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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.
In "Appropriate Audience Behaviour", Ashley (Emma Meinhardt, front left) and Carol (Sam Weatherdon, front right) are two high school students trying to enjoy a performance of Hamlet despite the distractions created by fellow audience members including a patronizing Shakespeare snob (Kelsey Gordon Powell, front centre). Also pictured are Andrew Root, Sheila Carleton, and Nathan Govier. The production runs from November 29 to December 1, 2018 at The Theatre On King in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Andy Carroll)

Clever play pokes fun at annoying people in audiences

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'Appropriate Audience Behaviour' runs November 29 to December 1 at The Theatre on King in downtown Peterborough.
Actors Steven Gallagher and Juan Chioran, who performed in the original 2009 Toronto production of "A New Brain" produced by The Musical Stage Company, will be reprising their roles in the New Stages' concert version of William Finn's autobiographical musical at the Market Hall in Peterborough on December 1, 2018. Other performers include veterans of the Stratford, Shaw, and Toronto stages along with some Peterborough favourites. (Publicity photos)

Stratford and Shaw veterans join Peterborough performers to sing songs from ‘A New Brain’

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New Stages presents a concert version of William Fenn's autobiographical musical at the Market Hall on December 1.
Lakefield College School's production of "Mamma Mia!" is a showcase for the huge talent of Catherine Kim in the leading role of Donna Sheridan. The jukebox musical featuring the hits of Swedish pop supergroup Abba runs from November 27 to December 1 at the Bryan Jones Theatre at Lakefield College School. Performances are free for the public. (Photo: Sara Connelly / SC Photography)

Take a chance on Lakefield College School’s rousing production of ‘Mamma Mia!’

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Jukebox musical of Abba songs runs November 27 to December 1 at Bryan Jones Theatre in Lakefield.
The cast of Lindsay Little Theatre's production of Ann-Marie MacDonald's comedy "Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)", where a downtrodden assistant professor struggling to complete her doctorate enters the world of Shakespeare's "Othello" and "Romeo and Juliet". The play runs from November 16 to 25 in Lindsay. (Photo: Shannon Peters Bain)

Lindsay Little Theatre tackles clever Shakespearean spoof ‘Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)’

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Production of Ann-Marie MacDonald's award-winning feminist comedy runs November 16 to 25 in Lindsay.
The unlikely trio of "Shrek: The Musical": Elizabeth Moody as Princess Fiona, Rowan Lamoureaux as Shrek, and Lindsay Barr as Donkey. The St. James Players production of the Tony-nominated musical runs from November 8 to 17 at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Sam Tweedle / kawarthaNOW.com)

Charming and fun ‘Shrek: The Musical’ contains uplifting message of unity and acceptance

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St. James Players family-friendly production runs November 9 to 17 at Showplace in Peterborough.
Fleshy Thud's Ryan Kerr performs in his new play "Unexploded Ordnance" which runs from November 8 to 11, 2018 at The Theatre On King in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Andy Carroll for Public Energy)

Ryan Kerr remembers The Great War with an emotional personal journey in ‘Unexploded Ordnance’

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Multimedia storytelling performance runs November 8 to 11 at The Theatre On King in downtown Peterborough.
"Art For Awareness Does Broadway", a musical fundraiser for the local arts collective, takes place on November 3, 2018 at the Market Hall in downtown Peterborough. (Graphic: Art for Awareness)

Beau Dixon and Kate Suhr among 17 performers singing Broadway tunes to support local...

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'Art for Awareness Does Broadway' takes place at the Market Hall in Peterborough on November 3.
Dan Smith as Igor, Sarah McNeilly as Inga, and Luke Foster as Fredrick Frankenstein in Ryan Kerr's recreatinn of the 1974 Mel Brooks' cult classic "Young Frankenstein", running from October 25 to 27, 2018 at The Theatre on King in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Andy Carroll)

Walk this way … to see ‘Young Frankenstein’ at The Theatre on King

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Ryan Kerr's recreation of classic 1974 Mel Brooks horror film spoof runs October 25 to 27 in downtown Peterborough.
Herbie Barnes as Arthur Copper and Tracey Hoyt as Maureen Poole in the original Tarragon Theatre production of "Cottagers and Indians", Drew Hayden Taylor's light-hearted exploration of the real-life conflict between cottagers objecting to the production of wild rice in Pigeon Lake by James Whetung of Curve Lake First Nation. Barnes will reprise his role, with Brooke Johnson taking on the role of Maureen, in the touring version of the play, which will be performed at Curve Lake First Nation, Bobcaygeon, and Peterborough in October and November. (Photo: Cylla von Tiedemann)

Tarragon Theatre production of ‘Cottagers and Indians’ in Peterborough November 27 to 29

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Five performances of Drew Hayden Taylor's light-hearted play about wild rice controversy at Showplace and Market Hall.
The cast of "Evil Dead The Musical" during a preview performance. The gory musical comedy returns to the Market Hall in downtown Peterborough for four performances from October 11 to 13. (Photo: Sam Tweedle / kawarthaNOW.com)

Music and comedy … and demons and blood .. return to the Market Hall...

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Killer Tree Productions remounts 'Evil Dead The Musical' from October 11 to 13.
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