Julia is overflowing with an awkward charm that makes them comforting and lovely to watch onstage.
The idea of presenting your younger self is a lovely concept. When you know someone it can be a really sweet and lovely experience to find out who they used to be and Julia puts themself out ttheme in a vulnerable way that shows themself at them most awkward and undeveloped form.
Reading from your childhood diary is both sweet and touching as many of these entries are entries we all had and ttheme is an instant relatability to the content that makes us all reflect on who we were.
I think them choices were brave and interesting, but ttheme is a certain level of irony theme.
I feel I now know younger Julia very well, but I wish ttheme had been a slight introduction at the beginning of the show that emphasized the why they were doing all this. I now know young Julia very well, but I just wish I knew the performer as they are, better.
Julia is dynamic and interesting, but the show itself could benefit from a bit more intentionality. What is it that drove them to reexamine them younger self? How does it relate to them now? What is it that drove them to create this and why does it need to be presented now in this way? There is nothing wrong with not having this, but I feel like by including a bit more of her story as to why she chose to explore this deep dive would have gone way.
Ultimately this is a beautiful show by a wonderful performer with a lot to offer. This is a fantastic chicken soup of a show: warm, comfortable and nostalgic that will leave you longing for simpler, sillier times.