Flora Gosling
May 4, 20223 min read
Review: Bedknobs and Broomsticks (King's Theatre Glasgow)
When you look up Bedknobs and Broomsticks on the Shop Disney website, a sad cartoon character comes up to tell you they have no results....
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20223 min read
Review: Bat Out of Hell (King's Theatre Glasgow)
Musicals often feed into their target audience’s fantasies. As the motorbikes rev their thunderous engines outside the theatre, audience...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20222 min read
Review: Curtains (King's Theatre Glasgow)
“Refrain from making anything brilliant, just avoid making anything god awful”. A truly accurate description of what it can feels like to...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20222 min read
Billionaire Boy (King's Theatre Glasgow)
What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the word “billionaire”? Celebrity? Technology? Taxes? But as a child, the idea of being...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20222 min read
Review: Romeo and Juliet - One-Man Musical (TheSpace at Surgeon's Hall)
This year there are (at least) five productions of Romeo and Juliet at the fringe. When a show is trying to trying to add a little more...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20222 min read
Review: Kinky Boots (King's Theatre Glasgow)
Sometimes the best part of a musical is seeing a familiar or unremarkable setting created on stage and filled with singing and dancing,...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20222 min read
Review: Glasgow Girls (King's Theatre Glasgow)
It’s difficult to say the title of Cora Bissett and David Grieg’s musical without it being in the accent, the R rolling at the end, and...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20222 min read
Review: Hadestown (Olivier Theatre)
Greek influence on theatre is beyond question, but when it comes to the modern musical it’s not something that is explored often....
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20223 min read
Preview Review: That Bloody Woman (Centrepoint Theatre)
In the lobby of Centrepoint theatre tonight, a blackboard was up asking who our female icon was. Though the usual suspects of "Frieda...
Flora Gosling
May 4, 20223 min read
Review: Spring Awakening (BATS Theatre)
If there's one theme to attract a wide audience, it is coming of age. Relatable for teenagers, nostalgic for adults, and with the means...