Monthly Archives: June 2023

Two hauntings on Edmonton stages this week

Posted on June 29, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Get haunted, at an Edmonton theatre (a couple of options). •The sassy burlesque artists of Send in the Girls and House of Hush, have never shied away from uncovering stories from history, then uncorseting them, for … Continue reading →

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Some things I learned at the Sterlings

Posted on June 28, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Here are some things I learned at the sold-out 35th annual Sterling Awards bash Monday night, celebrating the season just past in Edmonton theatre. Written by April Banigan with co-hosts Matt Schuurman and Sue Goberdhan, directed by … Continue reading →

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And the 2022-2023 Sterling Awards go to …

Posted on June 26, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The season on Edmonton stages was toasted live and in person Monday night at the 35th annual Sterling Awards gala, for the first time at Edmonton Fringe Theatre headquarters — directed by Kate Ryan and hosted … Continue reading →

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Improv comes to the Mayfield for the first time, and it’s the best there is: Gordon’s Big Bald Head in Clusterflick

Posted on June 25, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Something historic, and riotously funny, is happening at the Mayfield. For the first time ever at this adventurous dinner theatre, a blockbuster movie is premiering on the Mayfield stage. In itself this pretty much nails high-grade … Continue reading →

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Wrapping the self in fantasy: Strange/Familiar, a new ‘autofictional’ play at the Gateway

Posted on June 23, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In a telling moment in Strange/Familiar, a new play by Liam Monaghan, we see the protagonist open a suitcase. Liam, who shares a name with the playwright in this “autofictional play,” seems to have packed light: … Continue reading →

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This year’s Sterling Award for outstanding contribution to Edmonton theatre will go to the late great Judy Unwin

Posted on June 22, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

At the start of the year we had very sad sad news in Edmonton theatre. With the untimely death, at 76, of Judy Unwin, we lost a bona fide arts pioneer, a public-spirited artist who played many roles in the … Continue reading →

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All things circus, a musical comedy, and a new play: Edmonton onstage this weekend

Posted on June 21, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Your chance to run away and join the circus is at hand. Thanks to Firefly Theatre and Circus, we have a whole festival for all things circus. The Alberta Circus Arts Festival returns Thursday for a … Continue reading →

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The season in Edmonton theatre, part 2

Posted on June 20, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2022-2023 in Edmonton theatre (post-Fringe) was the season of … … a new home: Rapid Fire Theatre, Edmonton’s longest-running improv comedy, moved into spiffy, beautifully located, new place in Strathcona, the Exchange on 83rd Ave. … … Continue reading →

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The season in Edmonton theatre, part 1

Posted on June 19, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2022-2023. It’s been a complicated season on Edmonton stages. That Destination Fringe last summer sold 95,000 tickets to shows was a tip-off that live theatre was gradually getting its mojo back. And in the fall, post-Fringe … Continue reading →

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Improvaganza is back, for the first time at the Exchange, Rapid Fire Theatre’s new home sweet home

Posted on June 13, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You can never quite know what will happen at Improvaganza. And that’s how it’s supposed to be. The improv talent from here, there, and everywhere arriving for the 2023 edition of Rapid Fire Theatre’s annual international … Continue reading →

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