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Monthly Archives: May 2021
Lost sock? Ghost in the garage? Investigators from the Ministry of Mundane Mysteries to the rescue, by phone
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca What on earth could have happened to my copy of Alice in Wonderland? I’ve looked everywhere. And while we’re on the subject of missing, my polka-dot frame cheap-o sunglasses have been AWOL for 18 months? And … Continue reading
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Tagged audio theatre, Edmonton theatre, immersive theatre, International Children's Festival of the Arts, Outside The March, St. Albert
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Solving a mystery, being Hamlet, streaming a play, climbing a mountain, and other theatrical pursuits this weekend
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In a puzzling world where much has gone way wrong, cause and effect have gone their separate ways, and logic has gone AWOL, there’s satisfaction to be had in collaborating with others to consider evidence and … Continue reading
Posted in Features, News/Views
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Catalyst Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Concrete Theatre, Edmonton theatre, interactive theatre, National Arts Centre, Northern Light Theatre, The Fox Den Collective, Thou Art Here Theatre, Transformations Project
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A theatrical adventure at home: Mountain Goat Mountain at the Kids Fest
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I think you’re going to like it. I really do…. It’s designed, choreographed, and performed by you.” A bright and empathetic eight-year-old (Henrietta Mettler), is leading us through our Act I preparations for a family alpine … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton theatre, International Children's Festival of the Arts, Kids Fest, St. Albert theatre, Theshold
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‘Just write your truth’: Songs To No One, a new audio song cycle from Dammitammy Productions
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In one way, of course, it’s been a suffocating year for artists. In another, an invitation to unusual breakout pathways of creativity. “It feels like I’m holding my breath,” Chariz Faulmino sings in the Rebecca Merkley … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.cas, audio plays, Dammitammy Productions, radio plays, Rebecca Merkley
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Through the looking glass: The Ugly Duchess, streaming at Northern Light Theatre. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca At the start of The Ugly Duchess, a woman seen from the back walks away from us to approach an elaborate golden altar constructed of mirrors. When you look in the mirror, who looks back? Trevor … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre Northern Light Theatre, Janet Munsil, Trevor Schmidt
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The journey of the outsider: The Ugly Duchess, streaming finale of the Northern Light Theatre season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “That night I dreamt of the faraway land where the ugly women are loved by the blind men, the men that were the pincushions of cupid’s arrows….” The Ugly Duchess by Janet Munsil Direct to you from … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Janet Munsil, Margaret Maultasch, Northern Light Theatre
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Concrete Theatre’s Sprouts Festival grows new plays, online
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Edmonton’s Concrete Theatre, a company with a national profile in theatre-for-young-audiences, is into its mid-30s with a new pair of co-artistic directors — and in this strange pandemic time, the need to re-invent one of its … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre Concrete Theatre, Impossible Mongoose, Sprouts New Play Festival For Kids, theatre for young audiences
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To be or not to be: Hamlet served six ways, from Thou Art Here Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The time is out of joint (I think we can all agree with Prince of Denmark on that). Isolating, infuriating, anxiety-making, rippling with hints of mortality and “the heartache and the thousand natural shocks that flesh … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Hamlet, Shakespeare, site-specific theatre, Thou Art Here Theatre
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‘Questions that make the house shake with silence’: Something Unspoken streamed at Northern Light. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Northern Light Theatre’s exquisite little streamed version of Something Unspoken, a rarely produced Tennessee Williams’ one-act from the ‘50s, is a bit like a whisper in a bubble. Breathe too hard and it will vanish. In … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Tennessee Williams, Varscona Theatre
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New plays for big stages: Collider, the Citadel’s debut play development festival
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Line most often heard from Canadian theatre producers by playwrights labouring on new scripts. “Great, but could you make it smaller? How about three actors, better yet two, instead of five?” If ‘think small’ is the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Boca del Lupo, charlott, Citadel Theatre, Collider Festival, Daryl Cloran, Edmonton theatre, Hawksley Workman, new pay development
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