How to create your own theatre: don’t be afraid
When I started my degree at Trent, I never dreamed that within four years I would have written my own play and staged it in downtown Peterborough. This past February, …
Simon Semchuk
The Door You Came In (And Won’t Want to Leave)
Who wants to listen to two old men tell stories and sing songs about family and WWI? Alice Munro once called David Macfarlane’s The Danger Tree “about the best prose …
Perspective: An interview with a familiar face
If you walk downtown you’re guaranteed to see a familiar face. Peterborough is a place to run into friends, but what about those faces you know in passing? Maybe you …
Being human: Examining the value of community theatre
“Theatre brings to the community as a whole a sense of something larger than yourself,” said Amy Cummings, co-founder of the motley collective. But why spend money and get out …
Indigenous Awareness Week is a focus on “thriving, beautiful communities”
Last week, Trent University Native Association (TUNA), First Peoples House of Learning (FPHL), Gzowksi College, and the TCSA brought another year of Indigenous Awareness Week to Symons campus. Featuring a …
Platana’s book launch veers between comedy and tragedy
On Thursday 26, local author Janette Platana held the launch of her new collection of short stories, A Token of My Affliction. In the intimate setting of The Theatre on …
Where do trans women fit into feminism?
Trans women are vital to a cohesive feminism. If feminism is to be a movement for bettering the lives of women, then it must better the lives of all women, …
Theatre Review: m.c.’s Proof is community theatre at its best
The motley collective’s latest outing, after presenting The Rocky Horror Show and The Laramie Project, was David Auburn’s Proof presented last week at The Theatre on King (TTOK). The story …
Theatre Review: ASTC’s The Pillowman never really wakes up
Last weekend, the Anne Shirley Theatre Company (ASTC) had its latest foray into straight theatre. The Pillowman is the story of a short story writer incarcerated when his tales start …
What I learned from a breaking down
Here’s the thing about mental health: when your mental health is poor anything can seem insurmountable. So when you have mental health problems, you cannot compare yourself to how anyone …