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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.
Sophie Kourtsidis as Jill, Dylan Robichaud as Byron, Colette Marshall Schroter as Daphne, and Collin Dusome as Alex in Lindsay Little Theatre's production of "Skin Flick", Norm Foster's comedy about the porn industry, which runs from February 8 to 16, 2019 in Lindsay. (Photo: Sam Tweedle / kawarthaNOW.com)

February gets hot and steamy at Lindsay Little Theatre with ‘Skin Flick’

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Production of Norm Foster's offbeat comedy runs from February 8 to 16 in Lindsay.
In Naomi Duvall's "Puss-essed", Bridgett (played her by Naomi Duvall) wakes up one morning to discover the ghost of her mother is speaking to her from a very unusual location. Depending on the night of the performance, Bridgett will be performed by Lindsay Unterlander or Naomi Duvall and the voice of the mother will be performed by Hilary Wear, Lindsay Unterlander, or Naomi Duvall. (Photo: Andy Carroll)

Peterborough’s Naomi Duvall has created a very different sort of vagina monologue

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Her original play 'Puss-essed' runs at The Theatre on King in downtown Peterborough from February 7 to 9.
Warren Moore as the Frog Prince and Jesse Jamieson as the Princess, with Mary Grace Murphy as the narrator in Anne Shirley Theatre Company's production of "The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon", Don Zolidis' comic retelling of 209 of the Brothers Grimm's 19th-century fairytales. The show runs from January 31 to February 2, 2019 at The Theatre on King in downtown Peterborough, and the following weekend at the Peterborough Theatre Guild. (Photo: Andy Carroll)

Anne Shirley Theatre Company makes triumphant return with zany comedy ‘The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon’

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Retelling of 209 classic and not-so-classic fairy tales runs at The Theatre on King in downtown Peterborough January 31 to February 2.
The Toronto-based Blood in the Snow horror film festival is touring four cities in southern Ontario during March 2019, beginning with a stop at Peterborough's Market Hall on March 1 and 2. The festival, which celebrates the best in contemporary Canadian horror, genre, and underground film, will be screening four feature-length films along with five short films, some of which were made by local filmmakers. (Photo courtesy of Blood in the Snow)

Horror fans rejoice: Blood in the Snow film festival comes to Peterborough

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Local film 'E.M.P. 300 Days' one of four features along with local short films screening at the Market Hall on March 1 and 2.
Canadian playwright Kate Hennig's historical drama "The Last Wife" is about Katherine Parr, the sixth and final wife of King Henry VIII of England in the 16th century. Peterborough icon Linda Kash will perform as Parr in New Stages Theatre Company's staged reading of the play at the Market Hall Performing Arts Centre on February 3, 2019. Peterborough actor Samuelle Weatherdon and Gemini award-winning actor Toronto actor Michael Riley are also among the cast. (Public domain)

‘The Last Wife’ is a contemporary look at 16th-century patriarchy and women’s rights

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Staged reading of Kate Hennig's play about Katherine Parr and Henry VIII at Peterborough's Market Hall on February 3.
Written in 1919 by French Dadaist writer and artist Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, "The Mute Canary" is directed by Ryan Kerr and features (from left to right) Matt Gilbert as Riquet, Kate Story as Barate, and Dan Smith as Ochre. The play runs for three performances at The Theatre On King in downtown Peterborough from January 17 to 19, 2019. (Photo: Andy Carroll)

Century-old play ‘A Mute Canary’ still resonates in today’s political climate

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Avant-garde production runs at The Theatre On King in downtown Peterborough January 17 to 19.
Documentaries have experienced a resurgence at the box office and on streaming services like Netflix, and ReFrame Film Festival is presenting 70 short and feature-length documentary films at the 15th annual festival from January 24-27, 2019 in downtown Peterborough. The final film screening at the festival is "Last Beer at the Pig's Ear", a passionate tribute to the 152-year old legendary Peterborough tavern that closed for good in 2017. (Photo: Wayne Eardley)

Experience the resurgence of the documentary at ReFrame Film Festival

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Seven docs you won't want to miss at the 15th annual film festival running January 24 to 27 in downtown Peterborough.
Grace Thompson as 15-year-old Serena with Cynthia Ashperger as her mom Ramona in Judith Thompson's play "Who Killed Snow White?" at the Winslow Farm in Millbrook. The controversial departure from 4th Line Theatre's usual historical fare was one of the best theatrical productions of 2018 according to kawarthaNOW's theatre reviewer Sam Tweedle. (Photo: Heather Doughty / kawarthaNOW.com)

The best in theatre in Peterborough and The Kawarthas in 2018

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kawarthaNOW's theatre reviewer Sam Tweedle's top picks and shout-outs to the theatre community.
In "The Other: A Strange Christmas Tale", Leanne (Jalen Brink, left) is the daughter of Bill (Danny Waugh, second from left) and Judy (Naomi Duvall, right), who is estranged from her bigoted father Ebbie Krank (Robert Winslow, second from right). When a mysterious woman arrives in the Village of Millbrook, Ebbie is taken on a journey through his past, present, and future to understand the causes of his racism. (Photo: Wayne Eardley, Brookside Studio)

Christmas play takes audiences on a walk through the streets and history of Millbrook

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4th Line Theatre's production of Beverley Cooper's 'The Other: A Strange Christmas Tale' runs until December 14.
Alice the Camel with Toronto actor Armon Ghaeinizadeh, who plays Ali Baba, at a reherasal of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves", Globus Theatre's family panto version of the classic Middle Eastern folk tale. Written by Sarah Quick and also starring Sarah, James Barrett, Siobhan O'Malley, and a rotating cast of 50 children, the play runs from December 7 to 16, 2018 at the Lakeview Arts Barn in Bobcaygeon. (Photo: Sam Tweedle / kawarthaNOW.com)

Globus Theatre’s annual family panto returns with ‘Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves’

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Original production at Lakeview Arts Barn in Bobcaygeon runs from December 7 to 16.
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