

Preview: Play On (Nicholson Square Venues)
Escape room drama with untapped potential: If you have ever participated in an escape room, then you know that they aren't typically playful. They can be stressful, divisive, and even euphoric, but rarely playful, and that is especially true for the two siblings in Erin Boulter’s Play On. Ash (Boulter) and Lea (Rebekka Pewterbaw) have barely left their mother’s funeral when they are told that to find their mother’s will, they must complete an escape room, one which is full of
Flora Gosling
May 12 min read


Review: War Horse (Theatre Royal Glasgow)
There’s life in this old mare yet: It has been nearly two decades since Joey first galloped onto the National Theatre stage. A groundbreaking performance at the time, the adaptation of...
Flora Gosling
Apr 172 min read


Review: Death of a Salesman (Pavillion Theatre)
Another Week, Another Arthur Miller: It does feel rather pointed. In the six-plus years that I have lived in Glasgow, the city hasn’t played
Flora Gosling
Mar 252 min read


Review: A View from the Bridge (Tron Theatre)
Bridging the old and the new at The Tron: For better or worse, much is resting on this Arthur Miller production at the Tron. It is the direc
Flora Gosling
Feb 272 min read


Review: How I Learned to Swim (Summerhall)
Sorrowful solo performance stays in the shallows
If this were just a show about learning to swim at the age of thirty, that would be...
Flora Gosling
Aug 20, 20242 min read


Review: Jane Eyre (Bard in the Botanics)
Brontë in the park fails to leave a mark: Next to me, three women in fold-out chairs are trying to discreetly open a bottle of bubbly...
Flora Gosling
Jun 28, 20243 min read


Review: Life of Pi (Theatre Royal Glasgow)
How do you create an ocean on stage, my boyfriend questions as we queue outside Theatre Royal? As countless Tempest...
Flora Gosling
Jun 24, 20242 min read


Review: Escaped Alone (Tron Theatre)
Two worlds are spliced together and served with tea and biscuits: When the curtain is dramatically drawn back...
Flora Gosling
Mar 2, 20243 min read


Review: The Threepenny Opera (Festival Theatre Edinburgh)
A rich kids revival of a groundbreaking “opera”: Right now at the Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow, there is an exhibition of Banksy’s...
Flora Gosling
Aug 22, 20234 min read


Review: Unstitching (TheSpace @ Niddry Street)
Crafted chaos inspired by everyone’s favourite international song competition: For theatre kids, talking about Eurovision during...
Flora Gosling
Aug 19, 20232 min read