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Articles by Sam Tweedle

Sam Tweedle
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Sam Tweedle is a former regular contributor to kawarthaNOW.com. He specialized in reviews of local theatre, as well as other stories about the performing arts community.
First staged in 2016, Beverley Cooper's play "If Truth Be Told" was inspired in part by attempts to ban Margaret Laurence's books in Peterborough-area high schools in the 1970s and 1980s. New Stages presents a staged reading of the play on February 11, 2018 at the Market Hall in Peterborough, with three members of the original cast reprising their roles.

Play inspired by banning of Margaret Laurence’s books in Peterborough in the 1970s

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New Stages staged reading of Beverley Cooper's 'If Truth Be Told' on February 11 at Peterborough's Market Hall.
In "Old Love", Don Hughes plays Bud Mitchell, a divorced businessman pursuing a romantic relationship with recently widowed Molly Graham (Margaret Hughes), with whom he has been infatuated for 30 years. The romantic comedy runs at Lindsay Little Theatre from February 9 to 17. (Photo: Sam Tweedle / kawarthaNOW)

‘Old Love’ proves love stories don’t just belong to the young

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Norm Foster's refreshing romantic comedy runs February 9 to 17 at Lindsay Little Theatre.
"The Radius Project", a new music documentary by Michael Hurcomb and Ryan Lalonde, explores the wealth of talent from the radius around Peterborough that went on to national and international fame. The film premieres at the Market Hall in downtown Peterborough on Saturday, February 3, 2018.

Documentary about famous musicians from Peterborough area premieres February 3

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'The Radius Project' by Michael Hurcomb and Ryan Lalonde screens at the Market Hall in downtown Peterborough.
Kate Story and Lindsay Unterlander as sisters and live-in maids Solange and Claire in an erotic role-playing scene from French playwright Jean Genet's 1947 play "The Maids". The play, which runs January 18 to 20 at The Theatre on King in downtown Peterborough, is based on a 1933 murder case in France where two sisters brutally murdered their employer's wife and adult daughter. (Photo: Andy Carroll)

‘The Maids’ is a provocative exploration of dominance and class conflict

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Jean Genet's play based on infamous 1933 French murder case runs at The Theatre on King in downtown Peterborough January 18 to 20.
As a child growing up in the Philippines, filmmaker Lester Alfonso was often blamed for his family's misfortunes because of a Filipino superstition that a birthmark on the buttocks is bad luck. He is premiering his documentary "Birthmark", which explores his troubled relationship with his own birthmark and the stories of other people and their birthmarks, at the ReFrame Film Festival in downtown Peterborough on January 28. (Photo: Wayne Eardley)

Peterborough filmmaker Lester Alfonso about to premiere ‘Birthmark’ at ReFrame Film Festival

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Long-awaited documentary screens at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough on January 28.
In "7 Stories", a man stands on the ledge of a building contemplating suicide while an oddball cast of characters speaks to him through apartment windows. Pictured are Kelsey Morewood as Leonard, Lori Branch as Jennifer, and Drew Mills as The Man in Anne Shirley Theatre Company's production of Morris Panych's black comedy. (Photo: Sam Tweedle / kawarthaNOW.com)

Living on the ledge: a review of ‘7 Stories’

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Anne Shirley Theatre Company production of Morris Panych's black comedy runs January 12 to 20 at the Gordon Best Theatre in Peterborough.
"An absolute triumph". kawarthaNOW's theatre reviewer Sam Tweedle says the best musical of 2017 was the St. James Players production of "Mary Poppins", starring Gillian Harknett and Warren Sweeting in the lead roles of Mary and Burt. (Photo: Sam Tweedle / kawarthaNOW.com)

The best theatre in Peterborough and The Kawarthas in 2017

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kawarthaNOW's theatre reviewer Sam Tweedle's top show picks and shout-outs to the theatre community.
Kelsey Gordon Powell and Matt Gilbert perform in the titular third act of "Hellhound on my Trail", a dramedy consisting of three interconnected one-act plays at The Theatre on King in downtown Peterborough until December 16. (Photo: Andy Carroll)

‘Hellhound on My Trail’ is potently relevant in today’s post-Weinstein culture

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Denis Johnson's surreal dramedy about power politics runs at The Theatre on King until December 16.
Grace De Mara as Cinderella and Dylan Macdonald as Prince Topher in Thomas A. Stewart Musical Theatre Program's production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, running from Thursday, December 14 to Saturday, December 16 at the Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School auditorium in Peterborough. (Photo: Sam Tweedle / kawarthaNOW.com)

Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella is a charming modern take on the classic fairy tale

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Thomas A. Stewart Musical Theatre Program production runs December 14 to 16 in Peterborough.
Planet 12 Productions director, writer, and co-founder Derek Weatherdon (with his back to the camera) during a kitchen meeting with the company's six talented young performers: Aimee Gordon, Emma Meinhardt, Emily Keller, Abbie Dale, Isaac Maker, and Samuelle Weatherdon. The company is staging a new version of "The Reluctant Dragon" for local schools and will be taking "Boy Wonders" to the Toronto Fringe Festival in 2018. (Photo: Sam Tweedle / kawarthaNOW.com)

Peterborough’s Planet 12 Productions heading to Toronto Fringe Festival in 2018

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Derek and Nikki Weatherdon's company of young actors also staging a new version of 'The Reluctant Dragon' for local schools.
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