Flora Gosling
- Oct 4
- 2 min
Review: Dear Daddy Who Art in Heaven (The Old Hairdressers)
Comedy that reconciles the gay and the godly: If God made man in his own image, then perhaps his voice mimics each person he speaks to?...
Flora Gosling
- Sep 8
- 3 min
Review: AFTER ALL (Assembly @ Dance Base)
A show about death that is as silly as it is sombre: The Edinburgh Fringe is full of multidisciplined over-promisers. Often when...
Flora Gosling
- Aug 22
- 2 min
Review: Habitat (Assembly @ Dance Base)
Creature discomforts as a hermit crab struggle to find a home: We have quite a cutesy perception of hermit crabs and how they move...
Flora Gosling
- Aug 19
- 2 min
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
- 2 min
Review: Did You Eat? (Greenside @ Infirmary Street)
A recipe for love handed down for generations: The idea of “love languages” seems to come in and out of fashion. Whenever someone eagerly...
Flora Gosling
- Aug 9
- 2 min
Review: Scent (Greenside @ Infirmary Street)
Top notes of talent but cliché leaves the performance feeling corked: There’s a particular scene in 2020’s Netflix sensation...
Flora Gosling
- Aug 7
- 2 min
Review: Temporarily Yours (Underbelly Bristo Square)
The stock characters and the standouts in Greta Zamparini’s solo performance: Sex work is a topic that, in theatre, feels like a...
Flora Gosling
- Aug 3
- 2 min
Review: Chicken (Summerhall)
The perils of fame as told by a fabulously feathered storyteller: Often at the fringe, a kooky concept can be a red flag: the sign of...
Flora Gosling
- Aug 25, 2022
- 2 min
Review: Poles: The Science of Magnetic Attraction (Pleasance Courtyard)
High heels and heavy hearts in Amelia Pitcher’s One Woman Show. This is a title that needs a photo to accompany it. Poles: The Science...
Flora Gosling
- Aug 12, 2022
- 3 min
Review: Take It Away, Cheryl (Greenside @ Infirmary Street)
The “hooker with a heart of gold” trope has been around for centuries. She is there to offer sage advice, become the object of the main...