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Monthly Archives: November 2017
Reimagining our own lost history: John Ware Reimagined at Workshop West, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca John Ware could do many things in life. He could ride horses too wild for any other man. He could wrestle any rampaging steer into submission, organize a cattle drive, run a ranch, walk through a … Continue reading
Beware the Jabberwock: the Old Trout Puppet Workshop is back
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Beware the Jabberwock, my son!/ The jaws that bite, the claws that catch…. You can’t help noticing. There’s a storybook rabbit on a chair, head only and larger than life, gazing balefully into the mid-distance. His body … Continue reading
Don’t let preconceptions define you: meet the stars of John Ware Reimagined
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca On a cold morning last week before rehearsals started for the day, I met up with Jesse Lipscombe and Jameela McNeil, who play John Ware and his wife in the production of Cheryl Foggo’s John Ware … Continue reading
The making of a (black) cowboy legend: John Ware Reimagined at Workshop West
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca He was a high rider, a figure carved from the X-large dimensions of Western mythology. A late 19th century Alberta cowboy of extraordinary skill and savvy, capable of startling feats of agility, daring, horsemanship. What young … Continue reading
A homecoming for playwright Trina Davies, at Concordia U, Walterdale and SkirtsAfire
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A couple of decades ago, an Edmonton kid found herself onstage, at a theatre festival where the plays were new, and specially designed for teen actors and their teen audiences. It was at the Citadel Teen … Continue reading
