Flora Gosling
Mar 252 min read
Review: Pain and I (Summerhall)
Sarah Hopfinger dances with a lifelong companion: At the start of Sarah Hopfinger’s autobiographical dance theatre performance Pain and I...
Flora Gosling
Feb 272 min read
Review: Maria (The Old Hairdressers)
Mary Magdalene reintroduced, but not revived: Thought you know_____? Well, think again! Perhaps it is a trope that theatre makers like to...
Flora Gosling
Oct 4, 20232 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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...