Authors Articles by Sam Tweedle

Articles by Sam Tweedle

Sam Tweedle
358 Articles
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.
Matt Diamond performs as Buddy Holly in "Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story" from May 6-14 at Showplace Performance Centre in Peterborough (photo of Matt: John Gearin)

Matt Diamond on being Buddy Holly

Local radio personality takes on the lead role in Peterborough Theatre Guild's production of "Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story".
Enter Stage Right's original production of "Welcome to Butternut Grove" runs at the PCVS Auditorium in Peterborough from April 27-30

Peterborough high school students take a satirical look at children’s TV in Welcome to...

Original Enter Stage Right production at PCVS Auditorium from April 27 to 30.
Kelsey Gordon-Powell as Clov and Rob Fortin as Hamm in The Theatre on King's production of the absurdist Samuel Beckett play "Endgame" (photo: Andy Carroll)

A night at the (absurd) theatre – a review of Endgame

"Beckett Fest" continues at The Theatre on King in Peterborough from April 21-23.
Matt Gilbert, Simon Turner, Rowan Lamoureux and Tobias Bernstein perform in "What, Where", one of three Samuel Beckett plays in Ryan Kerr's production at The Theatre on King until April 16 (photo: Andy Carroll)

Peterborough’s The Theatre on King launches spring festival of plays by Samuel Beckett

"Catastrophe", "What, Where", and "Come and Go" run from April 14-16
John Carter as fishing derby organizer Kirk Douglas and Deb Crossen as grocery store owner Sienna in The Hall's Bridge Players' production of Norm Foster's "The Great Kooshog Lake Hollis McCauley Fishing Derby" (photo: Keith Smith / The Hall's Bridge Players)

Theatre at a glance: The Great Kooshog Lake Hollis McCauley Fishing Derby

The Hall's Bridge Players sold-out production runs at Buckhorn Community Centre from April 15 to 24.
Robert Ainsworth, Brad Breckenridge, Robert Winslow, Tim Walker, and Edward Charette are the Pitmen Painters, with Mark Wallace as their art instructor, in the New Stages production of the hit play at Peterborough's Market Hall until April 15 (photo: Sam Tweedle / kawarthaNOW)

Mining the soul of the artist – a review of The Pitmen Painters

New Stages production of hit play at Peterborough's Market Hall until April 15 features an all-star cast of local talent.
The Eastern Ontario Drama League's 2016 Full Length Spring Festival features five plays at the Peterborough Theatre Guild from April 5 to 9 with an awards ceremony at The Venue on April 10 (image: Peterborough Theatre Guild)

Peterborough Theatre Guild hosts Eastern Ontario Drama League festival

Five plays will be staged from April 5 to 9 with an awards ceremony on April 10.
Peterborough-based filmmaker Lester Alfonso, whose documentary "Birthmark" is almost completed (photo: Sam Tweedle / kawarthaNOW)

The marks we imagine for ourselves

An interview with Peterborough filmmaker Lester Alfonso about his new documentary "Birthmark"
The Theatre on King in downtown Peterborough is transformed into The Vagabond Theatre in Cathy Petch's new show "Mel Malarkey Gets the Bum's Rush"

Theatre at a glance: Mel Malarkey Gets the Bum’s Rush

Cathy Petch's brilliant ode to vaudeville plays at Peterborough's The Theatre on King until March 26.
Hope Clarkin as Heather Duke, Audrey Massender as Heather Chandler, and Jesse Morrison as Heather Macnamara in The Anne Shirley Theatre Company's production of "Heathers: The Musical"

High school hell – a review of Heathers: The Musical

Musical version of cult film runs for six performances at Peterborough's Market Hall.

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