Flora Gosling
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Theatre Critic Blogger New - Edinburgh Fringe Planning Services! She/Her
Joined June 2022
Sincere apologies to those waiting for reviews, I am currently quite unwell and have been for a while. I am trying to take a step back from reviewing while also fulfilling my responsibilities to shows I have already committed to.
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New Review - A Jaffa Cake musical . A jelly-filled treat.
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Review: A Jaffa Cake Musical (Pleasance Courtyard)
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The one International festival performance I got to see this year - Please Right Back!.
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Bright imaginations in a bleak world A common question about family theatre is what differentiates it from children’s theatre. It is a...
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Burning Down the Horse by @fishing4chips at @ThePleasance. A sandal-clad power struggle.
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A sandal-clad power struggle Usually, a critic aims to be a fly on the wall, to blend into the crowd and let the performance unfold before
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Hold on to Your Butts at @ThePleasance. Dinosaur parody is a roaring good time.
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Dinosaur parody is a roaring good time It’s not often that a limited budget works in a show’s favour. Usually, if you are putting on a
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Fan/Girl - @Summerhallery. Football-themed age-regression workshop for millennials.
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Football-themed age-regression workshop for millennials They say that Millennials are more nostalgic than most generations, but I’m not...
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How I Learned to Swim at Summerhallery. Sorrowful solo performance stays in the shallows.
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Sorrowful solo performance stays in the shallows If this were just a show about learning to swim at the age of thirty, that would be...
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Out of Woodstock at Underbelly Cowgate @FollowTheCow. Mud-splattered mayhem and misogyny.
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Review: Out of Woodstock (Underbelly Cowgate)
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Taiwan Season: Lost Connection at @Summerhallery. More of t-shirts than of tech.
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Review: Lost Connection (Summerhall)
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FAMEHUNGRY at @Summerhallery . Time is ticking for Louise Orwin.
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Review: FAMEHUNGRY (Summerhall)
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Ugly Sisters at Underbelly @FollowtheCow. A grateful encounter turned ugly.
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There is a show about a celebrity turned radical feminist transphobe that has been grabbing headlines since well before the festival started
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Chokeslam at Assembly George Square at @AssemblyFest. A love of wrestling and a wrestle with love.
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Review: Chokeslam (Assembly George Square)
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A History of Fortune Cookies at @Summerhallery. A bite-sized personal history .
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A bite-sized personal history: For such a frivolous little treat, fortune cookies take a talented hand to get right. They are fiddly...
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My latest review is up now! 1984 at @Summerhallery. It enjoyed a sold-out run that has now ended, if you got a chance to see it leave a reply, I'd love to hear what you thought. An all-too-real Orwellian hell.
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An all-too-real Orwellian hell: George Orwell’s 1949 novel about a dystopian society is the favourite reference point of every...
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My latest review is up - OWEaDEBT at @Summerhall!. This is only on for a few more days and I think it's really something special, if you have time check it out!.
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Review: OWEaDEBT (Summerhall)
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My review for SUBJECT OBJECT's Instructions is up now! . Celebration of liveness shoots itself in the foot.
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Review: Instructions (Summerhall)
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And by happy coincidence I’m seeing this show this afternoon @Summerhallery! Look out for my review on my blog
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And my latest review from @ThePleasance is up! The Book of Mountains and Seas. Yilong Liu’s emotional play about food, family, and Yelp.
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Review: The Book of Mountains and Seas (Pleasance Courtyard)
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My latest review is up now! Polishing Shakespeare at Assembly Rooms. Brian Dykstra’s axe-grinding defence of Shakespeare is unshakably stiff.
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Review: Polishing Shakespeare (Assembly Rooms)
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My latest review is up now! Boiler Room Six: A Titanic Story from @tomcforeman at @GreensideVenue. True survival story from below deck. To keep up with all my reviews, pop your email into the subscription box at the bottom of the page.
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Review: Boiler Room Six: A Titanic Story (Greenside @ George Street)
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