STU Reviews

[Robin C. Whittaker]

Dear Colleagues,

I'd like to direct your attention to STU Reviews, the blog I've founded 
featuring Fredericton theatre and dance reviews by students enrolled in 
my "Drama and Its Critics" course: http://stureviews.wordpress.com . I'd 
certainly be interest in knowing if any colleagues maintain similar 
public reviewing sites offering student contributions through their courses.

Given that Fredericton does not have a regular theatre reviewer—though 
it has, as my colleague Ilkay Silk points out, "more theatre than you 
think"—STU Reviews seeks to fill a critical void. With good commentary 
follows good discussion and perhaps even greater audience interest. Love 
them or hate them, reviews serve as documents of public record for the 
otherwise "ephemeral" medium of theatre.

Among reviewing sites, STU Reviews is unique in that it often publishes 
multiple perspectives on the same production, whether it is produced by 
the city's professional "regional" Theatre New Brunswick, the roadhouse 
Fredericton Playhouse, various independent theatre companies, or 
university and high school companies. Links to these companies are on 
the STU Reviews Home page.

Now that the term is over, the intention is that some students will stay 
on as contributors. We're already nearing 1000 hits in just a few months.

Enjoy, spread the word, follow us on Twitter ( @STU_Reviews ), and feel 
free to return to the site where Fredericton follows theatre!

All the best,
Robin.

-- 
Robin C. Whittaker, PhD
Assistant Professor, Drama
Department of English
St. Thomas University
Fredericton, NB E3B 5G3 Canada
rwhit at stu.ca