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.
Beth McMaster's Legendary Icon Series returns to Showplace in Peterborough with "The Many Colours of Judy Garland" on June 15 and "Johnny Mercer: I Remember You" on June 22

Profiling iconic entertainers of the 20th century

Legendary Icon Series returns to Peterborough's Showplace in June with shows on Judy Garland and Johnny Mercer.
Marina Zielke as Amnaris, Cameron Von Criegern as Radames, and Hope Clarkin as Aida in Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School's Musical Theatre Class production of "Aida" (photo: Sam Tweedle / kawarthaNOW)

Theatre at a glance: “Aida”

Student production runs at the TAS Theatre in Peterborough from June 4 to 6.
Elizabeth Moody as Alice Liddle and Matt Gilbert as Lewis Carroll in Lindy Powell's Ruse of The Romantic (photo: Andy Carroll)

Through the Looking Glass Darkly – a review of Ruse of the Romantic

Provocative play about Lewis Carroll runs from May 28 to 30 at The Theatre on King in downtown Peterborough.
Catherine Fitch and Andrew Chown star in John Murrell's "Taking Shakespeare", directed by Randy Read and running at Peterborough's Market Hall from May 22 to 30 (photo: Esther Vincent, www.evmustang.ca)

The play’s the thing – a review of Taking Shakespeare

New Stages production of John Murrell play runs from May 22 to 30 at Peterborough's Market Hall.
Amy Cummings and Meg O'Sullivan in "Gladys & Peggy", a double bill with "disclosure" at The Theatre on King in downtown Peterborough (photo: Andy Carroll)

Relationships on edge – a review of Gladys & Peggy and disclosure

Double bill runs May 6 to 10 at The Theatre on King in Peterborough.
Trent Radio is seeking biographical and other supporting information about local musicians with recordings in the Local Content Archive project. The archive includes well-known musicians like Rick Fines and Ken Ramsden (pictured here from Trent Radio's March 2000 Live Music Day), as well as more obscure artists. (Photo courtesy of Trent Radio.)

Documenting Peterborough’s musical history

Trent Radio is archiving recordings by local musicians as well as the stories behind the music.
The Peterborough Theatre Guild production of the famous Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Cats" runs at Showplace Performance Centre in Peterborough from May 1st to May 9th for seven performances only (photo: Linda McIlwain / kawarthaNOW)

Purr-fect – a review of Cats

Peterborough Theatre Guild's spectacular production runs at Showplace in Peterborough for seven performances only.
"Cats" actor Elizabeth Moody, who plays Victoria, has her makeup applied by Peterborough Theatre Guild makeup artist Shelley Moody -- who also happens to be her mother. The much-anticipated production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical opens on Friday, May 2 at Showplace in Peterborough

Behind the scenes at Cats

Production crew's work on sets, costumes, wigs, and makeup help create the spectacle
During their concert "That Motown Sound" at Peterborough's Market Hall on May 2, the Peterborough Pop Ensemble will be performing music from Motown artists including The Four Tops, who recorded hits like "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" and "Reach Out I'll Be There" (photo: Wikipedia)

Peterborough Pop Ensemble performs the music of Hitsville U.S.A.

"That Motown Sound" fundraising concert takes place on Saturday, May 2 at Peterborough's Market Hall
In the St. James Players family production of "Pied Piper: The Musical", Terry Convey stars as The Pied Piper along with Mackenzie Airhart as Kittykat, Sophie Wigglesworth as Pattycake, Emma Poley as Dilly, and more (photo: Sam Tweedle / kawarthaNOW)

Theatre at a glance: “Pied Piper: The Musical”

Family production runs April 24 to 26 at St. James Church in Peterborough.

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