Renamed: The Performance Critic

To visit The Performance Critic, please click here or copy and post the following link into your browser: http://www.leejamesbroadwood.com/tpc The Theatre Reviewer, now called The Performance Critic, has a new home on my website. For this reason, this specific site now serves only to redirect readers and will eventually be discontinued. Review requests are still...

[Review:] ASCENT, Museum of Comedy, London.

Please be aware that this site, now called The Performance Critic, has a new home on my website, via which all reviews will now be published: http://www.leejamesbroadwood.com/tpc NB: Lucy Loughnane both co-wrote and performs in this semi-autobiographical play. The character she has written is also called Lucy. To distinguish these three, mentions of ‘Lucy’ will...

[Review:] I HEART MICHAEL BALL, Etcetera Theatre, London.

Please be aware that this site, now called The Performance Critic, has a new home on my website, via which all reviews will now be published: http://www.leejamesbroadwood.com/tpc Readers should note that the solo performer of this play shares his name with the main character. Therefore, to distinguish the two, mentions of ‘Alex’ will refer to...

[Review:] THE WASP, The Hen & Chickens Theatre, London.

Please be aware that this site, now called The Performance Critic, has a new home on my website, via which all reviews will now be published: http://www.leejamesbroadwood.com/tpc This is a truly excellent play, wonderfully written by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, and expertly cast, with direction by Wendy Bollard. Comedy is instrumentalised well in the former portion...

[Review:] COLLOQUIUM, The Hen & Chickens Theatre, London.

Please be aware that this site, now called The Performance Critic, has a new home on my website, via which all reviews will now be published: http://www.leejamesbroadwood.com/tpc This performance has seen quite a drastic transformation since I was asked to review it back in 2021, and it is always a pleasure to see how artists...

[Review:] INVISIBLE, Bush Theatre, London.

Please be aware that this site, now called The Performance Critic, has a new home on my website, via which all reviews will now be published: http://www.leejamesbroadwood.com/tpc We are presented with a pretty and clean set design (by Georgia Wilmot) as we enter the house, but its relevance to the performance remains entirely questionable, from...

[Review:] PROUD 2 BE HERE, Phoenix Arts Club, London.

Please be aware that this site, now called The Performance Critic, has a new home on my website, via which all reviews will now be published: http://www.leejamesbroadwood.com/tpc I found these creatives and their work to be most endearing, and their purpose and incentive honourable. Personally, I had a pleasant evening watching them perform. However, my...

[Review:] METAMORPHOSIS, Lyric Theatre, London.

Please be aware that this site, now called The Performance Critic, has a new home on my website, via which all reviews will now be published: http://www.leejamesbroadwood.com/tpc NB: The onstage persona of solo performer Maria Caruso will be referenced in this review as ‘Maria’; any mentions of ‘Maria Caruso’, or simply ‘Caruso’, refer to the...

[Review:] BLISS, Etcetera Theatre, London.

Please be aware that this site, now called The Performance Critic, has a new home on my website, via which all reviews will now be published: http://www.leejamesbroadwood.com/tpc This review will consider Bliss, a play written by Phoebe Mills, directed by Léoni Hughes, and currently being staged at the Etcetera Theatre. This is an excellent performance,...

[Review:] HACKNEY WICK WRESTLING, Colour Factory, London.

Please be aware that this site, now called The Performance Critic, has a new home on my website, via which all reviews will now be published: http://www.leejamesbroadwood.com/tpc This review will consider Hackney Wick Wrestling, a show presented by independent wrestling school and promotion Hustle Wrestling, taking place for one night only at the Colour Factory....

[Review:] UNTITLED SPARKLY VAMPIRE PLAY, Omnibus Theatre, London.

Please be aware that this site, now called The Performance Critic, has a new home on my website, via which all reviews will now be published: http://www.leejamesbroadwood.com/tpc I must, unfortunately, start this review by detailing some negative initial impressions walking into the house, somewhat immortalised by subsequent happenings. As I entered the house, two members...

[Review:] 24, 23, 22, Omnibus Theatre, London.

Please be aware that this site, now called The Performance Critic, has a new home on my website, via which all reviews will now be published: http://www.leejamesbroadwood.com/tpc This is certainly a captivating and thought- provoking performance, tackling well its themes of responsibility, pressure, self-depreciation, unrequited love and mental illness. A most articulate and profound piece...