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...

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...

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...

[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...

[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...

[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...

[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...

[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...

[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...

[Review:] HOW TO SAVE A ROCK, The Vaults, 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 Unfortunately, I must start by saying that this is not a strong performance at all. It remains convoluted, chaotic and disorderly, sometimes involuntarily and sometimes through peculiar volition....

[Review:] IT’S A GIRL!, The Vaults, 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 For clarity: in this review, Arnstein refers to Katie Arnstein as an artist, and Katie to the persona she assumes on stage. This review will consider the three...

[Review:] SYNDROME, Tristan Bates 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 Tina Jay’s Syndrome, directed by Jack Brett Anderson and staged at the Tristan Bates Theatre (located in The Actors Centre). Unfortunately, I find this...