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Monthly Archives: June 2023
Live and unscripted: the 76th Tony Awards at the United Palace Theater, 8 miles uptown from Broadway
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca History got made at the 76th Tony Awards Sunday night in an astonishing, gilt-lined vaudeville house. And, hey, it happened despite the usual sprinkling of winners thanking their agents (thankfully no mentioned their lawyer). Improv came … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway theatre, Edmonton theatre, Kimberly Akimbo, New York Theatre, Tom Stoppard, Tony Awards, United Palace Theatre
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Cosmic time-travelling into history: Black Alberta at Nextfest
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It started with history: the story of Black civil rights in Alberta, and leading players in a real-life narrative of which Albertans are woefully ignorant. And from that writer/historian Bashir Mohamed has opened a door into … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alberta black history, Edmonton theatre, Nextfest 2023, Nextfest Arts Company, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network
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African mythology and the immigrant experience: meet the creator of Hyena’s Trail at Nextfest
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca For every hyena in the world there’s a witch. It’s a uneasy pairing that powers a new play premiering at Nextfest 2023. At the centre of Hyena’s Trail, by actor-turned-playwright Kijo Gatama, are dark, powerful, mischievous … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Nextfest 2023, Nextfest Arts Company, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network, U of A drama department
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The year in Edmonton theatre: the Sterling Award nominations led by The Royale
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A vintage boxing story with a stinging right hook proved the top choices of jurors, as the the 35th annual Sterling Award nominations were announced Monday at Fringe Theatre headquarters. The Royale, Marco Ramirez’s highly theatrical … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, 2023 Sterling Awards, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Elizabeth Sterling Haynes, Grindstone Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre Company, Pyretic Productions, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre, Walterdale Theatre
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How do you change people’s minds? In She/They Nextfest playwright Madi May wants to know
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The thorny question of how you change people’s minds is at the heart of a new comedy about serious things, premiering on the Nextfest 2023 mainstage. In She/They, a famed feminist author, cancelled and doxed, and … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe 2023, Edmonton theatre, National Theatre School, Nextfest 2023, Nextfest Arts Company, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network
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What is a guilty pleasure anyhow? Is it bad to like popular things? Meet the creators of (Taylor’s Version) at Nextfest
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Anyone who’s ever looked a bit furtive while ordering a pumpkin spice latte knows this: you don’t get credit for liking what’s popular or ‘girly’. Au contraire. Cayley Wreggit and Samantha Ketsa, the engaging Calgary-based creators … Continue reading
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Tagged #yegdance, 12thnight.ca, Calgary theatre, Edmonton theatre, Nextfest, Roxy Theatre, Swifties, Taylor Swift, Theatre Network
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Shadow Theatre announces an all-Canadian 30th anniversary season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Shadow Theatre will launch its upcoming four-production all-Canadian 30th anniversary season with its first-ever mainstage musical. And it’s homegrown. Crescendo!, set in a women’s community choir, is by Sandy Paddick, with original music and musical arrangements … Continue reading
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