Frequently asked questions about performance analyses by interdisciplinary artist Lee James Broadwood. The Live Performance Mentor: combining critical theory and performance analysis to provide technical feedback for London’s live artists. 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? RETURN TO THE PERFORMANCE CRITIC

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Lee James Broadwood Interdisciplinary Artist Button Button Button Button About Me I'm a London-based writer-director and interdisciplinary artist specialising in writing, theatre, film and photography. @ljbroadwood contact me Website Highlights FOUR CATEGORIES: - Love and Romance - Melancholia - Fantasy and Intrigue - Dark OWN YOUR COPY MORE INFO

25 Thistle Corner My Books My Blog My Social Media Return to Main Site Contact My Values Love Creativity Accountability To truly Love the World and the Self is to appreciate all of its aspects: the beautiful and the painful. About Me: Lee James Broadwood When I was an infant, I climbed up high to the doorbell receiver to pull it off the wall, and I fell back. I could have hit my head on the hardwood floor, but someone broke my fall. I was saved. Jess, my miracle and my soul-dog would never leave my side, keeping me safe from danger. We would spend every moment of the day together, her resting her head on my shoulder to watch Postman Pat with me, or nestling into one another, cuddling each other to sleep. We were — and are — inseparable. As she always had my back, I would have hers as best I could. She was born on 5th November 1996 — Bonfire Night — and I would build sofa-cushion forts to protect her from the explosion sounds. Only 8 months apart, she was my guide, discovering the world beside me, teaching me the meaning of Love, unbounded by difference of species or form, and the value of being seen and wholly respected. Two decades later, she is still with me. And now, instead of protecting her with cushion forts on 5th November, I can commemorate her life as the sky across the whole world ignites with colour. It's one of few solaces I have in her passing. Before I knew how to truly speak this language, to write about the world, Jess was teaching me to experience and Love it, and not to value the world solely through a human lens. My family shared this Love for the natural world, valuing all forms of life — animals, insects, and flowers — and would share stories with me about the 'old days': idyllic times when nature dominated view. My Beautiful Young Jess Enjoying the Garden, with Her Garden Lead On to Stop Her Bolting! Me and My Miracle Soul-Dog, Jess My Hometown in the Olden Days And though I LOVE London and could never live anywhere else, I can see what they mean... When I look at my local park, it's hard to comprehend that what I regard as beautiful forest spaces, glittering lakes, flower gardens, all teeming with wildlife, others regard as a regular dumpsite for takeaway boxes, baby nappies, broken glass bottles… We've impacted every aspect of natural life: now, the foxes, crows and squirrels scavenge through the trash for food; mites, ants and flies get stuck in coffee syrups and yoghurt pots; and the koots, mallards and swans wade through supermarket bags and disposable picnicware. All these creatures trying to survive in the wake of our ploughing through their homes, oblivious. The destruction's on our doorsteps, not just the news. My Local Park Now At its heart, my work, regardless of genre and tone, deals with valuing the overlooked, and identity: finding your voice and creating your own narrative in a world where you don't really fit — just like nature in the cityscape. It's about celebrating uniqueness and carving your own meaning of life while reflecting on how truly beautiful and mesmirisng the world is, how full of Love it is, depsite the trauma and pain. It's about finding the fireworks amongst the sorrow and grief. It's my calling to share the Love that Jess taught me with the rest of the world through my art. In The Fisherman's Daughter , it's about Josie O'Aherne finding her own voice and truth in a town steeped in tradition and myth. In 101 Poems , it's about reflecting on the beauties of life amongst the horror, romanticising pain in the knowledge that it cannot exist without joy. In She , it's about the meaning of the individual, the importance of self-care in a bleak world of isolation and pain. And in Crazy Spy Lady , it's about knowing your worth and skill in a world that doubts you. I hope in my works you find new colours of Love, new appreciations for the magic the world can bring, and belief in yourself and in your voice — the same Love, magic and self-belief that Jess brings me.

