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Monthly Archives: August 2018
Rex has done it! A record-busting Fringe came to an end Sunday night
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Fringe‘O’Saurus Rex hasn’t exactly tiptoed through town. Larger-than-life Rex has trampled the records. By Sunday evening’s finale, the 37th annual edition of Edmonton’s giant summer theatre bash crashed through last year’s record-breaker by selling 134,276 tickets … Continue reading
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Rex is on a roll: Get fringing before the curtain comes down Sunday night
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If you’ve squeezed your butt into the very last seat in a Fringe theatre this past week (as I have, nearly every show), you’ll have a sense that Rex is on a roll. And your sense … Continue reading
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An impressive playwriting debut: Harun, a Fringe review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Harun (Stage 4, Academy at King Edward) The double-optic of the immigrant kid — torn between cultures and generations, loyalty to family and the urgent momentum of a new life — is the complexity that Makram … Continue reading
A new company, a new play: A Town Called Umbra, a guest 12thnight Fringe review by Todd Babiak
A Town Called Umbra (Stage 11, Studio Theatre) In most cities, a new theatre company launches with an ambitious version of an existing play, something classic and accessible. Most cities are not Edmonton, where a new theatre company nearly always … Continue reading
Held Over at the Varscona: hit Fringe shows continue con brio next week!
The Varscona Theatre (aka Stage 12) is holding over four of its hot-ticket shows next week, Tuesday through Saturday. There’s Stewart Lemoine’s A Lesson in Brio, of course; it’s part of Teatro La Quindicina’s summer season. There’s also Gordon’s Big … Continue reading
Rex will rampage next week: Fringe show holdovers at the Arts Barns
Fringe’O’Saurus Rex hasn’t finished with you yet, my friends. You’ve had a reprieve on those hit shows you haven’t managed to squeeze into your Fringe menu yet. Fringe Theatre Adventures is holding over four Fringes at the Westbury (aka Fringe … Continue reading
Love, loss, and stories that sneak up to grab your heart: Martin Dockery’s Delirium, A guest 12thnight Fringe review by Todd Babiak
Martin Dockery: Delirium (Stage 3, Walterdale Theatre) As Martin Dockery welcomes us into the bare theatre, his only prop a water bottle, he doesn’t bother with any artifice. He is Martin, we are who we are, hey man, hi guys, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Festival 2018, Edmonton Fringe reviews, Martin Dockery, storytelling, Todd Babiak
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In the ghostly light of cellphones, a haunting: Concord Floral, a Fringe review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Concord Floral (Stage 4, Academy at King Edward) It’s an unnerving — no, genuinely scary — experience to see Concord Floral. For one thing it’s about teenagers and what it’s like to be one. And that … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Concord Floral, Edmonton Fringe Festival 2018, Edmonton Fringe reviews, Jordan Tannahill, Mieko Ouchi, U of A theatre school
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Tea and the end of the world: Escaped Alone, a guest 12thnight Fringe review by Alan Kellogg
Escaped Alone (Stage 9, Telephone Museum) Director Amy DeFelice has a keen eye for terrific theatre (runs in the family!) and has bestowed another gift to Edmontonians by staging this mysterious 2016 Caryl Churchill gem, which has dazzled Royal Court and … Continue reading
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Welcoming presence, great story: Evacuated! A guest 12thnight Fringe review by Alan Kellogg
Evacuated! (Stage 10, Acacia Hall) Multi-threat American heartland talent Erika Kate MacDonald is back on the circuit with another winning solo show. Sometimes when you hear “memory play” invoked (not that she does, directly), a deep inner cringe is un-tethered. Then … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, alan kellogg, Edmonton Fringe Festival 2018, Edmonton Fringe reviews, Erika Kate MacDonald
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