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The week on, and above, Edmonton stages
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The week on, and above, the stage in E-town. Consider the possibilities. •Firefly refuses to stay put, in either time or space. Edmonton’s pioneer theatre/ circus company and academy, devoted to defying gravity, is having an … Continue reading
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Tagged 2019 Sterling Award nominations, Edmonton theatre, Firefly Theatre and Circus, Foote in the Door Prodution, Nextfest 2019, Teatro La Quindicina
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A year on Edmonton stages: the Sterling Award nominations
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A highly unusual coming-of-age coming-out musical in which a cartoonist unravels in flashback frames her mysterious family history proved the top choice of jurors, as the re-vamped 32nd annual Sterling Award nominations were announced Monday at … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards, Sterling Awards
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Weal Thyman The Third: a bouffon clown show to provoke you at Nextfest
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca When you’re creating a bouffon clown show about a grotesque filthy-rich capitalist with businesses, land, money, possessions, sycophants, and an insatiable appetite for more more more, it’s not as if you have to rack your brains … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, bouffon, clown, Edmonton theatre, Nextfest 2019, Nextfest Arts Company, Roxy on Gateway, Theatre Network
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A new comedy to launch a new season at Teatro La Quindicina
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A Likely Story, says playwright Stewart Lemoine, “is one of those titles you have to Google because you can’t believe it hasn’t already been used.” That puckish name, with its tantalizing whiff of skepticism, now belongs … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, 2019-2020 theatre season, Edmonton theatre, psychological thrillers, screwball comedy, Stewart Lemoine, Teatro La Quindicina
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Where The Wild Things Fringe: the monster is coming!
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “And now, let the wild rumpus start!” As announced Thursday, the upcoming 38th annual edition of the Fringe Edmonton’s roaring summer theatre monster — the oldest and still the biggest on the continent — has its … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, Maurice Sendak, Where The Wild Things Are, Where The Wild Things Fringe
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“The show I needed to see”: Boy Trouble premieres at Nextfest
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “What’s the show I really needed to see at that age?” That’s the question Mac Brock asked himself at 22, looking back on his 17-year-old self. So he wrote that show. Boy Trouble premieres at Nextfest … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Backstage Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Nextfest 2019, Nextfest Arts Company, Roxy on Gateway
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What are they up to? Celebrate the next generation of artists at Nextfest
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca So, what’s happening? What’s new? What’s next? There’s a festival in Edmonton that’s all about the answers. Yes, Nextfest is back in Old Strathcona Thursday for 11 days (and nights) of showcasing and celebrating the next … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Backstage Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Ellen Chorley, Nextfest, Nextfest 2019, Roxy on Gateway, Theatre Network
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All about the playwright: Workshop West celebrates the big 4-oh
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It was not one of those storied red carpet openings, where everyone knows that history is being made and dresses accordingly. But then, what little Canadian theatre starts that way? Four decades ago, a sometime playwright/ … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Brad Fraser, Canadian playwrights, Conni Massing, Edmonton theatre, Frank Moher, Gerry Potter, Vern Thiessen, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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No week to stay home: festivals, musicals, plays, improv … E-town stages are full of possibilities
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca This is no week to stay home, my theatre-loving friends. For one thing, the summer festival season really begins: the 38th annual Kids’ Fest Tuesday, Nextfest Thursday. The 28th Die-Nasty season, Lord of Thrones, reaches its … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broken Toys Theatre, Die-Nasty, Edmonton theatre, Foote in the Door Productions, Nextfest 2019, Rising Sun Theatre, St. Albert International Children's Festival, The Old Trout Puppet Workshop
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The uneasy geometry of the love triangle: Pinter’s Betrayal. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I think I thought you knew,” says a man to his oldest friend in one of In one of the most quietly unnerving scenes you’re ever likely to see onstage. In Betrayal, Harold Pinter’s infinitely clever … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Betrayal, Broken Toys Theatre, Edmonton indie theatre, Edmonton theatre, Harold Pinter
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