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Greg MacArthur walks the mysterious frontier between fact and fiction: My Testimonial at Workshop West, a preview
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Hi, I’m Greg MacArthur. And I’m going to tell you about something that happened to me a while ago….” That’s the conversational opener to My Testimonial. And what happens after that, in this latest from Greg … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Lee Playwright In Residence, University of Alberta drama department, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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The Citadel announces a new 10-show season: the 2026/27 lineup
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca At the centre of the upcoming 10-show 2026-2027 season at the Citadel, announced Monday night by artistic director Daryl Cloran, are two world premiere stage adaptations by notable Canadian playwrights, and an original production of a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, 2026-2027 theatre season, Citadel Theatre, Come From Away, Edmonton theatre, Indian Ink, National Arts Centre Indigenous Theatre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Theatre Calgary
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Attention must be paid: Death of a Salesman at the Citadel, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The first sight we have of the most indelible character in the 20th century theatre is a man alone, trudging wearily towards us in the murk of an empty stage. He’s a man with baggage, lugging … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Arthur Miller, Citadel Theatre, Death of a Salesman, Edmonton theatre
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John Ullyatt takes up the suitcase and the iconic mantle in Death of a Salesman, at the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Sixty seasons ago, a worn-out travelling salesman feeling his mileage and dispossessed from the “smile and a shoe shine” world he’s always known arrived on the stage of a former Sally Ann citadel in downtown Edmonton. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Arthur Miller, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Willy Loman
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Why do we keep making war anyhow? The addiction to rage: An Iliad at Shadow Theatre, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Every time I sing this song, I hope it’s the last time,” says the man before us, a travelling storyteller with a gift of the gab, who’s arrived on crutches (not a prop, Michael Peng has … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, anti-war plays, Edmonton theatre, Homer, Shadow Theatre, The Iliad, Varscona Theatre
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Doomed to tell and re-tell the story of the Trojan War: Michael Peng stars as the Poet in An Iliad, at Shadow Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A traveller arrives onstage Thursday at the Varscona Theatre, suitcase in hand, with a story to tell. He’s been telling it for, oh, about three thousand years. “And every time he tells it he hopes he … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, anti-war plays, Edmonton theatre, Shadow Theatre, The Iliad, Varscona Theatre
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What’s Calgary got that we don’t have? Under the spell of the Dream Machine, at the High Performance Rodeo
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A question for this theatre town of ours: what has Calgary got that we don’t have? A: One Yellow Rabbit, an influential multi-disciplinary troupe of brainy incautious artistic renegades of the experimental stripe, with their own … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Calgary theatre, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton theatre, High Performance Rodeo, One Yellow Rabbit
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Those Belle Époque bohemians are the party people: Moulin Rouge The Musical, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Those Belle Époque bohemians sure know how to party. Your retinas will be dazzled the moment you enter the theatre. And that, mes amis, isn’t going to stop, or even pause, for the next two-and-a-half hours … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway Across Canada, Broadway musicals, Edmonton theatre, Moulin Rouge The Musical
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Intermission’s over! Act II of the theatre season, and 10 shows too intriguing to miss
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Intermission’s over, and Act II of the theatre season is about to begin. Your nights out at the theatre are in progress. Rehearsals are happening in theatres across town. At Shadow (opening Jan. 22) Michael Peng … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadway Across Canada, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, L'UniThéâtre, MacEwan University theatre arts, Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Teatro Live!, U of A Studio Theatre, Uniform Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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