Flora Gosling
May 4, 20222 min read
Review: All My Sons (Dundee Rep)
Arthur Miller’s dense drama is one of those rare plays that will always be relevant, in some way or another. Concealing and ultimately...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20222 min read
Review: Romeo and Juliet (Zoo Charteris)
“Never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo.” Perhaps, but there can be an awful lot of despair that comes with...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20223 min read
Review: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Young Vic Theatre)
"What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof?" From the glossy sheen of the Young Vic's production of the classic Tennessee William's...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20223 min read
Review: Julius Caesar (Pop-Up Globe)
Auckland's Pop-Up Globe is a sight to behold. A scale replica of the London original, the detail that has gone into recreating the...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20223 min read
Review: The Importance of Being Earnest (The Elms)
No matter the strength of a production, I will always take my hat off to open air performances. There is always a great deal of risk and...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20223 min read
Review: Medea on Media (C)
When is a production of Medea not a production of Medea? Apparently, when the Koreans do it. Theatre group Seongbukdong Beedoolkee have...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20223 min read
Review: Mies Julie (Assembly Rooms)
Adaptations in new settings can change an entire production. Sometimes you can take a Shakespeare play, for example, set it in post-World...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20223 min read
Preview Review: Titus Andronicus (The Royal Shakespeare Theatre)
Here we go again, Angus Jackson. Regular readers will know that my response to Jackson’s Rome season at the RSC has been quite mixed so...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20223 min read
Review: Antony and Cleopatra (Royal Shakespeare Theatre)
Please let it be good. Please let it be good. Please let it be good. Despite my usual determination not to prejudge any production, nor...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20224 min read
Review: Julius Caesar (Royal Shakespeare Theatre)
So here it is ladies and gentleman, the RSC’s killer summer season that you’ve all been looking forward to…Rome season? Granted, after...