Friday 15th October 2021, Cultured North East, 'Road' review, David Whetstone
"You can’t have too much of a good thing and there are many in this: (...) Rosie Stancliffe’s desperate single woman yearns to be ravished by. Rosie also lets rip in spectacular fashion as a night of dubious romance descends into a slanging match over the heads of the audience. Loved that!"
Monday 18th October 2021, Narc Magazine, 'Road' review, Evie Lake
"Most play multiple characters, and yet such variation and introspection fill each of them as they descend into madness, depression or starvation. In particular, Rosie Stancliffe and Ryan Nolan stand out in their supporting roles, characterising each with a mania that is both heart-rending and hilarious."
Monday 12th March 2018, Newcastle Chronicle, 'Leaving' review, *****, Nicole Mullen,
"There was Keira, the star of the show, with her no-holds-barred accounts of life in and out of care."
Thursday 14th September 2017, The Avant Garde, 'Overdue' review, Debbie Stokoe
"Rosie Stancliffe is so believable and real as Beth, when you start to realise why she's acting the way she is, it makes complete sense. This was one of those situations where you feel inspired to give acting a go, she made it look easy (when quite clearly it wasn't)."
Thursday 14th September 2017, Newcastle Chronicle, 'Overdue' review, David Whetstone
"As Beth and John, Christopher Price and Rosie Stancliffe are excellent, she buttoned up and he increasingly frustrated. The tension crackles in the air and you feel their pain (...) Beautifully performed and sensitively directed..."
Saturday 9th September 2017, NETheatre, 'Overdue' review
"Rosie Stancliffe plays Beth; A challenging role for any actor to pull off (...) However her acting skills make her captivating enough for the audience to give her and the play the opportunity to develop to its conclusion. An assured performance that ticks all of the boxes you hope for."
Friday 8th September 2017, The British Theatre Guide, 'Overdue' review, Peter Lathan
"The performances are excellent. Stancliffe totally captures the emotional fragility which Beth masks by a kind of prickliness,"
Monday 6th March 2017, The Stage, 'Leaving' review, ****, Chris Collett
"Rosie Stancliffe is particularly strong as Keira, a damaged young woman who’s always in trouble and as social worker Eric who runs ultra marathons to cope with the stress of the job."
Monday 6th March 2017, Narc Magazine, 'Leaving' review, Matt Miller
"In terms of vocal and physical range, Rosie Stancliffe was particularly exceptional..."
Friday 2nd March 2017, The Sky Is Falling In, 'Leaving' review, Lucy Nichol
"We meet Keira (played by the mesmerising Rosie Stancliffe), a young mum with a highly chaotic background."
Wednesday 1st March 2017, Newcastle Chronicle, 'Leaving' review, ****, David Whetstone
"The actors, for whom I have nothing but admiration and praise, perform the words as they hear them (...) Rosie Stancliffe’s Keira is a young motormouth who hates being called “vulnerable” but for whom much of life has been “horrible”."
Wednesday 1st March 2017, The British Theatre Guide, 'Leaving' review, Peter Lathan
"Of course the actors still have to create the right body language and movement for each person they play and I doubt that listening and repeating what you hear almost simultaneously is an easy skill to master so the cast of five—Jackie Lye, Rosie Stancliffe, Kate Okello, Luke Maddison and Matt Howdon—really deserved the enthusiastic applause they received at the end."
Thursday 6th October 2016, The Northern Echo, 'Make Do and Mend' review, Rachel Connor
"The cast of Christina Berriman Dawson, Ellie North and Rosie Stancliffe do a brilliant job of making each person someone everyone can recognise while allowing their personalities to shine."
Friday 30th September 2016, The British Theatre Guide, 'Make Do and Mend' review, Peter Lathan
"Each woman has a distinctive personality: (...) Lorna (Rosie Stancliffe) is, at first sight, the brash Geordie lass but she has far more depth than that description would suggest. All three actors bring their characters to achingly real life."
Wednesday 18th May 2016, Narc Magazine, 'The Response Plays' review, Mariam Rezaei
"Skilfully directed by Matt Jamie, both short plays are well performed by the lovely Rosie Stancliffe and bold Luke Maddison...Stancliffe draws the audiences’ attention to her fingertips, bringing to life tender, bittersweet and optimistic moments."
Tuesday 22nd March 2016, The North East Theatre Guide, 'Continuum' review, Stephen Oliver
"Rosie Stancliffe and Arabella Arnott play strong leads as women trying to be understanding but having their own baggage to deal with. It is easy to have empathy for Rosie’s character as she tries to make sense of the situation (...) A strong cast ensures that no performance disintegrate into caricature. It is another show that will help put Alphabetti on the North East theatre map for excellence without major cost."
Monday 26th October 2015, Narc. Magazine, 'The Rooms' review, Peter Cumiskey
"Our tour guide along the corridors of the eponymous establishment is a bolshy businesswoman (a wickedly funny Rosie Stancliffe as ‘Shirley Dobson OBE’) – and we, apparently, are a party of Tory MPs. Cue some surprisingly smart political satire and a winning streak of gallows humour... At one point I was handed a Union Jack and ordered to sing the national anthem – it’s testament to a job well done that I failed to mind one jot."
Friday 23rd October 2015, The British Theatre Guide, 'The Rooms' review, Peter Lathan
"Stancliffe is everything you would expect, the perfect exemplar of those who are focused on profit to the exclusion of all else. She has that blithe self-confidence which cannot imagine that any right-thinking person could possibly disagree (...) Stancliffe, under Ali Pritchard’s direction, plays the character perfectly straight. This may be satire (I hope it’s satire!) but there is no attempt by writer, director or actor to give even the merest hint of comedy. So the realisation dawns slowly and we are not sure until almost the end that this rather cold and arrogant person is actually a total monster (...) Three faultless performances from three talented and experienced actors, given sympathetic direction in three fascinating plays."
Friday 23rd October 2015, The North East Theatre Guide, 'The Rooms' review, Stephen Oliver
"Rosie’s performance is as funny as it is shocking. As she stares maniacally into your eyes and offers you the food products you know something is not quite right (...) The three actresses were simply stunning. Jessica Johnson, Arabella Arnott and Rosie Stancliffe are both believable and captivating."
Saturday 16th May 2015, Remote Goat, 'And A Nightingale Sang' review, Paul Dunn
"Every performance in this ensemble piece is absolutely spot on (...) Mick Liversidge and Rosie Stancliffe display a wonderful rapport as husband and wife George and Peggy. Stancliffe’s shrill, God-fearing Peggy is a delightfully comic performance."
Sunday 25th October 2009, Thoroughly Good Blog, 'Beware the Kids' review, Jon Jacobs
"Radio 3’s drama is tough. It’s uncompromising (...) Beware the Kids was equally demanding on the senses when I watched the recording last night (...) When deeply disturbing is written and executed brilliantly the audience is taken on a journey, one where the talents of writers, actors and director Kate Rowland cannot be denied. Little wonder there was such a long pause before the audience began their rapturous applause, this appreciation in no small part an acknowledgement of the achievement of recording the entire piece in one go with a couple of retakes. That’s impressive drama from beginning to end."