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Sisterhood and addiction: Beth Graham’s Pretty Goblins premieres at Workshop West
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Morning and evening/ Maids heard the goblins cry: “Come buy our orchard fruits,/Come buy, come buy…. – Goblin Market Christina Rossetti’s 1859 fantasy Goblin Market, a piece of Victorian erotica which has got to be one of … Continue reading
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Tagged Beth Graham, Christina Rossetti, Edmonton theatre, Goblin Market, Pretty Goblins, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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All Shook Up shakes up the jukebox at the Mayfield: a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Finally. A jukebox musical with an actual jukebox. And it’s busted. Which should tell you something about the sassy, light-hearted self-awareness of All Shook Up, currently at the Mayfield cavorting its way through the Elvis canon … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, All shook Up, Edmonton theatre, Elvis Presley, Joe DiPietro, jukebox musicals, Kate Ryan, Mayfield Dinner Theatre
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Secrets of the staff room revealed: Tales From The Teachers’ Lounge at Bonfire 2018
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Haven’t you always wanted to go backstage in the education system? Admit it. Haven’t you always wondered what goes on in the teachers’ lounge after the bell rings? What — and who — are the nation’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Bonfire Festival, Edmonton theatre, improv comedy, Joe Vanderhelm, Rapid Fire Theatre
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Bonfire: the improv festival that plays with matches
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca How’s this for a cool and crazy idea for an improv show? Lights up. Go. What if … a show was improvised from its own sequences of lighting cues? That’s Lumen, one of the 24 experiments … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Bonfire Festival, Chimprov, Citadel Zeidler Hall, Edmonton theatre, improv comedy, long-form improv, Matt Schuurman, Rapid Fire Theatre
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“Is it possible I just like sex?” Slut, at Northern Light Theatre: a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca S. L. U. T. The funniest set design of the season — and the only one (to my knowledge) that actually engages in smart-ass repartee with the character onstage — is to be found in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Brenda McFarlane, Edmonton theatre, Michelle Todd, Northern Light Theatre, PCL Studio Theatre, Trevor Schmidt
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Tense negotiations over tea: Going to St. Ives at the Varscona, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The negotiations at the heart of Going To St. Ives involve a doctor and a patient, and a hard-fought exchange of favours. They have nothing to do with waiting lists. In this knotty two-hander by American … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Atlas Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Julien Arnold, Lee Blessing, Varscona Theatre Ensemble
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Going Undercover with the crack improvisers of Spontaneous Theatre: a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I like your thinking,” says the tough-cookie Det. Sergeant (Rebecca Northan), snapping her gum approvingly at the rookie detective from time to time in the course of Undercover. “I like your thinking” is the mantra of … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Blind Date, Bruce Horak, Citadel Theatre, murder mystery theatre, Rebecca Northan, Spontaneous Theatre, Undercover
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“Doing it and enjoying it”: Slut is opening at Northern Light
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I’m just having fun being single. Is that a crime?” In the, er, tart little solo comedy that opens Friday at Northern Light Theatre, we meet a middle-aged accountant whose zest for sex, and generous-mindedness about … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Michelle Todd, Northern Light Theatre, PCL Studio Theatre
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Big issues in small rooms: Atlas Theatre is back with Going To St. Ives
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives.…” The thorny little two-hander that opens Thursday on the Varscona stage, the finale of the inaugural Varscona Theatre Ensemble series, invokes that … Continue reading
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Undercover: spontaneous detective work with improv queen Rebecca Northan
By Liz Nicholls 12thnight.ca “Everyone has the capacity to improvise,” declares Rebecca Northan decisively, looking for inspiration on a lunch menu last week. “We all improvise all the time!” Not everyone, I think to myself, wincing visibly at a couple … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Blind Date, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, long-form improvisation, murder mystery theatre, Rebecca Northan, Spontaneous Theatre, Undercover
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