Flora Gosling
- Jul 24
- 2 min
Review: The Importance of Being Earnest (Bard in the Botanics)
An Earnest of very little Importance: What do you do with a classic that has a lot to say for itself? It is often said that Shakespeare’s...
Flora Gosling
- Jul 6
- 3 min
Review: Henry IV (Bard in the Botanics)
A condensed adaptation that keeps the heart in mind and the war out of sight: For many a Shakespeare enthusiast, it is standard practice...
Flora Gosling
- Jul 4
- 2 min
Review: Julius Caesar (Bard in the Botanics)
A Bloodless Fight for Power: For a production whose designs revolve around modern politics (think pencil skirts, charismatic smiles, and...
Flora Gosling
- Aug 31, 2022
- 2 min
Review: The Tragedy of Macbeth (Assembly Roxy)
A bold Shakespearean production that accentuates the evil - The most disturbing line in Macbeth is easily the “dashed the brains out”...
Flora Gosling
- Aug 18, 2022
- 2 min
Review: Midsummer (theSpace @ Niddry St)
Do you ever try reshuffling the furniture in your home, only to realise it was probably better as it was? That maybe the furniture was...
Flora Gosling
- Jul 29, 2022
- 4 min
Review: The Tempest (Bard in the Botanics)
Prospero is Reimagined in Bard in the Botanics’ Staggering Final Performance of the Summer
Back in October, Nicole Cooper starred in...
Flora Gosling
- Jul 26, 2022
- 3 min
Review: Much Ado About Nothing (Bard in the Botanics)
Bard in the Botanics Bring out this Play’s Strengths, but Cannot Overcome Its Weaknesses
Sometimes a subplot is more interesting and...
Flora Gosling
- Jul 1, 2022
- 4 min
Review: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Bard in the Botanics)
Why go to Glastonbury or Pride when you can go to Jennifer Dick’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream?
If you wanted to spend last weekend surrounded
Flora Gosling
- Jun 28, 2022
- 3 min
Review: Medea (Bard in the Botanics)
An Exercise in Intensity Starring Nicole Cooper
At first, we hear angry shrieks in the distance, whispers about a woman who doesn’t fit in,
Flora Gosling
- May 4, 2022
- 3 min
Review: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Scottish Opera, at Theatre Royal Glasgow)
Do you ever take a nap in the middle of the afternoon without setting an alarm? You don’t know when you will wake up, you don’t know what...