J. Kelly Nestruck
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J. Kelly Nestruck (/ˈnɛsˌtrʌk/ NESS-truk) is a Canadian journalist and arts critic. After a longtime stint as the chief theatre critic for The Globe and Mail, he shifted in October 2024 to become a television critic for the paper following the retirement of John Doyle.[1]
Life and career
Nestruck was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba.[2] He grew up between Winnipeg and Montreal. He is bilingual.[3]
Nestruck began writing for The McGill Daily, one of the student-run newspapers at McGill University,[4] while studying history, English, and drama at the school.[3][4] He began an internship at the National Post as a reporter in 2003. He moved to feature writing shortly after.[4]
In 2006, Nestruck became a subeditor and writer for The Guardian in London, England.
He returned to Canada in 2008 to take the role of theatre critic for The Globe and Mail in Toronto.[3] He is a four-time winner of the Nathan Cohen Award for Excellence in Critical Writing,[5][2][6][7] and in 2013, he was a runner-up for a National Newspaper Award in the Arts and Entertainment category.[8]
He completed a master's degree at the Centre for Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies at the University of Toronto in 2013.[3]
In 2016, Nestruck married playwright and screenwriter Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman. He cited the need to be more present at home for their children, thus making it difficult for him to attend evening theatrical shows, as a reason for his shift to television criticism in 2024.[1]
References
- 1 2 Murphy, Aisling (2024-11-09). "An exit interview with J. Kelly Nestruck". Intermission Magazine. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
- 1 2 "Globe critic J. Kelly Nestruck wins Nathan Cohen Award for theatre criticism". The Globe and Mail. 10 November 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "J. Kelly Nestruck". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
- 1 2 3 Bettencourt-McCarthy, Wyndham (September 13, 2011). "My Job Could Be Your Life: J. Kelly Nestruck, theatre critic". The Grid. Archived from the original on 2013-10-18.
- ↑ "Herb Whittaker and Nathan Cohen Awards presented by CTCA in Toronto". Capital Critics' Circle. 2 December 2012. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
- ↑ "Globe drama writer J. Kelly Nestruck wins Nathan Cohen Award". The Globe and Mail. 4 December 2019.
- ↑ "Globe theatre critic J. Kelly Nestruck wins Nathan Cohen Award for critical essay". The Globe and Mail. 16 December 2022.
- ↑ "National Newspaper Awards: Full list of winners and runners-up". The Star. Toronto. May 3, 2013.