Fringe season is upon us, so Tracey Sinclair has canvassed theatre critics to compile this guide to how shows can maximise their chances of getting reviewed.
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Articles by Tracey Sinclair
12 June 2018
Reviews • Brighton • National • Reviews
Review: Legally Blonde The Musical at the Theatre Royal Brighton
June 11 - June 16
By Tracey Sinclair
A tough act to resist: Tracey Sinclair falls for the big-hearted charm of Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin’s stage adaptation on its national tour.
28 May 2018
Reviews • Brighton
Review: Magnus Volk’s Electric Train of Thought at Brighton Fringe 2018
Until 2 June 2018
By Tracey Sinclair
Tracey Sinclair reviews a one man show about an ingenious stretch of coastal electric railway
23 May 2018
Reviews • Brighton • National • Reviews
Review: DollyWould at The Old Market, Brighton
22 May - 26 May
By Tracey Sinclair
Brains and guts beneath glitzy excess: Sh!t Theatre’s love letter to Dolly Parton is gloriously chaotic fun.
14 May 2018
Reviews • Brighton
Review: Rope at Brighton Fringe 2018
5 - 6 May, 10 - 12 May 2018
By Tracey Sinclair
‘Mounting claustrophobia’: Tracey Sinclair reviews Patrick Hamilton’s classic, as part of the Brighton Fringe 2018.
10 May 2018
Reviews • Brighton
Review: Why I Had to Leave the North at Brighton Fringe 2018
7 - 13 May 2018
By Tracey Sinclair
Fancy hats and flower arranging: Tracey Sinclair reviews comedian Simon Topping’s solo show.
8 May 2018
Reviews • Brighton
Review: Hymns for Robots at Brighton Fringe
By Tracey Sinclair
A sonic pioneer: Noctium Theatre tell the story of the woman who created the Doctor Who theme tune (and much more).
8 March 2018
Reviews • Brighton • National • Reviews
Review: Brighton Rock at the Theatre Royal Brighton
March 6 - March 10
By Tracey Sinclair
Going Greene: Bryony Lavery’s new adaptation of Brighton Rock is unsettling and menacing.
28 November 2017
Reviews • Brighton • National • Reviews
Review: A Judgement In Stone at the Theatre Royal Brighton
By Tracey Sinclair
Sunday night TV: Roy Marsden’s touring stage adaptation of Ruth Rendell’s classic thriller is solid and serviceable.
21 November 2017
Reviews • Brighton • National • Reviews
Review: How The Other Half Loves at the Theatre Royal Brighton
November 20 - November 25
By Tracey Sinclair
Ageing disgracefully: this Ayckbourn comedy’s best days are behind it.
30 October 2017
Reviews • Brighton
Review: The Sorrowful Tale of Sleeping Sidney at the Theatre Royal Brighton
Until 27 October 2017
By Tracey Sinclair
The Chocolate Cream Poisoner: Tracey Sinclair reviews the second show in the Theatre Royal Brighton’s Out of Hours season.
24 October 2017
Reviews • Brighton • National • Reviews
Review: For all the fires not yet lit at the Theatre Royal Brighton
October 23
By Tracey Sinclair
“A female Alan Bennett with the voice of an angel”: Tracey Sinclair reviews Catherine Ireton’s touring one-woman show about little acts of bravery.
18 October 2017
Reviews • Brighton • National • Reviews
Review: Rules For Living at the Theatre Royal Brighton
October 17 - October 21
By Tracey Sinclair
“A well-deserved second wind”: Tracey Sinclair reviews English Touring Theatre’s revival of Sam Holcroft’s Ayckbourn-esque 2015 comedy.
3 October 2017
Reviews • Brighton • National • Reviews
Review: Medea (Written in Rage) at the Marlborough Theatre, Brighton
September 28 - September 30
By Tracey Sinclair
“More than mere monster”: Tracey Sinclair reviews Neil Bartlett’s “fresh and relevant” staging of Jean René Lemoine’s radical, one-man reworking of the Medea myth.
26 September 2017
Reviews • Brighton • National • Reviews
Review: The Best Man at the Theatre Royal Brighton
September 26 - September 30
By Tracey Sinclair
Remarkably fresh, depressingly relevant: Tracey Sinclair sees the contemporary parallels in Gore Vidal’s 1960 political thriller about a hard-fought race for The White House.