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Hey, Old Friend! The Janes and the Varscona toast Sondheim
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “But us, old friends, What’s to discuss, old friends? Here’s to us! Who’s like us? Damn few!” — Merrily We Roll Along, Stephen Sondheim Edmonton’s top musical theatre artists gather on the Varscona stage Oct. 8 … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Leave It To Jane Theatre, Stephen Sondheim, Varscona Theatre
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Theatre Network at 48: a new season for a new building
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There are many firsts attached to Theatre Network’s 48th season, announced Thursday. The trio of mainstage productions is led by Jim Guedo’s innovative all-new Joni Mitchell musical, and includes a powerful drama by Canadian star Hannah … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Agnes Martin, Edmonton theatre, Hannah Moscovitch, Joni Mitchell, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network
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Behind the scenes in war, a story of human resilience: Barvinok, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “My Baba has a secret,” says Ukrainian-Canadian Hania in the opening moments of Barvinok. “A secret she is bringing with her to her grave.” As we learn in Lianna Makuch’s suspenseful and moving play, inspired by … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Punctuate! Theatre, Pyretic Productions, Ukrainian-Canadian theatre
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Assault by the (corporate) media: Network, opening the Citadel season. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Before memes became meme-ish, when the medical profession had sole ownership of “viral,” there was the scene in Network, the Paddy Chayefsky film of 50 years ago, in which a veteran TV anchor declared “I’m mad … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Network, Paddy Chayevsky
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Heart and soul in 2 Pianos 4 Hands at the Mayfield. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The charming, poignant, and very funny musical comedy now at the Mayfield begins in classic concert fashion: the bow from the waist and the flipping of the tuxedo tails. Two men in formal tuxes take their … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Mirvish Productions, Talking Fingers Inc., Tarragon Theatre
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Rising Sun Theatre throws a magic/music bash
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Magic and music: some of this theatre town’s top-drawer talent in both are featured in Rising Sun Theatre’s benefit bash at the Gateway Theatre Oct. 1. Ron Pearson, a virtuoso magician/illusionist with a theatrical bent (Minerva: … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Dana Wylie, Edmonton theatre, Gateway Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre Company, Rising Sun Theatre, Workshop West
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Mad as hell: Network launches the Citadel season. A preview
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The word “prescient” has been floating over the Citadel for weeks now, threading through rehearsals for the play getting its Canadian premiere Thursday on the Shoctor stage. It’s attached to a (very) dark comedy satire about … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Lee Hall, Paddy Chayefsky, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Shaw Festival
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Workshop West announces a new season devoted to Canadian plays and their creators
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Workshop West Playwrights Theatre bookends its upcoming 44th “Persistence of Vision” season, announced Thursday, in a way that has always characterized a theatre company devoted to the development and showcasing of new Canadian plays and their … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Edmonton theatre 2022-2023 season, GAL Productions, High Performance Rodeo, Hit & Myth, One Yellow Rabbit, The Gateway Theatre, Theatre Yes, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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A cultural inheritance, a quest, and a haunting: Barvinok launches a tour here
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “The universal desire, the need, desire, to understand who you are, where you came from….” That’s what drew Ukrainian-Canadian playwright Lianna Makuch across the ocean to her ancestral homeland. And that quest was her creative inspiration, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Punctuate! Theatre, Pyretic Productions, Ukrainian-Canadian theatre
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Facing the fall-out: A Doll’s House Part 2 launches the season at the Varscona. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The stage is dominated by a door, a giant door. The room has the outlines of wainscoting and six sealed windows — all bleached out, painted over, uninhabited. There’s no human clutter: a couple of chairs, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Henrik Ibsen, Varscona Theatre, Wild Side Productions
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