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Authors Articles by Sam Tweedle

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.
Filmmaker Michael Morritt with Peterborough musician Bobby Watson, who plays the lead role in “In the Cover”, a short film Michael produced as a music video for Chris Culgin’s latest record Mind in the Blue Sky (photo: Production Assistant / Assistant Director Sean Bruce)

An exclusive look at Peterborough filmmaker Michael Morritt’s new powerful short film

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Music video in support of Chris Culgin's latest record stars Bobby Watson and other local actors.
Megan Murphy's documentary film Murphy's Law premiered at Peterborough's Showplace Performance Centre on June 18 and 19 (photo: Showplace Performance Centre / Facebook)

Murphy’s Law: a brave and beautiful film

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Megan Murphy's emotional documentary premieres to two sold-out audiences at Showplace in downtown Peterborough
Wyatt Lamoureux, Lindsay Unterlander, and Di Latchford star in One in a Million, an original production written by Rice Lake's Ronald MacKay for The Theatre on King's 3rd Annual Playwright Festival (photo: Andy Carroll)

Theatre at a glance: One in a Million

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Original production written by local playwright Ronald MacKay runs at Peterborough's The Theatre on King until June 18.
Leighton Alexander Williams as George Palmer, Sedina Fiati as Lucinda Palmer, and Chattrisse Dolabaille as Mary Rose Palmer, in Mysterious Entity Theatre's original production "The Blind Eye" at The Theatre on King in downtown Peterborough until June 4 (photo courtesy of Andy Carroll)

Unhappy in its own way – a review of The Blind Eye

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Mysterious Entity Theatre's original family drama runs until June 4 at The Theatre on King in Peterborough.
In "The Laramie Project", a play about the 1998 murder of LGBTQ college student Matthew Shepard in Wyoming, 14 Lakefield College School students take on almost 70 different roles (photo: Geoff Bemrose)

Lakefield College School actors tackle intense subject in The Laramie Project

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Production about 1998 murder of LGBTQ college student Matthew Shepard runs at Bryan Jones Theatre May 26 to 28.
Kate Story as Estragon and Dan Smith as Vladimir are "Waiting for Godot" in The Theatre on King's production of Samuel Beckett's most well-known play (photo: Andy Carroll)

Hope deferred – a review of Waiting for Godot

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Final production in Beckett Fest at The Theatre on King in Peterborough runs from May 18 to 21.
Monica Dottor as Laura O'Brien and Liam Davidson as George O'Brien in the original 4th Line Theatre production of "The Hero of Hunter Street" written by Maja Adral and directed by Kim Blackwell. The play premieres this June at the Winslow Farm in Millbrook. (Photo: Rebekah Littlejohn, courtesy of 4th Line Theatre)

4th Line Theatre brings the story of 1916 Quaker Oats factory fire to life

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"The Hero of Hunter Street", premiering in Millbrook this summer, tells the story of the O'Brien family.
Ryan Kerr stars as Krapp in "Krapp's Last Tape", playing at The Theatre on King in Peterborough from May 12 to 14 (photo: Andy Carroll)

What wasn’t to be – a review of Krapp’s Last Tape

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"Beckett Fest" continues with one-act play at The Theatre on King in Peterborough from May 12-14.
Peterborough natives Chad Maker and Kirk Comrie of A71 Entertainment are bringing "Prisoner X", a sci-fi thriller starring Julian Richings and Michelle Nolden, to Peterborough's Market Hall on May 11. Additional films are screening throughout 2016. (Photo: Sam Pryce-Phillips, courtesy of Avi Federgreen)

A71 Entertainment bringing more Canadian indie films to Market Hall in Peterborough

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Prisoner X screens on May 11, featuring Q&A with star Michelle Nolden, followed by The Rainbow Kid on June 9.
Liam Parker as The Big Bopper, Lucas DeLuca as Richie Valens, and Matt Diamond as Buddy Holly in the Peterborough Theatre Guild production of "Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story" (photo: Sam Tweedle / kawarthaNOW)

The music never died: a review of Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story

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Peterborough Theatre Guild musical production runs until May 14 at Showplace in Peterborough.
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