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Monthly Archives: August 2026
SWAN? returns home, to the festival where it hatched, to celebrate its hundredth performance
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca SWAN? has flown the world. Lauren Brady’s dark bouffon/ballet clown comedy has alighted at the world’s biggest fringe festivals, in Edinburgh and Adelaide, twice, and won awards from the High Commission of Canada and the Beaverbrook … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged Bad Knees Studios, clown theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Rapid Fire Theatre
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It’s a record-breaker! The curtain comes down on Fringe Unforgettable, the 45th annual edition of our big crazy summer theatre festival
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca After 11 days and nights Fringe Unforgettable, the 45th annual edition of our big insomniac summer theatre binge, will exit the stage (all 38 of its stages, to be precise) Sunday night. And it will take … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2026, News/Views
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Dirty Fish Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fringe 2026, Rapid Fire Theatre
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Tips for your final weekend fling with Fringe Unforgettable
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Fringe Unforgettable goes into its final weekend with news as sunny as the weather’s supposed to be. Mid-week, the 45th annual edition of our mighty summer theatre bash had sold 4,500 more tickets to its 209 … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Fringe 2026
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Andrea House, Cousins in Law Productions, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fringe 2026, Grindstone Theatre, Guys in Disguise, Rua Theatre, Staged Theatre Productions, Stardust Players, Thought Train, Trunk Theatre, Uniform Theatre, Walters & Watt
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And this just in … update on Fringe holdovers, in four locations including Grindstone Comedy Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The might-have-seen wistfulness that always accompanies the end of the Fringe (which comes Sunday night) is giving you some relief next week. As already announced (read about it here), some of the Fringe’s hot-ticket shows will … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2026, News/Views
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fringe 2026, Fringe holdovers, Grindstone Comedy Theatre
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An update: Hang on, there’s more! Fringe holdovers next week in three locations
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Did you forget? I have to break it to you: the curtain will come down on Fringe Unforgettable Sunday night after 11 days and nights. Your grand plan to cut a swath through the 209-show Fringe … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2026, News/Views
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatrem, Fringe 2026, Fringe holdovers, Rapid Fire Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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The clowns from corporate head office are here: GERALD, a Fringe review
Gerald (Stage 20, Mile Zero Dance Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The outreach department of Gerald Corp, one of the galaxy’s biggest energy companies, has sent two recruiters through space to find us humans. Please stand by. Lucky us! We’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2026, Reviews
Tagged 12thnight, Bad Knees Studios, clown theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fringe 2026, HEYwire Theatre
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The passing of the crown: the 30th anniversary revival of The Edmonton Queen, a Fringe review
The Edmonton Queen (Stage 31, Nancy Power Theatre at the Roxy) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Every once in a while a queen in born. Whether through osmosis or immaculate misconception is still mostly a mystery….” At 19, a gay kid … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton drag artists, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton queer history, Edmonton theatre, Fringe 2026, Guys in Disguise
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Dear mom, I’m fine, or I will be. The agony and the ecstasy of being someone’s mother, Parenthood: It’s A Mutha. A Fringe review
Parenthood: It’s A Mutha (Stage 32, Lorne Cardinal Theatre at the Roxy) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca This show by the warm, charismatic Michelle Todd isn’t really shaped like a play. It’s a free-form memoir, a personal confessional that starts in … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2026, Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fringe 2026, METODD Productions, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network
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The remarkable origin story of a Canadian drag legend: Go West, Young Man, a Fringe review
Go West, Young Man (Stage 11, Varscona Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The sheer fabulosity of drag queens can dazzle you into assuming that they aren’t born and “emerge,” but somehow spring to life fully formed, be-gowned and sparkling. And … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Craig Russell, drag theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fringe 2026, Guys in Disguise, Mae West
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