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Monthly Archives: March 2025
A family, a living room, a dog, and, yes, conflict! Colleen Murphy’s new play Jupiter premieres at Theatre Network
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The last time a Colleen Murphy play was onstage in this town, a Theatre Network production five years ago, the gore flew so enthusiastically that the front rows of the audience were equipped with splatter shields … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Arts Club Theatre Company, Colleen Murphy, Edmonton theatre, Theatre Network
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High-level thievery in an elaborate plot: Heist at the Citadel, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s complicated high-level thievery going on at the Citadel. Just for fun, a genre has been lifted, improbably, right from under the nose of the cinema, its natural owner. Heist is a theft on behalf of … Continue reading
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Bodies in motion: Azimuth Theatre’s Expanse Festival is back with a 20th anniversary edition
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Its birth, 20 years ago, was dance. And gradually, Azimuth Theatre’s nimble, well-named Expanse Festival, returning Friday for an anniversary edition, has expanded the frontiers and expectations of dance to embrace “movement arts” and “body-based performance.” … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Azimuth Theatre, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Expanse Festival 2025
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Springboards has sprung: the return of Workshop West’s signature new play festival
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A rush of new Canadian plays is happening this week in this theatre town. And the timing couldn’t be better for a made-in-Canada festival. With the return Tuesday of Springboards, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre’s signature new … Continue reading
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Artists need champions: After Mourning – Before Van Gogh at Shadow Theatre. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca After Mourning – Before Van Gogh, a new play by Michael Czuba premiering in the Shadow Theatre season, sets itself a fascinating challenge. It takes us behind the thick paint, the distinctive brushstrokes, the glowing light and … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Shadow Theatre, Van Gogh, Varscona Theatre
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A crime caper steals onto the stage: Arun Lakri’s Heist at the Citadel, a preview.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The play that starts previews this weekend at the Citadel defies the laws of probability, or teases them, in all kinds of ways. Heist, as you can’t not know from the title, is a crime caper, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alberta Theatre Projects, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Grand Theatre, Vertigo Theatre
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From the shadows of history into light: Michael Czuba’s After Mourning – Before Van Gogh premieres at Shadow Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I have never heard of her…. This has to be a play.” That’s the thought, inspired by the History Channel series Raiders of the Lost Art, that piqued the curiosity of playwright Michael Czuba in 2018. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Michael Czuba, Shadow Theatre, Van Gogh, Varscona Theatre
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From tragedy to triumph: Tina Turner: The Tina Turner Musical, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, now on the Jube stage in a Broadway Across Canada touring production, is framed by two images of the star, the famous lion mane in silhouette, from the back. The opener … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway Across Canada touring, Edmonton theatre, Jubilee Auditorium, jukebox musicals, Tina Turner
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