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An outbreak of clowns: Play The Fool, E-Town’s “festival of clown and physical comedy” is back
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown….” — Cole Porter “It is meat and drink to me to see a clown.” — Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act V, scene i This theatre town … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Backstage Theatre, bouffons, clowning, Edmonton theatre, Play The Fool
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A Newfoundland wake turns into a musical: No Change In The Weather
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “How many songs do you actually know the words to, that you could sing?” wonders the Newfoundlander on the phone from the Rock last week. “A couple of campfire songs? Happy Birthday? A Christmas carol or … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Bob Hallett, Churchill Falls, Come From Away, Edmonton theatre, Great Big Sea, Newfoundland songbook, Newfoundland theatre, No Change In The Weather
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It’s show time in Edmonton theatre: what to not miss this season on E-town stages
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “That was what had been missing from his life all these years. His career, his city, this bonehead province. Mythic Power.” — The Garneau Block. In Todd Babiak’s wry and funny novel The Garneau Block, reborn … Continue reading
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Tagged 2019-2020 theatre season, Azimuth Theatre, Blarney Productions, Bright Young Things, Broadway Across Canada, Catalyst Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fringe theatre, Impossible Mongoose, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Theatre Network, Theatre Yes, Todd Babiak, Varscona Theatre Ensemble, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre, You Are Here Theatre
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In a lather at Big Little Lake: the 27th annual Die-Nasty Soap-A-Thon
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Funny how a charming resort village like Big Little Lake, where the well-toned meet the well-heeled over white wine spritzers, can turn suddenly … well, sinister. Murder has a way of doing that. It populates the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Die-Nasty, Edmonton theatre, improv comedy, improvised soap opera, Varscona Theatre
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A whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on: Million Dollar Quartet at the Mayfield. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Every once in a blue moon history serves up one of those those born-to-be-mythology moments where the greats happen to converge behind the scenes (and give the entertainment industry something juicy to speculate about). One of … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Jerry Lee Lewis, jukebox musicals, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Million Dollar Quartet
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A new season at Theatre Network, and 3 Canadian plays
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Three Canadian plays, two by star playwrights and one by a hot up-and-comer, are the 2019-2020 lineup Theatre Network announced this week. There will be a moment (more than one) in this upcoming 45th season that … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, 2019-2020 theatre season, Colleen Murphy, Edmonton theatre, Hannah Moscovitch, Mark Crawford, Roxy on Gateway, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network
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“There’s only now”: the eternal present of Rent. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In one of the anthems to outsiders in Rent, the characters pay tribute to their gritty low-rent East Village world of starving artists, junkies, dealers, the homeless, the destitute, the marginalized of every sexual persuasion, “anyone … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway Across Canada, Edmonton theatre, Jonathan Larson, Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Rent, rock musicals
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Rent is due: the 20th anniversary tour arrives. Meet the original choreographer
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s been nearly two decades since a young dance-theatre choreographer from New York’s downtown alt-art scene got invited to meet up with a little-known composer to make plans for a revolutionary new rock musical. It would … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway Across Canada, Edmonton theatre, Jonathan Larson, Marlies Yearby, Rent, Rent 20th Anniversary Tour
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There’s more. Update on the Fringe holdovers: the Grindstone is in
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The “shoulda,” and the “meant to…” regrets that always accompany the end of the Fringe are getting some get some relief this week. As already announced, some of the Fringe’s hottest shows are getting held over … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe 2019, Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, Fringe Theatre Adventures, Grindstone Comedy Theatre and Bistro, Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Teatro La Quindicina, Varscona Theatre
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The Wild Things eat up the box office: a record-crushing Fringe comes to an end Sunday
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “We’ll eat you up we love you so….” — Where The Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak The Wild Things have been rampaging through town on a Fringe tear, eating audiences up (or is it vice versa?). … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe 2019, Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, Murray Utas
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