Monthly Archives: August 2019

Canadian history in motion: The Flying Detective, a guest Fringe review by Alan Kellogg

Posted on August 18, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

The Flying Detective (Venue 1, Westbury Theatre) By Alan Kellogg If there is a downside to Fringelandia, it is that economics, time and generally good sense militate against staging lavish productions, although inventive set design can spring from the most modest … Continue reading →

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Theatre beyond words and the imaginative allure of ragmop theatre: A Can of Worms, a guest Fringe review by Alan Kellogg

Posted on August 18, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

A Can Of Worms (Venue 37, Auditorium at Campus Saint-Jean) By Alan Kellogg Here is Vancouver’s ragmop theatre – aka Nayana Fielkov and Matthew “Poki” McCorkle — returning to the Edmonton Fringe in a brand new work that will strengthen … Continue reading →

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And the dinos sing and dance: Triassic Parq, a guest 12thnight Fringe review by Alan Kellogg

Posted on August 18, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

Triassic Parq (Venue 17, the Roxy on Gateway) By Alan Kellogg Among other winning attributes, the Edmonton Fringe affords audiences the chance to witness previously produced shows unlikely to be staged here during the regular theatre season (if there is … Continue reading →

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We are all predators: The Trophy Hunt, a Fringe review.

Posted on August 18, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Trophy Hunt (Stage 17, Roxy on Gateway) Life is a safari. Tracking, stalking, embracing the thrill of danger to go in for the kill … this new play, a very odd triptych of monologues by … Continue reading →

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Touring Moscow with the Devil. The Master & Margarita: The Remix, a Fringe review.

Posted on August 18, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Master & Margarita: the remix (Stage 35, La Cité francophone theatre) It can’t possibly be by coincidence that Seattle’s theatre simple has returned after 22 years to their vivid stage version of The Master & … Continue reading →

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A clown in the gender war: Larry. A Fringe review.

Posted on August 17, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Larry (Stage 36, La Cité Auditorium) Larry is one of those shows that will make you laugh, out loud and often, for reasons that you will never be able to quite explain to others. Or even to … Continue reading →

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They do! Chase and Christina tie the knot, in a Fringe show

Posted on August 17, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s a love story for the ages. They met at the Fringe after the late-night cabaret. On Aug. 23 2017, “I yelled at him outside Steel Wheels,” says Christina Garies of her fiancé Chase Padgett (Chase … Continue reading →

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“Do you know who I am?”: 13 Dead Dreams of “Eugene,” a Fringe review

Posted on August 17, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 13 Dead Dreams of “Eugene” (Stage 1, Westbury Theatre) The story that spawned 13 Dead Dreams of “Eugene” is downright unnerving. A man is found dead in a ditch in small-town Ohio; his unidentified unburied corpse … Continue reading →

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A winning homage to one of the greats: Coat of Many Colours, a guest Fringe review by Marc Horton

Posted on August 17, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

Coat of Many Colours (Stage 41, CKUA Performance Space) By Marc Horton In country music there’s Patsy and Loretta, Emmylou and Reba, Kitty and Skeeter, Naomi and Winonna, Tammy, Shania and Trisha. Fans are on a first-name basis with them … Continue reading →

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A brilliant solo tour de force: Fear and Loathing and Lovecraft. A guest Fringe review by Alan Kellogg

Posted on August 16, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Alan Kellogg Fear and Loathing and Lovecraft (Stage 13 (Old Strathcona Public Library) If there is a Fringe godhead, surely Mark Meer and P.J. Dawe are part of it, floating somewhere in the ether. Or perhaps….below, somewhere, in this … Continue reading →

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