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 To view this performance for free, click here. Natters of Life & Death is a charming short one-woman play written and performed by Ann Hirst and directed by... Continue Reading →
[Review:] LOVE IN THE TIME OF CORONA (online).
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 To watch this virtual performance, available now online, click here. Love in the Time of Corona has potential to be a lot stronger and more engaging, but I... Continue Reading →
[Review:] DANCE OF A MILLION PIECES (online).
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 virtual performance is part of the Living Records Festival and is available online now. To watch it, click here. Dance of a Million Pieces engages with philosophical... Continue Reading →
Notes on Reviews During the Pandemic…
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 For reviews published during the pandemic, it should be noted [that]: I will not be travelling to physical sites to review theatre and performances until the pandemic is... Continue Reading →
Requesting Reviews During the Pandemic
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 For information on how to request a critical analysis of your London-based performance, please visit The Performance Critic's new homepage: http://www.leejamesbroadwood.com/tpc Also, make sure you’re following The Performance... Continue Reading →
The Theatre Reviewer Is Finally BACK!
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 After a pandemic-driven hiatus, The Theatre Reviewer is finally BACK to review all performance types across the UK! To request a review for your performance, please send a... Continue Reading →
[Review:] BURIED; GRACELAND; NUCLEAR WAR, Old Red Lion 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 The three performances considered in this review, Nuclear War, Buried, and Graceland, are currently performing alongside one another as part of a so-called triptych at the Old Red... Continue Reading →
[Review:] THE DIRTY THIRTY: INTERNATIONAL WOMXN’S DAY, Rosemary Branch 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 Degenerate Fox perform The Dirty Thirty, a compilation of thirty micro-plays, weekly at the Rosemary Branch Theatre. No two performances are ever the same, as this compilation is... Continue Reading →
[Review:] V&V, The Vaults Studio, 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 V&V, written and directed by Misha Pinnington and currently performing at The Vaults Studio, London, as part of The VAULT Festival. I have mixed... Continue Reading →
[Review:] BEIGE, The Vaults Studio, 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 Written by Anna Wheatley and directed by Jessica Daniels, Beige is a most heartwarming and cogent performance, representing the queer experience, for the most part, with clarity and... Continue Reading →
[Review:] FRILLS AND SPILLS, Camden People’s 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 have seen theatre quite literally every day for many years, and I can honestly say that this is one of the best performances — if not the... Continue Reading →
[Review:] DUMBLEDORE IS SO GAY, Network 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 Written by Robert Holtom, directed by Tom Wright and performed at the Network Theatre, Dumbledore Is So Gay is most definitely an enjoyable play, but there remain some... Continue Reading →