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.
Trent Radio has been producing original live radio dramas supported by a grant by Community Radio Fund of Canada. Like this NBC live radio play broadcast from the 1920s, most early radio programs were broadcast live because recording technology was primitive and expensive.

Revisiting the golden age of radio

Trent Radio brings together local talent to produce original radio dramas.
A familiar voice in the Peterborough music scene, singer Missy Knott has been writing and recording in Nashville with award-winning country music artist Crystal Shawanda. Pictured is Missy performing at the Red Dog Olde Christmas Pageant in Peterborough last December. (Photo: Linda McIlwain)

Missy Knott spreading her musical wings in Nashville

Peterborough singer-songwriter writing and recording songs with award-winning country musician Crystal Shawanda.
Cordwainer Productions' staging of Dogfight: The Musical runs April 9th to 12th and April 16th at Peterborough's Market Hall

Emotional combat – a review of Dogfight: The Musical

Raw and intense play by Cordwainer Productions runs April 9 to 16 at Peterborough's Market Hall.
In Samuel Beckett's play "Not I", Kelsey Gordon Powell plays a mouth (photo: Sam Tweedle / kawarthaNOW)

Theatre at a glance: “Not I”

Paul Cruk's production of Samuel Beckett play runs March 31 and April 1 at Theatre on King.
Kate Story and Curtis Driedger star in Bernie Martin's one-act play Myrmidon, running March 26-29 at The Theatre on King as part of Public Energy's Emergency #21 festival of new dance and performance (photo courtesy of Andy Carroll)

Heart of darkness – a review of Myrmidon

Powerful one-act play runs at Public Energy's Emergency #21 festival from March 26 to 29.
The Anne Shirley Theatre Company's production of the Stephen Sondheim musical runs at the Market Hall for six performances from March 13th to 21st

Cut-throat musical theatre – a review of Sweeney Todd

Triumphant Anne Shirley Theatre Company production runs March 13 to 21 at the Market Hall in Peterborough.
Dane Shumak is President, Executive Producer, and Artistic Director of Cordwainer Productions, the theatre company he founded in January 2014

Theatre entrepreneur Dane Shumak nearing the top of his game

Ambitious actor/director's theatre company producing new musical this spring.
Peterborough radio veteran Gordon Gibb has launched an online-only radio station that exclusively plays classic hits and oldies

The oldies are back in the Kawarthas

Peterborough radio veteran Gordon Gibb launches online radio station streaming classic hits and oldies.
Shannon McCracken as Mimi Marquez and Carl Christensen as Roger Davis in the Art For Awareness production of "Rent - The Musical", running from February 20-28 at Showplace in Peterborough as Mimi Marquez (photo: Linda McIlwain / kawarthaNOW)

Musical theatre in Peterborough reaches its zenith with Rent

Epic and flawless, the Art For Awareness production runs until February 28th at Showplace in Peterborough.
David Adams, Mark Paton, Kellie McKinty, and Chuck Vollmar star in "Born Yesterday", playing February 20th to March 7th at the Peterborough Theatre Guild (photo: Sam Tweedle for kawarthaNOW)

Knowledge is power – a review of Born Yesterday

Take a trip back in time with Peterborough Theatre Guild's wonderful production of the 1946 play.

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