Flora Gosling
Aug 72 min read
Review: Polishing Shakespeare (Assembly Rooms)
Brian Dykstra’s axe-grinding defence of Shakespeare is unshakably stiff: Who amongst us can say they didn’t use “No-Fear Shakespeare”...
Flora Gosling
Jul 23 min read
Review: Hedda Gabler (Bard in the Botanics)
Nicole Cooper shines as Hedda: Nothing proves a point about women’s “infinite variety” like opening your season with Jane Eyre and...
Flora Gosling
Jul 24, 20232 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20224 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20224 min read
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