By Karen Fricker

Here are highlights from the recent colloquium, The Changing Face of Criticism in the Digital Age, held at Brock University this March.

Videos edited by Dramatic Arts students Jessica De Hoog, Emily Ferrier, Misha Harding, James Keating, Nicholas Leno, Brianne Lidstone, Hayley Malouin, and Kendra Neaves.

Theatre in Niagara

Discussion led by Karen Fricker, Assistant Professor at Brock University and founder of dartcritics.com

Panelists:

• Candice Turner-Smith, Managing Director at Niagara Symphony Orchestra
• Steve Solski, Executive Director at St. Catharines Performing Arts Centre
• Jill Dolan, Annan Professor in English, Professor of Theatre, and Director of Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies at Princeton University and founder of The Feminist Spectator
• Sara Palmieri, Sales and Marketing Manager at Centre for the Arts at Brock and co-founder of In The Soil
• John Law, Arts and Culture Writer at the St. Catharines Standard
• Monica Dufault, Artistic Director at Essential Collective Theatre
• David Fancy, Artistic Director at neXt Company Theatre

Embedded Criticism

Discussion led by Lawrence Switzky, Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto

Panelists:

• Karen Fricker
• Maddy Costa, Theatre Critic and Blogger at welcometodialogue.com
• Andy Horwitz, founder of Culturebot
• Jackie Maxwell, Artistic Director at Shaw Festival
• Jacob Gallagher-Ross, Assistant Professor at University at Buffalo, the State University of New York

Critics and Bloggers

Led by Karen Fricker

Panelists:

• Jill Dolan
• Holger Syme, Chair of Department of English and Drama at University of Toronto and blogger at dispositio.net
• J. Kelly Nestruck, Theatre Critic at The Globe and Mail
• Richard Ouzounian, Theatre Critic at The Toronto Star
• Andy Horwitz
• Odette Yazbeck, Director of Public Relations at Shaw Festival