Press
"Tara Brodin's clown, Bara Naked, is a dynamite diva! She explodes onto the stage, at once powerful and vulnerable - makes you laugh, breaks your heart, and then surprises you with her gorgeous singing voice." ~Jan Henderson, Clown teacher/Director
"Tara has a powerful and lovely clown... feirce and naughty and full of regret. Beautiful." ~Christopher Bayes, Yale School of Drama
Production Reviews
Don't Make Fun of Jesus - Director/Producer
"This woman will make you laugh. Even Jesus would get a kick out of her." ~SEE Magazine
"If Russell Peters were a white, gay woman who grew up in Georgia instead of a South Asian straight man who grew up in Brampton, he'd be Sherri D. Sutton." ~VUE Magazine
"Sutton cuts a wide conversational swath. She's funny, too. Where most comedians tend to go for the easy kill on sacred cows, Sutton actually offers up the kind of tellingly hilarious detail only someone who has lived to tell the tale could have." ~Edmonton Journal
"She is a very funny lady. The audience spent most of the hour convulsed with laughter. Me too." ~Edmonton Sun
"One of our Top Five Fringe Plays to see at this year's Fringe!" ~CBC radio
See Bob Run - Director
"...everything and anything should be admired about the production right from the acting to the staging. See Bob Run is clever, intelligent and incredibly moving." ~SEE Magazine
Urge to Kill - Playwright and Actor (multiple roles)
"...a pretty snazzy little black comedy that's also a psycho-thriller spun from that unmoored, surreal feeling you get when your life suddenly looks unrecognizable to you...I am sure [this play] and its creators will be back. What if McKillop and Brodin...hadn't been brave and taken it to the Fringe? We'd all have lost out." ~Edmonton Journal
"...the performances were spot on. Ultimately, a dark and thought-provoking work." ~SEE Magazine
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris - Singer
"Tara Brodin is the soprano. She wrings the heart when she opens her mouth. Fringe Pick of the Day! I loved it. An emotional cement mixer." ~CBC Radio
"Brodin's treatment of [the song] My Death is the first real highlight." ~Edmonton Journal
"The cast is wonderful...hilarious, sad and very well done." ~VUE Magazine
Richard II - Actor (Richard II)
"...both [actors] were clearly in control of the material, Brodin arrogant and haughty even in despair." ~SEE Magazine
The Woolgatherer - Actor (Rose)
"When they give out Sterlings for the Fringe, Brodin will no doubt be heavily favoured to win Best Actress for her performance as Rose...Every line she delivers is teeming with emotion, to the point where the audience hangs off her every word." ~SEE Magazine
"Fine acting weaves a mesmerizing spell ...all credit goes to Edmonton actors Tara Brodin and James Sheppard." ~Edmonton Journal
Peter Waal's Last Regret - Actor
"As Flame, Tara Brodin stands high above the rest of the cast. She runs around in such a fevered pitch that you often forget that this play isn't about her character." ~Edmonton Sun