Monthly Archives: August 2023

The zigzag story of a Fringe artist: for Dammitammy Productions the answer to every question has been Fringe

Posted on August 16, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Seven summers ago, Fringe audiences up for a word-of-mouth gamble (and who isn’t?) found themselves at a show smiling at characters who never took off their bathing caps, start to finish. The Unsyncables turned out to … Continue reading →

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Finding a home at the Fringe: part 2, Dead Rabbits Theatre

Posted on August 15, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

Creating (way) outside the mainstream, and finding a place, a home, an audience, and inspiration in Canada at the Fringe: a story of two original pond-crossing theatre artists. Part 2: Dead Rabbits Theatre (“Tiger Lady”).  By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Before … Continue reading →

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Finding a home outside the mainstream (at the Fringe): part 1, Cameryn Moore

Posted on August 15, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

Creating (way) outside the mainstream, and finding a place, a home, an audience, and inspiration in Canada at the Fringe: a story of two original pond-crossing theatre artists. Part 1: Cameryn Moore, “muse: an experiment in storytelling and life drawing”. … Continue reading →

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More to think about at The Answer Is Fringe

Posted on August 15, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Answer Is Fringe, as Edmonton has known for 42 summers, even before we knew we knew that. Here are some further thoughts on what you might see at The Answer Is Fringe. Don’t be daunted … Continue reading →

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A hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy: what to see at The Answer Is Fringe

Posted on August 14, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Starting Thursday you can take ownership of The Great Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. Yes, in an amazing summer telescoping of time, the Fringe is back in Old Strathcona, with the 42nd annual edition … Continue reading →

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Fast and furious: Romeo and Juliet in a spiegeltent at the Freewill Shakespeare Festival. A review

Posted on August 13, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Crazy kids. Access to lethal drugs. No hobbies except hanging out, mixing it up, getting into brawls (and turning iambic pentameter into actual speaking). That’s downtown Verona for you, in David Horak’s indeterminately contemporary, very speedy … Continue reading →

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You’ve got the music in you: a joyful new Twelfth Night at Freewill Shakespeare Festival

Posted on August 12, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “O spirit of love! How quick and fresh art thou,” declares a love-struck Duke, glancing heavenward in the early moments of Twelfth Night, the first of the two alternating plays (along with Romeo and Juliet) in … Continue reading →

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To all of your questions, The Answer is Fringe: tickets go on sale today at noon

Posted on August 9, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You are now perfectly positioned to answer for yourself the Great Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. And unlike Deep Thought (in Douglas Adams’ trippy and comical Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy), it won’t take … Continue reading →

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‘I had to find my own way in’: Amanda Goldberg directs Twelfth Night at the Freewill Shakespeare Festival

Posted on August 4, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca What country, friends, is this? (I, ii, Twelfth Night) Like Viola, the heroine of the Shakespeare comedy in this year’s Freewill Shakespeare Festival, who steps onto the shore of a strange new world, director Amanda Goldberg … Continue reading →

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Ready for your close-up Mr. Shakespeare? The Freewill Shakespeare Festival in a vintage spiegeltent this summer

Posted on August 3, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca This summer, when lovestruck Romeo says “what light from yonder window breaks?” the light will break from stained glass windows and bounce off bevelled mirrors. Starting this week at the Freewill Shakespeare Festival, as announced on … Continue reading →

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