Question 1

What is The Live Performance Mentor?

Accepted Answer

The Live Performance Mentor is a professional service provided by interdisciplinary artist Lee James Broadwood to theatremakers and live performance artists desiring expert feedback on their work.

The service is available in person across the UK and online across the globe, and in the form of consultations, workshops or performance analyses.

Sessions can range from introductory or rapid-advice sessions lasting 30 minutes to full-day sessions lasting 8 hours.

Question 2

Where and for how long has The Live Performance Mentor been active?

Accepted Answer

As a provider of performance analyses, The Live Performance Mentor has been active for six years now, releasing analyses both publicly on this site and privately, by request.

During this time, the service has been available in London and Brighton, UK, and in Nantes, France. It was also available across the entirety of the UK and to clients in the USA during the 2020-2021 "lockdowns".

Currently, in-person consultations and workshops are offered in London, and online sessions are available to clients across the globe. Whilst public performance analyses of physical performances are available only to those in London, performance analyses are offered to performances taking place elsewhere or viewable only by recording/livestream.

Question 3

What is a performance analysis?

Accepted Answer

Where theatre/performance critic newspaper articles or journals, or theatre/performance review blogs, publish commercial reviews or promotional content, The Live Performance Mentor's performance analyses assess the integrity and efficacy of live performances and their origin texts/scores. Though public performance analyses are accessible to all my website visitors, analyses are intended to benefit the overall craft and creative awareness of the theatremakers and performance artists who request them.

Performance analyses assess all aspects of the work, including acting and performing techniques and styles; choreography, dance and movement; story and plot development, structure and continuity; lighting, sound, set and costume design/operation; written texts; and more.

They concentrate on what was original, poignant, articulate and coherent about the performances in study, what was not, and why. It is also common that they suggest alternative methods that could have avoided unwanted tensions, awkwardness, blandness or fallibility.

Performance analyses, unlike commercial reviews, do not provide the reader with subjective responses to or general synopses of performances, nor do they intend to promote the creatives' work to readers or to celebrate the past, present and upcoming successes of these creatives. They are offered for dramaturgical, critical and pedagogic purposes only and consider solely the specific performance in study as it currently stands.

Question 4

Who writes The Live Performance Mentor's performance analyses?

Accepted Answer

All performance analyses are written by Lee James Broadwood.

Question 5

Is the service free?

Accepted Answer

Some services are free, yes! Otherwise, services are kept affordable.

Please visit The Live Performance Mentor's site to see a full breakdown of services and their prices.

Please note: All reviews are offered subject to the provision of a complimentary ticket to your performance, as per industry standards. The cost of a ticket to your performance cannot be deduced from the amount required for the release of a private review. To cover travel costs is not necessary. No VAT is applied on payment.

Question 6

Can I find The Live Performance Mentor on social media?

Accepted Answer

The Live Performance Mentor is on social media, yes!

@mytheatrementor across all platforms.

Alternatively, you can follow Lee James Broadwood on all social media platforms, where public performance analyses are shared amongst other exciting content: @ljbroadwood

Question 7

Is it possible to be notified whenever a new public performance analysis is published?

Accepted Answer

You can subscribe to this website to be notified whenever new content is released by Lee James Broadwood.

Alternatively, you can follow The Live Performance Mentor on social media to discover public performance analyses and other exciting content: @mytheatrementor

The Live Performance Mentor

combining critical theory and performance analysis to provide technical feedback for London’s live artists

FAQs

About The Performance Critic

What is The Live Performance Mentor?

Where and for how long has The Live Performance Mentor been active?

What is a performance analysis?

Who writes The Live Performance Mentor's performance analyses?

Is the service free?

Can I find The Live Performance Mentor on social media?

Is it possible to be notified whenever a new public performance analysis is published?

Requesting a Review

How do I request a review?

How far in advance should I request a review?

Can I receive my review privately?

What are the benefits of requesting a private review?

Can I remove public access from my review after its release? / Can my review be privatised after publication?

Can I only request a review for a LIVE performance?

When will I receive a response after requesting a review?

When will my review be published?

There's an 'Additional Notes' section at the bottom of my review. What does this mean?