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MENTORSHIP PERFORMANCE ANALYSES RETURN TO MAIN SITE CONTACT MY THEATRE MENTOR professional guidance, feedback and support for UK-based and international artists What is a theatre mentor? My mission as your mentor: I can help you realise your vision by evaluating your performance and guiding original, intelligent choices. Having deeply researched current and historical performance styles, techniques, and training methodologies, I will inspire your creativity while ensuring artistic integrity and accuracy in your work. Your performance must be uniquely yours. I work with you collaboratively, not prescriptively, to clarify your artistic vision and explore bold, creative and challenging ways to express it. By introducing you to theories in performance, dramaturgy, design and human anatomy, I will help you to develop poignant and engaging perspectives tailored to your work. Need something not listed? My Services 1:1 or groups WORKSHOPS — receive bespoke actor training. — refine existing performance content. — trial new methods of generating material. — improve team morale and ensemble efforts. CONSULTATIONS — receive advice on performance-making methodologies. — present, discuss and refine work-in-progress ideas and materials. — receive/revisit in-person feedback on performances. — discuss theatre and performance theories and their potential application general training or performance-specific PERFORMANCE ANALYSES — physical, written feedback to revisit anytime. — shared privately and confidentially. — focused on your specific areas of concern. — non-contact-based for artists with social anxiety. best for reflecting on already staged work contact me for unique enquiries. SUPPORT TO CONSIDER ALL ELEMENTS costume directing lighting choreography writing audience theory acting props set Need More Support? Every month, I offer 2–3 performance analyses to support theatremakers and artists in London, UK, navigating creating with limited funding. find out more Public Analyses For bespoke support on playwriting, directing, performance art, and your general craft: contact me Refine your work today

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This mesmerising anthology is divided into four categories, each demonstrating the versatility and art of the poet: LOVE AND ROMANCE, MELANCHOLIA, FANTASY AND INTRIGUE, and DARK. This anthology provides the reader with powerful and visceral vignettes to celebrate the beauty of life and of imagination, and to appreciate our fragile safety from ubiquitous dangers and pains. Some poems are commemorations of the serene and the romantic, whose magic is often… This mesmerising anthology is divided into four categories, each demonstrating the versatility and art of the poet: LOVE AND ROMANCE, MELANCHOLIA, FANTASY AND INTRIGUE, and DARK. MORE INFO VIEW EXCERPTS ORDER NOW Only £15.99 - Ebook Version Coming Soon! About Book ABOUT THE BOOK The works included in this collection provide the reader with powerful and visceral vignettes to celebrate the beauty of life and of imagination and to appreciate our fragile safety from ubiquitous dangers and pains. Some poems are tributes to the serene and the romantic, whose magic is often overlooked in our fast-paced and sterile world; others sensationalise the horrors so commonplace to our homes and streets that their alienation reveals their truly harrowing and insidious reality. Fictional in nature, these poems are presented alongside eleven special poems dedicated to the poet’s beloveds. PARTIAL EXCERPTS Extracts 'Riverboat Island' Bobbing on a riverboat, hand in hand, heart in heart, for an island far from here, the bold lovebirds depart. Written in the ripples thin, vows eternal, vows of love. Constellations spell their names, behind the moonlit clouds above. 'Firefly' I know you hear me whilst I cry. Hush, my twinkling firefly. I am here, and all is fine, my gentle shimmer, my nightly shine. I know you watch me whilst I pray; worry not your wings away, for I am here, and all is fine. No need to fear, my butterfly. ‘I No Longer Love You’ 'Lauren Taylor' Sunset heart. I used to love you, but now, you’re my eclipse. I prise my soul from your spirit; my kisses, from your lips. Once bewitched by the glints within your eyes and homesick for your chest, I remove your impression from my pillow, and, from my heart, the rest. Violet blush, and silent lips, brunette hair, eyes opaline, hollow skin, and fading gaze, sapphires where carmine had been, Lauren Taylor, aged fourteen, found Bradley Flynn and in deep love fell, warmed by his dulcet passion-words, soothed by his voice of caramel. Extract: ‘Duchess’ Red wine turned to crimson for the powders in their fists, the dukes, ever gallant, must escort this duchess home tonight, in such a state as this. But the poor, little duke who should choose this victim, little does he know… our duchess is a murderess— as his luck should go… Extract: ‘Nectar’ Thawing nectar on my lips, let this not be our last kiss. Hold me tightly, close to you. Feel one rhythm beat again from two. Sugar sweeter once before, show me love awaits once more behind this kiss of honey blue. Soaked my skin in saccharin, glazed his love-yous with black lies, lulled my butterflies to sleep, and with blue nectar bound my eyes. 'Labour' Bleach-white walls, and freezing room. They gather around my bed. Electric shock. Jolt. Convulse. No life within it yet. Regulated ventilation. Coffin made of glass. Death-kissed body crimson. And the wait’s over— at last. CLICK HERE TO ORDER YOUR PERSONAL COPY TODAY SEE ALSO Click on a title below to see more information, excerpts, and purchasing options. THE EXPLOSA SERIES Visit My Bookstore