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Monthly Archives: July 2018
Adventures Off-Broadway in New York
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca NEW YORK — On a sultry Monday night at 2nd Stage, a signature non-profit Off-Broadway company, the packed house is full of actors, directors, agents. They’ve stepped through the spicy scent of lilies (courtesy of a corner … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, 2nd Stage, David Ireland, New York Theatre, Off-Broadway, Public Theatre, Steppenwolf Theater, Tracy Letts
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“The Great Work begins” … again: Angels in America in New York
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca NEW YORK — It’s one of those grand, visionary plays that change the way you think about everything — including theatre. At least that’s how it was for me. And so last week in New York … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Angels in America, New York Theatre, Tony Awards, Tony Kushner, Trump America
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Settle down class: the teacher is back, in a new version of Miss Katelyn’s Grade Threes Prepare For The Inevitable
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Imagine: someone loony enough to believe that some unobtrusive terrorist gunman could go into a school and … It doesn’t exactly take a paranoid with an apocalyptic persecution fantasy to imagine “a worst-case scenario.” Reality … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Elena Belyea, school shootings, Tiny Bear Jaws
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The importance of being Oscar: a comic masterwork finds a home at Teatro La Quindicina: a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It has been called the most perfectly constructed comedy in English theatre. And it’s certainly one of the funniest. Funny, then, how The Importance of Being Earnest is full of serious people. That’s the hard, crucial … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Jeff Haslam, Oscar Wilde, Teatro La Quindicina, The Importance of Being Earnest
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An all-Canadian trio of mainstage productions for season 44 at Theatre Network
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca At the centre of Theatre Network’s all-Canadian upcoming three-production mainstage season announced this week is a new play inspired by a remarkable life — and a life-changing moment in our collective history. In The Empress & … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, 2b theatre company, Alberta Opera, Blunt Entertainment, Bradley Moss, Bumble Bear Productions, Crow's Theatre, Damien Atkins, Darrin Hagen, Edmonton theatre, Ghost Writer Theatre, Good Women Dance, Hannah Moscovitch, Hey Ladies!, Nextfest, Patricia Zentilli, Theatre Network, Wild Side Productions
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Leona Brausen plays Lady B: The Importance of Being Earnest at Teatro La Quindicina
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There will be a moment this evening when an actor who has spent a great deal of time in her career providing perfectly vintage handbags to the casts of period comedies will get the ultimate pay-off. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Leona Brausen, Mark Meer, Oscar Wilde, Ron Pederson, Teatro La Quindicina, The Importance of Being Earnest, Varscona Theatre
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Found Festival 2018: surprising finds, unexpected encounters
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Found, the festival that’s all about the find — art and artists in places you never expected to run into them — is back this weekend in Old Strathcona for a seventh annual edition. It’s all about … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Beth Dart, Common Ground Arts Society, Edmonton theatre, Found Festival, found space art, site-specific theatre
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