Flora Gosling
- Nov 18, 2022
- 4 min
Review: The Book of Mormon (Theatre Royal Glasgow)
There was a time when showing Hitler having anal sex in hell on stage would have been shocking. It would be childish to pretend it isn’t...
Flora Gosling
- Jul 19, 2022
- 4 min
Review: Underwood Lane (Tron Theatre)
Retro Music and Retro Writing in John Byrne's Long-awaited Musical
Being postponed can be a death knell for exciting new works, let alone...
Flora Gosling
- Jun 2, 2022
- 3 min
Review: Mamma Mia! (King's Theatre Glasgow)
The beloved musical arrives, unchanged after 23 years, in Glaaasgoooow...
Mamma Mia! is one of a long list of classic musicals I have never
Flora Gosling
- May 4, 2022
- 4 min
Review: School of Rock (Theatre Royal Glasgow)
Adapting popular films for the stage is a double-edged sword. The novelty of seeing the same story on stage, often word-for-word, will...
Flora Gosling
- May 4, 2022
- 3 min
Review: Bedknobs and Broomsticks (King's Theatre Glasgow)
When you look up Bedknobs and Broomsticks on the Shop Disney website, a sad cartoon character comes up to tell you they have no results....
Flora Gosling
- May 4, 2022
- 3 min
Review: Bat Out of Hell (King's Theatre Glasgow)
Musicals often feed into their target audience’s fantasies. As the motorbikes rev their thunderous engines outside the theatre, audience...
Flora Gosling
- May 4, 2022
- 4 min
Review: Blood Brothers (King's Theatre Glasgow)
This production of Blood Brothers feels like it exists in multiple times at once. It was written in the 1980s, set in the 1960s, and...
Flora Gosling
- May 4, 2022
- 2 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, 2022
- 2 min
Review: Romeo and Juliet - One-Man Musical (TheSpace at Surgeon's Hall)
This year there are (at least) five productions of Romeo and Juliet at the fringe. When a show is trying to trying to add a little more...
Flora Gosling
- May 4, 2022
- 2 min
Review: Kinky Boots (King's Theatre Glasgow)
Sometimes the best part of a musical is seeing a familiar or unremarkable setting created on stage and filled with singing and dancing,...