Corner Brook -
Petrina Bromley has gained a reputation with Newfoundland theatre audiences as an accomplished actor, singer, director, composer and writer.
This Easter when the 60th Provincial Drama Festival comes to Corner Brook, she will be taking on the new role of adjudicator.
Bromley, a St. John's native, has worked with many theatre companies across Newfoundland and Labrador including Rising Tide Theatre, Theatre Newfoundland Labrador, Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland, Caravan Stage Barge, and Turtle Pond Productions.
Her theatre career has brought her not only across Newfoundland and Labrador, but she has toured the United States, the United Kingdom, and is scheduled to perform at the
Cultural Olympiad in Vancouver, later this month.
"I owe a great deal to community theatre," Bromley said in a release. "My elementary school music teacher was involved in the annual St. John's musicals.
"Then in Grade 8, I auditioned and was cast as an urchin in a production of "A Christmas Carol" by the Elysian Players. I was able to do a passable cockney accent so I even had one line. I still remember it. And that was that. I knew where I belonged."
Bromley's credits include playing Bride in Kevin Major's newest play, Lead Me Home. She directed Bernie Stapleton's "Play Me Home," as well as "A Creature of Habit," a contemporary opera by Newfoundland composer, Dean Burry.
Bromley is also known across the island for her comedic work with Rising Tide's annual "Revue."
"I am really looking forward to adjudicating this year's provincial drama festival," Bromley stated. "I've worked in theatre professionally for almost 20 years, but still remember the joy and the thrill involved in community theatre. People are there by choice. To have fun. That is something incredibly special and I look forward to being immersed in that atmosphere in Corner Brook in April.
"The festival is a great coming together of people with a passion for theatre. It's an opportunity to celebrate creativity and to participate in the exchange of ideas about live performance, design and technical craft."
Mike Payne, the chair of the organizing committee is very excited with the choice of Bromley for adjudicator.
"Petrina is a very talented performer with a great knowledge of theatre," Payne said.
"Groups come to the festival not only to perform, but to learn about theatre from their adjudications so that they will get better. With Petrina as our adjudicator, I know that they will learn a lot."
The 60th annual drama festival runs from April 4-10 at the Corner Brook Arts and Culture Centre. Tickets for all seven shows are available from the Corner Book Arts and Culture Centre box office.
