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The fun of Oy-rish charm: Outside Mullingar, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The fabled Irish countryside connection between man and The Land has a kind of crackpot quirkiness in this charmingly wispy 2014 Oy-rish rom-com by the redoubtable American playwright John Patrick Shanley, of Moonstruck and Doubt fame. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Irish theatre, John Hudson, John Patrick Shanley, Shadow Theatre
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The byways of grief: director Jim Guedo talks about Poison
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The play that opens tonight in the Roxy Performance Series introduces audiences here to an award-winning Dutch playwright whose reputation continues to expand in Europe and around the world in eight languages (to date). Poison, Lot … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Dutch theatre, Edmonton theatre, Jim Guedo, Lot Vekemans, Wild Side Productions
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The dark mysteries of the world: Cat Walsh talks about her new play Do This In Memory Of Me
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Death. Blood. Dark mysteries laced with eerie hints of the supernatural. A smudgy frontier between waking and dreaming, the ambiguous nature of reality, black comedy of the shivery sort…. This is Cat Walsh’s native habitat as … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, bilingual theatre, Cat Walsh, Edmonton theatre, L'UniThéâtre, Northern Light Theatre
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A musical window into a tragic world: Children of God, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There have been musicals before now that explored the effects of bi-polar disorder, of bullying, of cultural imperialism and racism, of homophobia, of domestic abuse. Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel is still controversial; it was written … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Corey Payette, Edmonton theatre, Indigenous drama, residential schools, Truth and Reconciliation, Urban Ink
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The moment of truth for a country: Children of God, a musical about the ripple effect of residential schools
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the musical that opens at the Citadel Thursday, you’ll meet a smart kid with potential and hopes, a dreamer with a sense of possibility. And then school happens. You’ll meet Tom years later, in a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Children of God, Citadel Theatre, Corey Payette, Edmonton theatre, Indigenous drama, residential schools, Urban Ink
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Romantic comedy turns spy thriller: The Romeo Initiative at SkirtsAfire
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Against the odds, it’s happening. He’s been a little late in his entrance but your leading man has appeared, finally. Yes, you’ll star in your own romance, finally. Your footing on the terra firma of being … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Annette Loiselle, Cold War drama, Edmonton theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, The Romeo Iniative, Trina Davies
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A diary, an inheritance, and a struggle come to life in Blood of Our Soil
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “How can our land not be fertile when so much blood, both Ukrainian and foreign, has seeped into it?” Five years ago Lianna Makuch discovered a handwritten book that would have a seismic impact on her … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Punctuate! Theatre, Pyretic Productions, Theatre of the New Heart, Ukraine, Ukrainian-Canadian heritage, Westbury Theatre
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Gimme gimme gimme … the past! How can I resist you? Mamma Mia! at the Citadel, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “We’ve done it all before, now we’re back to get some more….” Mamma Mia! There: you’re looking at two words that, just on sight, will weasel their way into your brain, and unlock an entire archive … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, ABBA, Ashlie Corcoran, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, jukebox musicals, Mamma Mia!
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Mamma Mia, here we go again! Meet director Ashlie Corcoran
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life… It is no surprise to find that the director of a certain big full-bodied jukebox musical — you may have heard of it — opening … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, ABBA, Ashlie Corcoran, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Mamma Mia!, Theatre Smash, Vancouver Arts Club Theatre
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A coming-of-age play called Métis Mutt comes of age: a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s always started with jokes. A lot of jokes. “What do you call an Indian on a bike?” And since the man onstage is remembering his time as a teenage stand-up comic, empowered by audience laughter, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, indigenous theatre, Métis Mutt, Ron Jenkins, Sheldon Elter, solo shows, Theatre Network at the Roxy
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