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  • (News) Recruiting new writers

    As mentioned before, I can no longer review local theatre. However, I want to maintain the momentum of the blog by recruiting new writers. That way Curtains Up and continue to cover local theatre and I can continue to build a culture of critique based on conversation and engagement with the art form. This is…

  • (Bedford Drama) Reading Theatre: An Old Textbook, a New Project and Getting Up to Speed

    By Daniela Smith-Fernandez Disclaimer: this is not a review. This is a new project. Proceed accordingly. Years and years ago, I was at the outdoor market at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival when a saw a Book. A Book I had been looking for most of my life and didn’t know it. It was big, and…

  • (Review) Cet été qui chantait – Théâtre Cercle Molière

    By Daniela Smith-Fernandez *****Cet été que chante is a play performed in French at Théâtre Cercle Molière. Anglophones who want to see it can make use of the subtitling tablets available for free. This review is in English to persuade anglophones that this is worth doing. French theatre is meeting you half way – it’s…

  • (Company Profile) A Healthy Way of Making Twisted Art

    By Daniela Smith-Fernandez Today was media call for Sick and Twisted theatre’s Merry Crip-Mas Panto at the WECC. The amazing thing about doing theatre criticism is that you can actually go to an event like this and ask questions – because that is what you are supposed to do. With that in mind, the lovely…