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Expanse, the festival that celebrates bodies in motion, is back
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It starts with bodies, all bodies, in motion, and moves onward and outward from there. Azimuth Theatre’s ever-expanding Expanse, their signature movement arts festival, is back Friday, with a 10-day edition dubbed Intersections. Community engagement, “the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Azimuth Theatre, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Expanse Festival, Moment Discovery, movement-based theatre, Thou Art Here Theatre
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Are we there yet? Four friends on a road trip: The Wizard of Oz at the Citadel, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca As cinematic icons go, The Wizard of Oz, the great musical fantasy film of 1939, occupies a pop culture niche of its own — the plucky prairie girl with the little dog and the ultimate dream escape … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, stage musicals, The Wizard of Oz
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We’re in it together: some thoughts on Shannan Calcutt’s Things I Shouldn’t Tell You at SkirtsAfire
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca At the next-to-last moment this weekend at this year’s SkirtsAfire Festival I got a chance to see what happens when a premier clown steps bravely forth to share a big grown-up secret. In Things I Shouldn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, clown theatre, Edmonton theatre Edmonton festivals, Shannan Calcutt, SkirtsaFire Festival, T.J. Dawe
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The secret lives of women, out loud: Shannon Calcutt brings her new show Things I Shouldn’t Tell You to SkirtsAfire
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The last time we saw Shannan Calcutt on a stage in Edmonton, she was wearing a red nose, a wedding dress, and an irresistible air of hopefulness. That’s how the engaging Izzy shows up for a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Cirque du Soleil, clown shows, Edmonton theatre, Las Vegas theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Spiegelworld
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A weekend at the theatre, with heroines aplenty
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Can it be coincidence on this, the weekend of International Women’s Day, that it’s your last chance to see … … I Meant What I Said, Stewart Lemoine’s first new full-length comedy in seven years, premiering … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, L'UniThéâtre, NUOVa Vocal Arts, Rapid Fire Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Teatro Live!
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Celebrating the work of women in the arts: what’s on at SkirtsAfire 2026
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca SkirtsAfire, Edmonton’s 10-day multi-disciplinary festival devoted to celebrating the work of women in the arts, is back Thursday for a 14th annual edition, dubbed ‘The Maps We Make’. And as usual the festivities are an A-line … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, ArtsHub Ortona, Common Ground Arts Society, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival
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SOUND OFF, the unique national Deaf theatre festival, is back, with a 10th birthday edition
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Where do groundbreaking multi-disciplinary bilingual performing arts festivals with a national embrace come from anyhow? Short answer: Edmonton. Longer answer: need. Ten years ago, a enterprising U of A theatre grad got invited to speak on … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, deaf theatre, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton theatre, Sound Off: A Deaf Theatre Festival, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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& Juliet, & more: Broadway Across Canada announces a new season of musicals
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The opener in the five-production 2026-2027 touring lineup announced this week by Broadway Across Canada is a hit jukebox romantic comedy musical with a witty, and joyful, premise. C’mon, haven’t you always wondered what would happen … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway Across Canada, Broadway musicals, Edmonton theatre, Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
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Snow, whatever. Get yourself to a theatre this weekend: a wealth of choices
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A great weekend to be in Edmonton if you’re at the theatre. So many choices, so little time…. A celebratory occasion at Teatro Live!. I Meant What I Said is Stewart Lemoine’s first new full-length comedy … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Theatre Live!, Theatre Network
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The night is young and the music’s high: the Mayfield announces a new and music-filled season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Come Monday to Chiquitita … the musical hits just keep coming, in the upcoming 52nd season announced by Mayfield Dinner Theatre artistic director Kate Ryan this week. It’s a lineup designed to capitalize on the theatre’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Escape To Margaritaville, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, The Marvelous Wonderettes
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