter...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20223 min
Review: Seed (BATS Theatre)
With New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern currently on maternity leave, becoming the first elected leader ever to do so, this...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20222 min
Review: Jekyll & Hyde (Isaac Theatre Royal)
I can't say I have encountered many theatre companies that stick to a strict formula. Yet, when I heard that A Slightly Isolated Dog were...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20223 min
Review: Ideation (Court Theatre)
A meeting room full of managing consultants does not seem like an obvious place for a dark and thrilling play, but that is what Aaron...