Recent Blog Posts
Ballet Edmonton to perform in Ottawa’s Southam Hall, a Big Achievement for a Small Company
Read my article on The Dance Current website.
Why Alberta Audiences are different from any other in Canada.
Read my Q&A with Jean Grand-Maître, Nicole Mion, Les Sereda and Brian Webb on The Dance Current website.
Recent Reviews
Theatre Calgary’s ‘First Métis Man Of Odesa’ lacks tension.
“More people need to pay attention.” Theatre Calgary’s First Métis Man Of Odesa is a love story and a love letter. It’s a telling of the love story between Matthew Mackenzie and Mariya Khomutova, and it’s a love letter to the Ukraine. It feels like its purpose, it’s reason for being produced is to have […]
Theatre Calgary’s production of ‘Come From Away’ is an epic and energetic ride
Theatre Calgary has picked the perfect time to produce Come From Away. The musical with book, music, and lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein is a blend of hope and despair, with a patriotic thread that runs right through it. The Canadian patriotism isn’t centered around our country though, it is centered around who […]
Vertigo Theatre’s ‘The Verdict’ is a spark of hope
The Verdict is a best-selling novel by Barry Reed and a Oscar nominated film. The play, adapted by Margaret May Hobbs, is produced by Vertigo Theatre as its North American premiere. It’s a ‘David vs Goliath’ story, a story of an unlikely hero in search of justice and accountability. It’s the story of a flawed […]
Jenna Shummoogum
I am a communications and marketing professional by day and a theatre and dance critic by night. I have been a theatre critic for over a decade and have contributed work to The Dance Current, LiveWire Calgary, getdown.ca, the Calgary Herald and Avenue Magazine online. I was the Regional Reporter for The Dance Current for Alberta and I was a member and lead organizer of the Calgary Theatre Critics’ awards (The Critters).