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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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2025, and live theatre as the prize human connector: the year in Edmonton theatre, part 1
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2025: What a crazy, scary year it’s been. The world seems impossibly fractious, incoherent, unrecognizable. Can anyone really say they feel at home there? But the full-throttle invasion of screens of every size by A.I. has … Continue reading
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Tagged best of theatre 2025, Cardiac Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Common Ground Arts Society, Edmonton Repertory Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Found Festival, Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Spontaneous Theatrete, Teatro Live!, Theatre Network, Workshop West Theatre
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‘Twas the nights before Christmas and all through the house(s)… a big opening night in Edmonton
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca ’Twas the nights before Christmas, and all through the house…. Shows. Yes, it’s a big opening night tonight, gift-wrapped, on Edmonton stages: •Kris Kringle is the guest of honour through Tuesday at the vintage Capitol Theatre … Continue reading
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Tagged Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Christmas shows, Edmonton theatre, Girl Brain, Grindstone Theatre, House of Hush Burlesque, LightningCloud Productions, NUOVa Vocal Arts, Rapid Fire Theatre, Shumka, Theatre Network
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A grand-scale folk ballet fantasy for the season: meet the stars of ‘Canada’s Ukrainian Nutcracker by Shumka’
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There are shows built into our holiday DNA. The frozen-hearted Ebenezer Scrooge stars in one of them, a classic ghost story cum tale of last-minute redemption (A Christmas Carol, now running at the Citadel). The other … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton dance, Edmonton theatre, Shumka, The Nutcracker, Ukrainian dance
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Yippee-ki-yay, you’ll get a kick out of Die Harsh: The Christmas Musical, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Christmas show is the natural home of the flashback, ’tis true. (I give you Scrooge’s night course in how to not be a relentless jerk). But it’s a special kind of Christmas show that opens … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Christmas musicals, Die Hard, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, Orange Hub
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What were their own favourite sketches in 8 years of Girl Brain? Ellie Heath reports back
A Girl Brain postscript, from Ellie Heath As Girl Brain prepares to open their finale show ‘Girl Brain, Actually’ at Theatre Network (Dec. 11 to 21) before their sabbatical, I wondered about their own favourite sketches in eight Girl Brain … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Christmas shows, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton sketch comedy, Edmonton theatre, Girl Brain, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network
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Calling all grinches: there’s a holiday show for you on an Edmonton stage this week to make you jolly
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If seasonal stress and/or ennui, or spending time in a mall parking lot have so far squashed your festive spirit beyond recognition it’s pretty obvious you need the booster shot of a live holiday show. And you’re … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, Girl Brain, Grindstone Theatre, LightningCloud Productions, Northern Light Theatre, Rapid Fire Theatre, Shumka, Theatre Network, Walterdale Theatre, Whizgiggling Productions
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Brainwaves galore: a (temporary) finale for our fave sketch comedy trio. ‘Girl Brain, Actually’ at the Roxy
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The show that opens Thursday in Theatre Network’s season at the Roxy puts holiday sparkles and Santa hats on a double milestone in Edmonton theatre. After eight dizzying years of laughing, sold-out houses the hit sketch … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton sketch comedy, Edmonton theatre, Girl Brain, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network
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