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Monthly Archives: October 2019
E Day: Jason Chinn’s new political comedy inspired by the 2015 election sweep
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “How did we get here?” Playwright Jason Chinn remembers a night four years ago, a night like no other in Alberta. And since he was volunteering with the campaign that swept Rachel Notley’s NDP into office, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Dave Horak, Edmonton indie theatre, Edmonton theatre, Jason Chinn, political theatre, The Serial Collective, Theatre Network at the Roxy
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Why do we vote the way we do? Fight Night is on it
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca No doubt about it: the star avant-garde Belgian theatre collective Ontroerend Goed has an exquisite sense of timing. This week they bring to the Citadel’s new alternative Highwire series a show that throws this question at … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Adelaide Festival, Citadel Theatre, Edinburgh Festival, Edmonton theatre, Ontroerend Theatre
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Giving thanks for theatre: the long weekend on E-town stages
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s the moment to be thankful for Edmonton’s most captivating arts asset – our theatre scene. Many possibilities are waiting for you this weekend, including a macabre entertainment spun from our own neglected history. And … Continue reading
Posted in Features, News/Views
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Catch The Keys Productions, Citadel Theatre, Dead Centre of Town, Edmonton theatre, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Saint Maggie Productions, Studio Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, U of A drama department, Walterdale Theatre
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Dead Centre of Town unearths our dark civic secrets
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca We have a checkered past, my friends. You could say we’re haunted. For a dozen years now, in the season of ghostly chills, Catch The Keys Productions has been taking us on location, into the boneyard … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Catch The Keys Productions, Dead Centre of Town, Edmonton history, Edmonton theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, Halloween theatre
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Hey, the theatre season has landed: a weekend on E-town stages
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You may have noticed: the stars have aligned; the E-town theatre season is underway. This week there are musicals, plays, an original screwball comedy. There’s a staged reading of a play that’ll open on a stage … Continue reading
Posted in News/Views, Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, 2019-2020 theatre season, Andrea House, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Firefly Theatre and Circus, Grindstone Comedy Theatre and Bistro, Hey Ladies!, Mayfield Theatre, Rapid Fire Theatre, Roxy Performance Series, Saint Maggie Productions, Script Salon, Teatro La Quindicina, Varscona Theatre, Walterdale Theatre
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Capturing the screwball effect: Vidalia, the larky Teatro season finale. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If you’ve ever had the feeling that chaos was a mere blink away — and really, who hasn’t? — the screwball comedy is your go-to form. The unnerving sense that the fabric of modern life could … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, screwball comedy, Stewart Lemoine, Teatro La Quindicina
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“I’m beautiful. And I’m here”: The Color Purple at the Citadel. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I believe I have inside of me/ Everything that I need to lead a bountiful life,” sings a confident woman in the last moments of the heart-grabbing musical currently on the Citadel mainstage. The heroine of … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alice Walker, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Kimberley Rampersad, The Color Purple
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