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Monthly Archives: November 2017
Nuns get down, and raise your spirits: Sister Act at MacEwan’s snazzy new theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s something pretty sweet about christening a new theatre with a musical that includes an all-inclusive singing benediction like the one you’ll hear in Act II of Sister Act: “Bless the songs we’re gonna sing./ Bless … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alan Menken, Allard Hall, Broadway musicals, Edmonton theatre, Jim Guedo, MacEwan University theatre arts, Sister Act, Triffo Theatre
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Fun with espionage: Our Man In Havana, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The turquoise paint is fading picturesquely, the shuttered windows are open, laundry is hanging, the light feels warm. Musica cubana is in the air. Batista’s Havana in the ‘50s — as conjured festively by designers Chantel … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Belinda Cornish, Bright Young Things, Edmonton theatre, Graham Greene, Mark Meer, Our Man In Havana, spy thrillers, Varscona Theatre Ensemble
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I spy with my little eye: Our Man In Havana launches the Varscona Theatre Ensemble
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the comical spy thriller that opens Thursday on the Varscona stage, you’ll see two worlds that (to my knowledge) rarely meet actually collide: the world of espionage and the world of vacuum cleaner sales. In … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged Atlas Theatre, Bright Young Things, Edmonton theatre, Plain Jane Theatre, Varscona Theatre Ensemble
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Shakespeare reimagined into Cree cosmology: Pawâkan Macbeth
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Whenever you do indigenous theatre, it’s never just theatre,” says Reneltta Arluk. “It’s theatre and….” The Inuvialuit Cree Dene actor/ playwright/ director/ artistic director — and the Banff Centre’s new head of indigenous arts — is … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Akpik Theatre, Cree culture, Edmonton theatre, indigenous theatre, Macbeth, Theatre Prospero, Wihtiko
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The road to hell is paved in song: Hadestown at the Citadel, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Hell … yes! If you get yourself a ticket to the Underworld — and really you must! and soon! — you’ll be going to hell and back wrapped in a ravishing dream of love and … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Anaïs Mitchell, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Hadestown, New York Theatre Workshop, Rachel Chavkin
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Meet the god of the underworld himself: Patrick Page talks about Hadestown
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “And the wall keeps out the enemy/ And we build the wall to keep us free/ That’s why we build the wall….” In Hadestown, the Anaïs Mitchell musical that opens at the Citadel Thursday en route to Broadway, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Anaïs Mitchell, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Hadestown, musical theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, Off-Broadway, Orpheus and Eurydice, Patrick Page, Rachel Chavkin
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And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? A haunting new show from The Old Trouts at Theatre Network: a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca At the start of Jabberwocky there’s a momentous drum roll, and a classic old-school red velvet theatre curtain parts — to reveal another. Which parts to reveal … another. Which…. Ah yes, layers of anticipation and further … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Calgary theatre, Edmonton theatre, Jabberwocky, Lewis Carroll, puppet theatre, The Old Trout Puppet Workshop, Through The Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There
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The high line to Hadestown
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “How to get to Hadestown/ You’ll have to take the long way down….” And as the world-weary god/narrator Hermes sings “there ain’t no compass, brother, ain’t no map.” Yes, the road to Hadestown is long, uncharted, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Anaïs Mitchell, Broadway musicals, Citadel Theatre, Daryl Cloran, Edmonton theatre, folk opera, Hadestown, Natasha Pierre And The Great Comet Of 1812, New York Theatre Workshop, Off-Broadway musicals, Orpheus and Eurydice, Rachel Chavkin
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