Chloe heads up an all women team of PR specialists focussing on visual arts, theatre and opera. In 2015 they represented nine solo shows in their portfolio of 20 at Edinburgh. She talks about why solo shows are special and how you can make the best decisions for your show in terms of PR support….
Category: Advice For Reviewers
Kate Saffin talks to Leonie Webb about producing a solo show for Edinburgh
Leonie Webb is a producer with experience of three shows, over two years at Edinburgh. This year (2015) she produced her first solo show To She or Not to She at Pleasance Courtyard. She talks about the differences and challenges in taking a solo show together with lots of practical advice about planning, choosing your…
Kate Saffin talks to Kate Lennon about Funny Women
Kate Saffin talks to Kate Lennon, producer, with Funny Women about her background as a stand up comic and the ways that Funny Women support women to ‘Write, perform and do business with humour’. Funny Women was founded by Lynne Parker in 2002 to help women find their voice through performing, writing and using humour in business…
Paul Levy talks to Nick Collett about Nelson: The Sailors Story
“In the shot and smoke of battle 4 crew aboard HMS Victory strive to destroy the Combined Fleet of France and Spain. For 200 years since then Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson has stood patiently on his column in Trafalgar Square watching the world change… A well researched, cleverly woven tale of our brave, inspirational but…
Edinburgh Audio 2014: Paul Levy discusses Nick Drake with Michael Burdett
There’s an extraordinary story at the heart of Strange Face – Adventures with a Lost Nick Drake Recording. Michael Burdett (creator of The Strange Face Project) has travelled the country and brings stories and views on a musical legend whose music, according to Burdett, is “pure weeping”….
FringeReview Resources
Resources for Reviewers A Guide to Getting started as a Reviewer Our Reviews Master List Explained Are you ready to post your review? Watch the video guide here (we’ve updated our ratings but not that part of this video but the video doea show you how to post a review). Please fill out the WHOLE…
Viewpoint on The Digital Workplace
The digital workplace is both a metaphor and a tangible reality. As a metaphor it refers to both virtual work (especially the interaction of content with content in meaningful and useful ways) and also the physical workplace where this involves digital interfaces (e.g. through the screen). When I am sending an email I am in…
FringeReview FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
What is FringeReview? FringeReview is an online reviews publication based at http://www.fringereview.com We’ve been in existence for about 7 years and cover the UK and selected Fringe Festivals overseas. We are a kind of “good food guide” to theatre, seeking out and only publishing reviews of recommended theatre (RECOMMENDED or above rated shows). Shows falling…
The FringeReview Debate on Reviewing
This year’s debate took place in Brighton in May 2009 and explores the issue of subjectivity and objectivity in reviewing. Well worth a listen here.
Apply to be a Reviewer
FringeReview welcomes applications to join our review team. Reviewing is unpaid, though of course, you get your free ticket to the show. You agree to post the review, according to our policy within 48 hours of seeing a show. Reviewers on FringeReview know their theatre and work, or have recently worked as theatre practioners –…
Process for a Less Than RECOMMENDED Show
If the show you have seen is not one, based on your attempt at objective review, that you could recommend to potential audience-goers, then you need to follow this procedure. 1. You do not post a review. Instead you contact the company directly (if the company didn’t provide contact details, the go via the venue…
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The FringeReview Quick Guide to Writing a Terrible Review
Here are some tips for terrible review writing… 1. Do not provide clear, factual information about the show (ideally copy from the programme) 2. Write lots of clever sentences that exhibit your wit but say little objectively about the show you have seen 3. Do not review the show from a theatre-viewpoint; say nothing about…
Reviews Policy
Our Reviews Policy The review team are working writers, journalists, directors, dramaturgs and actors. The reviewers are active in the field of theatre and seek to review shows representing innovation, challenge, competence and creativity in the field. We do not seek to review all shows in a Fringe festival. Choice is often intuitive. Our aim…
Objectivity Discussed
by Paul Levy FringeReview Editor I know one or two people who will stop short (but only just) of physically attacking me if I use the word “objectivity” in a sentence. They don’t believe in objectivity. They say “objectivity is both impossible and arrogant”. Subjectivity is all there is. We have only our point of…
Star Publishing Policy
Please note that, as of August 2013, FringeReview is ceasing the use of star ratings. We have replaced these with RECOMMENDED, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED and OUTSTANDING. The Following article still has value in this discussion, so we have kept it! In defense of silence – why we don’t publish one or two-star reviews The right to silence isn’t…
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