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Defy gravity at your peril: Dead Centre Of Town XI at Fort Edmonton
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The principle of “what goes up must come down” as applied to air travel isn’t an entirely comforting thought. Defying gravity might have been a blast for Peter Pan but, trust me, it doesn’t always work … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Blatchford Field Air Hangar, Catch The Keys Productions, Edmonton theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, immersive theatre
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In the land of Pretenderos, a plot of epic proportions: Die-Nasty returns with a Lord of Thrones season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Epic battles, dynastic conflicts and alliances, murderous intrigues, lethal challenges, fierce creatures (in striking character roles), aspirational heroes, ancient grievances, copious references to The Throne, a plot that no one person can fully understand…. Yes, smells … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, 12tnight.ca, Canadian Comedy Awards, Die-Nasty, Edmonton improv, Edmonton theatre, Game of Thrones, improv comedy, Varscona Theatre
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The fear of flying, and the return of Dead Centre of Town
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Ladies and gentlemen, we will be boarding tonight by zone. The dead centre zone. For 11 years now, Catch the Keys Productions has been leading us on nocturnal Halloween expeditions into the macabre, digging in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, aviation history, Blatchford Field Air Hangar, Catch The Keys Productions, Dead Centre of Town, Edmonton theatre, Fort Edmonton Park
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“It calls bullshit on scientific distance.” Blood: A Scientific Romance opens its mysteries under The Maggie Tree.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Something odd is happening to Jayce Mckenzie and Gianna Vacirca. Their cast-mates in Blood: A Scientific Experiment have noticed it. So has their director Brenley Charkow; ditto their producer Kristi Hansen of The Maggie Tree, an … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Brenley Charkow, Edmonton theatre, Fringe Theatre Adventures, Kristi Hansen, Lee Playwright In Residence, Meg Braem, The Backstage Theatre, The Maggie Tree, twins
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The mysterious twin bonds of life and art: meet playwright Meg Braem
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “You try to make sense of things,” says Meg Braem, whose chosen line of work is the transmutation of real life — in all its perplexing, maddening, intriguing potential — into art. “You’re always searching….” Braem … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Backstage Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fringe Theatre Adventures, Lee Playwright In Residence, Meg Braem, The Maggie Tree, U of A drama department
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A great leap forward, by excavating the past: Origin of the Species opens the NLT season. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Archaeology, says an elderly member of that profession in Origin of the Species, is “simply knowing where to look.” It would seem to have that at least in common with theatre, judging by the mysterious discoveries … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Bryony Lavery, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Studio Theatre, Trevor Schmidt
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And in other theatre news: Tonight! Teatro’s season-end grand finale bash and Collin Doyle’s new play at Script Salon
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca This is how the Teatro La Quindicina mind ticks: the last production of their 2018 season, Skirts On Fire, has just closed, ergo it’s the moment for a grand finale … of grand finales. Bring Down … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, Varscona Theatre
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A mission to defeat time: Jezebel, At The Still Point. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It beings with an explosion somewhere in the galaxy, a crash landing, smoke, red emergency lights, a siren. Matt Schuurman’s video design, spread across jagged meteor fragments amid showers of light (by Elise Jason) is, quite … Continue reading
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Tagged Ainsley Hillyard, Bumble Bear Productions, Edmonton theatre, Good Women Dance, Roxy Performance Series, Theatre Network
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