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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.
Meg Hicks and Josh Garrison star as Chris and Ken Gorman, two guests at a party who attempt to cover up a potential scandal involving their hosts, in Lakefield College School's production of Rumors, Neil Simon's farce about high society. The show runs for three performances only May 25 to 27. (Photo: Sam Tweedle / kawarthaNOW)

Lakefield College School brings Neil Simon’s high society farce to the stage

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'Rumors' runs from May 25 to 27 at the Bryan Jones Theatre in Lakefield.
Lucas DeLuca, founder of Amber Coast Theatrical, has organized a unique evening of music on May 20th with the Kawartha's Rising Stars Mentorship Concert, which will pair six veteran performers with six aspiring vocalists. (Photo: Sam Tweedle / kawarthaNOW)

Amber Coast Theatrical pairs veteran performers with talented high school students

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Kawartha's Rising Stars Mentorship Concert take place May 20 at Showplace in Peterborough
Writer and comedian Deborah Kimmett is performing her new one-woman show "The Year of The Suddenly", directed by Linda Kash, at Catalina's in downtown Peterborough on Saturday, June 3. (Publicity photo)

In The Year of The Suddenly, Deborah Kimmett finds the funny in tragedy

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Veteran comic performs her new one-woman show at Catalina's in downtown Peterborough on June 3.
Comedians Tamara Bick and Drew Antzis are asking Peterborough residents to help them save their marriage at a live performance of "Settle This Thing" on May 12 at The Theatre on King in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Sam Tweedle / kawarthaNOW)

Marital law: help Tamara Bick and Drew Antzis save their marriage

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Comedians bring live performance of Settle This Thing to The Theatre On King in downtown Peterborough on May 12.
Randy Read as The Stage Manager with Matthew Finlan as George Gibbs and Bethany Heemskerk as Emily Webb in New Stages' production of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town", on now until May 6 at the Market Hall in Peterborough. (Photo: Andy Carroll)

Our Town reminds us to cherish our ordinary lives

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New Stages' production of Thornton Wilder's play runs until May 6 at Peterborough's Market Hall.
Kate Suhr as Fiona Quinn, Mardi Kennedy as Moira Quinn, Max Czmielewski as Ronan O'Leary, and Kate Brioux as Maureen O'Leary in Paul Crough's original musical "More Than A Memory", which runs from April 28 to May 13 at the Peterborough Theatre Guild. (Photo: Sam Tweedle / kawarthaNOW)

More Than A Memory is emotionally powerful musical theatre

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Paul Crough's hit play restaged at the Peterborough Theatre Guild from April 28 to May 13.
"Everybody Loves Archie", an original play based on Archie Comics written and directed by Jen Nugent, runs from April 26 to 29 at the PCVS Auditorium in Peterborough. (Photo: Enter Stage Right)

Everybody Loves Archie is the colourful and fun version of Archie we all know...

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Enter Stage Right family-friendly production runs April 26 to 29 at PCVS Auditorium.
Nicole Roy and Derek Weatherdon and the cast of new theatre company Planet 12 Productions during a read-through of "Boy Wonders", the debut production of the company that premieres on June 8 at The Theatre On King in Peterborough. (Photo: Planet 12 Productions)

New Peterborough theatre company provides opportunities for young actors

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Planet 12 Productions debuts "Boy Wonders" at The Theatre on King on June 8.
New Stages Theatre Company's production of Thornton Wilder's Our Town features a cast of 19 performers, some pictured here during a cast read-through: George Knechtel, Megan Murphy, director Linda Kash, Randy Read, stage manager Esther Vincent, and Logan Sword. The play runs April 28 to May 6 at the Market Hall in Peterborough. (Photo: Lindsay Unterlander / Adam Martignetti)

Our Town: big life and big love in small-town America

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New Stages' production of Thornton Wilder's iconic play runs April 28 to May 6 at Peterborough's Market Hall.
Meg O'Sullivan, Lindsay Unterlander, and Matt Gilbert in The Leader, one of two absurdist plays by avante-gard French playwright Eugène Ionesco presented on the Easter long weekend at The Theatre On King (photo: Andy Carroll)

A double shot of absurdist theatre with Maid to Marry and The Leader

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Two short plays by Eugène Ionesco at The Theatre On King in downtown Peterborough April 14 and 15.
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