Flora Gosling
May 4, 20224 min read
Rules and Expectations - Are Fringe Festivals Elitist?
"Every aspect of society sets rules and expectations." That was one of the more insightful quotes from Intervention Theatre's "The World...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20222 min read
Review: The Plastic Orgasm (Lot 23)
"This is not a show. This is an event." While I am not ordinarily a fan of pieces of theatre that consider themselves above the idea of...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20222 min read
Review: This Is What You Signed Up For (Basement Theatre)
Audience participation can scare some. The step up from that is immersive theatre, in which the atmosphere so strong and frequently...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20222 min read
Review: Watching Paint Dry (Herald Theatre)
If there is ever a title to get audience in seats, it is that one. The brain child of writer and director Anders Falstie-Jensen, we are...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20222 min read
Review: Roots (Uxbridge Theatre)
Not sure where you're from? Not sure how you came to be? Not sure whether it even matters? "Roots", a solo show about tracing family back...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20223 min read
Review: The Contours of Heaven (TAPAC)
Theatre made about and for a specific area are always a labour of love. They are made in a debt to its setting to represent it accurately...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20222 min read
Review: Welcome to Self Co. (Tiny Theatre at Garnet Station)
Corporate humour is, for the most part, fairly safe ground. It is an area to which most people can drag up unpleasant memories about...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20222 min read
Review: Drowning in Milk (Q Loft)
What is the attraction, for a white person and/or a man, of going to a show about why living in a male and white-dominated world is...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20222 min read
Review: Buddy (The Wine Cellar)
Given this is a fringe performance, one might think that a show about ambition, sustainability and love might be a touchy subject, but...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20222 min read
Review: Force Field (Basement Theatre)
The search for love is a classic set up for any play, film, or novel, and more often than not they follow a similar formula - two people...