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Monthly Archives: March 2020
Wild Side Productions brings a hot-button ‘eco-thriller’ to the Roxy: The Children
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The wild side (to borrow the name of the indie theatre company) is where the questions live. The answers are conditional, elusive, to be discussed. “I’m drawn to plays that ask more questions than give answers,” … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, eco-thrillers, Edmonton theatre, Jim Guedo, Lucy Kirkwood, Roxy Performance Series, Theatre Network, Wild Side Productions
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Heisenberg: the Uncertainty Principle comes to theatre, at Shadow. Meet Amber Borotsik
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “If you watch something closely enough you realize you have no possible way of telling where it’s going or how fast it’s getting there. Did you know that?” — Heisenberg “It’s a slippery thing,” muses Amber … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, Shadow Theatre, Simon Stephens, Varscona Theatre
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The Blue Hour: nobody writes ‘prairie plays’ like it these days. Some thoughts on the SkirtsAfire premiere
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Just in the nick of time I finally got a chance on the weekend to catch The Blue Hour. Named for the magical moment of ambiguity when light shades into darkness, Michele Vance Hehir’s new play … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Michele Vance Hehir, prairie naturalism, Roseglen Trilogy, SkirtsaFire Festival
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Gerald: the man, the playwright, the long-running comedy, and now the Fringe playwriting award
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca He’s a playwright with a gift for sassy and subversive black comedy. He’s an administrator who can tap his own sense of cosmic absurdity and wry good humour to broker calm between artists (and their close … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Fringe Theatre Adventures, Gerald Osborn, Gerald Osborn Playwriting Award
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