Review Application Form Template
These fields can be used to structure the application email and help productions prepare their information before submitting. Every item marked “required” should be completed. Optional materials do not determine selection by themselves, but they can help ShowTalk understand the production and prepare coverage.
1. Applicant and contact details
- Contact name (required)
- Role (required): for example producer, director, performer, press contact or publicist
- Email address (required)
- Phone number (required): used only for urgent cancellations, schedule changes or ticketing problems
- Are you authorised to submit this application for the production? (required): yes/no
2. Production details
- Chinese title (optional)
- English title (required)
- Official Camden Fringe listing (required)
- Company or artist name (required)
- Genre (required): theatre, comedy, dance, music, opera, improv, immersive work, family show or other
- Performance language (required)
- Running time (required)
- Age guidance and content notes (required; write “none” if not applicable)
- Access information (optional)
3. Performances available for review
- Venue (required)
- All performance dates and times (required)
- Ticket collection method (optional): box office, electronic ticket or other
- Day-of-show contact (optional; may be the applicant)
4. About the work
- Short synopsis (required): approximately 100–200 words
- Three to five keywords (required)
- Key creative highlights (required): explain specifically why the work merits attention rather than relying on general claims such as “unmissable”
- Background or artistic statement (optional)
- Connection to UK–China exchange or another cross-cultural subject (optional)
5. Creative team
- Principal creatives and accurate credits (required)
- Company or artist biography (optional)
- Official website (optional)
- Social channels (optional)
6. Press materials
- Press pack link (optional)
- Publishable image links (required): landscape and portrait options are recommended
- Captions and photography credits (required)
- Image permission (required): confirm that ShowTalk may use the supplied images in relevant review coverage and promotion
- Trailer or performance clip (optional)
- Previous press coverage (optional)
7. Complimentary press ticket
- If selected, can the production provide a complimentary press or review ticket for the confirmed performance? (required): yes/no
- Number of tickets available (required)
- Restrictions or ticketing notes (optional)
Do not issue a ticket when applying. A ticket is required only after ShowTalk proposes coverage and the performance, ticket name and collection method have been confirmed.
8. Declarations and submission
- Accuracy (required): I confirm that the performance information, credits and contact details supplied are accurate
- Permissions (required): I confirm that I own or have obtained the relevant rights to the images and materials supplied
- Editorial independence (required): I understand that a complimentary ticket does not guarantee a review or influence its opinion, rating, wording or publication date
- Privacy (required): I agree that ShowTalk may use the submitted contact information to process this application
- Additional notes (optional)
Before submitting
- Check that the official festival listing opens correctly
- Make the preferred performances, venue and latest confirmation time clear
- Ensure that image links can be opened without requesting access
- Verify every creative and photography credit
- Use a contact who can respond promptly to ticketing or schedule changes
- Do not submit the same production more than once
Place the information in the email body or attach it, then send it to press@showtalk.org. Use the subject line “Camden Fringe Review Application + Production Title”. Due to the large number of productions taking part in the festival, submitting an application does not guarantee that a theatre critic will be able to attend your performance.