SMUDGE was named one of the 10 Best Productions of 2000 by the Toronto Star (Friday Dec 22, 2000):

"A tiny gem that arrived at the Tarragon Extra Space almost unheralded. Alex Bulmer took the raw material of her own decade-long descent into blindness and turned it into a work that was firghtening, ferocious, and funny - all in just over an hour. Diane Flacks performed with real distinction, and the whole experience seemed to cast a genuine glow."
(full article)

AND

Diane was named one of the 10 Best Actors of 2000:

"She went from the freewheeling romp that was SIBS to the sightless nightmare that was smudge in a matter of days, and seemed perfectly at home in both roles."
(full article)

ALSO

*Diane's work in Smudge and Sibs was named one of the Best Performances (female) of 2000 by Kamal Al-Solaylee (EYE, December 28 2000)

*Smudge was listed as one of the Top 10 Theatre Shows of 2000, by Glenn Sumi (NOW magazine, December 28 2000)