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“Watching [Brick Shithouse] is a visceral (not to say blood-splattering) experience. You can feel the bruises getting kicked and the noses getting busted, at the same time you’re getting to know desperate characters on an individual basis. [...] This is a cast of seven selflessly physical actors who literally throw themselves into the play. Sam Jeffery’s fight direction (which is almost by definition intimacy direction) is remarkably bone-rattling.”
Liz Nicholls for 12th Night, on Brick Shithouse [Fenceless Theatre]
“Excellent work is put in by Samantha Jeffery … succeeds with giving real heart”
Colin MacLean for Gig City, on After Miss Julie [Lodestar Theatre]
“It’s a disorienting, visceral and immersive stream of consciousness experience, made even more powerful by this quartet of performers. They’ve mastered the script…”
Mel Priestley, on Crave [Stonemarrow Theatre]
“Stand-outs are Sam Jeffery as Macduff... The fighting, though… it’s visceral and wild”
Liz Nicholls for 12th Night, on Macbeth [The Malachites]
After the House Lights - How Samantha Jeffery Fringes
A chat with After the House Lights about the Edmonton International Fringe Festival.
I Don't Get It Podcast - #YEGTheatreStats
Our Summer Stock series continues: We sit down with Sam Jeffery of #YEGTheatreStats to chat about the gender balance of creative teams in Edmonton theatres, and how a display of hard numbers might make a difference for representation for future seasons.
Wenghtalk Radio - #YEGTheatreStats
Professional theatre artist Samantha Jeffery is here to discuss her pilot project: #YEGTheatreStats - a professional theatre database of jobs in the Edmonton theatre industry based on gender. We go over how Sam collects and presents her data; the nuance of creating categories and sub-categories in order to make her spreadsheet accurate, yet readable; and we also talk about how vital a public database of this sort is for those seeking to recognize their hiring trends within the Edmonton theatre community.