Mer Weinhold
Arts WriterBy day a writer and editor, and by night asleep, Mer spends some of their intervening time experiencing and writing about live entertainment, tasty food, board games, and events with costumes.
Fringe 2025: Bob Marley: How Reggae Changed the World
Fringe 2025 Review: Dead Siblings Society
Fringe 2025 Review: ANATOMICA: A Comedy About Meat, Bones, & The Skin You’re In
Fringe 2025 Review: Stroke of Genius: Pantomime Masturbation Throughout Performing Arts History
Fringe 2025 Review: Multiple Neurosis
Fringe Review: Ingenue: Deana Durbin, Judy Garland and the Golden Age of Hollywood
Fringe Review: Bat Brains or (let’s explore mental illness with vampires)
Mer Weinhold: “Since opening night very nearly sold out, interested festival-goers would be wise to see Bat Brains sooner rather than later.”
Fringe Review: Worldly Women
Mer Weinhold: “A beautiful, thought-provoking performance.”
Fringe Review: Timmy, the Dog, Disappears
Mer Weinhold: “This is a twisted, funny, unpredictable play.”
Theatre Review: The Archivist at undercurrents festival—until 02.09.19
Mer Weinhold: “This is a good play. I liked it. Please attend, I think you’ll learn something interesting about yourself and about other people.”
Fixing to tinker: Ottawa Tool Library volunteers host a repair café – 12.09.17
The Ottawa Tool Library has had a busy time recently – they recently turned 2 years old, organized a film screening, and have a repair café coming up soon.
A Company of Fools brings A Midsummer Night’s Dream to a city park near you
A Company of Fools is bringing A Midsummer Night’s Dream to a city park near you. That’s not an exaggeration—with shows ranging from Navan to Stittsville to Manotick to Wakefield, everyone in the greater Ottawa area has a chance to see it.
Fringe Review: High Tea: Another British Comedy
Mer Weinhold: “When a play in one of the largest Fringe venues sells out on opening night, a review seems superfluous, as the hype will likely keep people attending regardless. Still, it’s nice to know what you might be getting into…”
Fringe Review: Fish Saw
Mer Weinhold: ” Come for the blue sequined fish costume, stay for a beautiful, funny, tragic, touching play about the endurance of memory…”
Fringe Review: Bless You, Bonaparte
Mer Weinhold: “I hugely enjoyed Bless You, Bonaparte. Stop by for a show that’s very entertaining and not too mentally demanding, though attentive, geeky audiences can catch a Star Wars quote.”