“Anana Rydvald gave a masterful performance as a Ukrainian prisoner who was there because she had smashed some windows in order to breathe.” - Anna Fuerstenberg, Montreal Rampage, February 17, 2024 (The Flood review)
“…everything about this film, from the cinematography to the acting to the ghostly scares, will draw you in and keep your eyes glued to the screen…”. - JP Nunez, Horror Obsessive, July 29, 2023 (Emptiness film review)
“…a combination of strong performances and a sleek black-and-white aesthetic ensure a satisfying, engaging journey into a nightmarish world of paranoia. Trépanier and Rydvald are strong, offering two distinct and separate characters that seem believable, and yet constantly hint at elements and motivations hidden from Suzanne’s view. They help to ensure the film maintains its tension and uneasy tone throughout…” - Grant Watson, Fiction Machine, July 24, 2023 (Emptiness film review)
“The other standout performance comes from Anana Rydvald (Gothika, Mother!) as Suzanne’s caretaker, Nicole. Nicole’s presence always has a sinister edge and adds a lot of tension to any scene where she interacts with Suzanne. Rydvald excels at conveying her character’s disdain, and likely even hatred, for the woman she is meant to care for.”
- Molly Henery, The Blogging Banshee, July 23, 2023 (Emptiness film review)
“The acting is commendable!” - Donald Plante, Infamous Horror, July 23, 2023 (Emptiness film review)
“The Sighlence of Sky, is a mesmerizing, quietly sublime, non-verbal mask and mime piece. Rydvald’s craft is spellbinding as she evokes a world of palpable objects and complex emotions. The masks, which she herself made, express various personalities that magically transform her body shape. The final image, a blend of light, video and graceful physicality is both gorgeous in its visual poetry and heartbreaking in its implications. The show lasts around 55 minutes and is highly recommended.” - The Gazette, December 3, 2021
"Though they be but nine, they enact some 70 roles. Sprung has blended a talented cast of Infini regulars, among them is Anana Rydvald, famous for her own one-woman masked shows."
- Westmount Magazine, April 17, 2018
"Cinq acteurs incarnent deux couples, celui des Nahum (Dean Makarenko et Anana Rydvald, magnifique...) Les cinq sont remarquables..." - Les Huffington Post, 23 Mars, 2016
"La performance des cinq comediens est puissante et magistrale. Ils reussissent de maniere remarquable a incarner la peur, et ses multiples visages, autant dans leur prestations physiques (certain epoustouflantes!) que dans les dialogues et le recit de textes poetiques." - Les Méconnus, 25 Mars, 2016
"Rydvald has an astonishing ability to shape-shift herself into seven distinct characters... Well worth rushing along to see before it ends this Sunday." - The Montreal Gazette, December 4, 2015
" Love, Child is showcase of Rydvald’s considerable talents as a mask artist, who also has a background in stage and screen acting, dancing, and miming. The impersonation of all these different characters is so brilliantly done, you could easily forget that they are played by the same actor... Rydvald also brings the energy necessary to sustain a successful one-woman show over its full length of over an hour. " - Forget the Box, November 30, 2015
"This extraordinarily talented performer takes you on her family's journey through time and space and the emotional ups and downs of their interpersonal relationships. The simple set with basic and ingenious prop design compliments the emotions and messages that she shares seemingly without effort." - OrcaSound, December 1, 2015
"This creative lady is back with a new slew of masks in the mesmerizing Love, Child. She has made full use of her mime and physical theatre body movement training to depict all of her characters." - Westmount Magazine, November 29, 2015
"Difficile de croire que l'interprete est seule en scene, tellement ces differents personnages crees par ces superbes masques sont convaincants! Un beau travail de scenographie et de mise en scene, nous situe dans ce long voyage vers la redemption. Une performance captivante! - Les Delires de Marie, December 14, 2015
" V-cards is a remarkably polished, anecdotal piece that strikes a strong chord of empathy. Four amazingly versatile actors; Marcel Jeannin, Amanda Kellock, Mike Payette and Anana Rydvald, take us through a parade of awkward, touching and/or funny moments as the characters..." - The Montreal Gazette, January 10, 2014
"The cast is exceptionally strong, each member bringing a genuine spark to the different characters they portray and interacting with one another effortlessly... Standouts include Anana Rydvald whose movements are highly effective in creating an unnerving atmosphere." - Bloody underrated, April 18, 2013
"Anana Rydvald's Lady Macbeth was superbly conniving in the first half and absolutely insane in the second." - The Charlebois Post, August 17, 2012
"Masque master Anana Rydvald puts on a false face and blasts the playgoer with the pain of mental illness. An intense, fully realized piece of original theatre, Section O drew a packed house on opening night, a rare sight at our city's leading indie house". -The Gazette, March 18, 2006
"It takes a fearless performer, one who is in total control of her instrument, to travel to the edges with these women as Rydvald (who plays all the characters herself) does." - Montreal Mirror, March 23, 2006
"With a cast of six vigorously portraying a dozen characters, Galapagos has great physical acting going for it." "The Gazette, October 13, 2005
"The Danish-Canadian Anana Rydvald immerses herself into the role of the Indian prostitute so that fiction and reality collide, and the audience's pulse rises" - Information, I kultur, June 10, 2004
"The actors of Cantabile 2 are are eminently skilful in creating a physical theatre where every single movement is tightly choreographed which makes the visual effects both very grandiose and very beautiful." - Politiken, Denmark, 2003
"You laugh your head off, you are shocked, you wonder and are touched by this at one time funny and thought provoking piece of theatre, where the Cantabile's actors once again prove that they are able to do something unique with their bodies." - Vordingborg Dagblad, Denmark, 2003
"NOISEMAKERS 2000, MASK OFF! Anana Rydvald is one of Mask On!'s beautiful monsters. Go see them for their hilariously perceptive and outrageous characterizations..." - Montreal Mirror, June 2000
"The standout is the glowing Anana Rydvald. Her lanky and acrobatically tuned figure coupled with an amazing array of convincing accents kept my eyes glued to the stage, transfixed with every gesture and mime-inspired antic." - Sari Long, January 2000
"Anana Rydvald as Anna Karenina has a lightness and naturalness about her that made her very watchable." - Mtlweblog.com - Theatre, 2000