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Two sensational celebrity trials inspire two new plays at the Fringe: The Cult of the Clitoris and Cadaver Synod, a preview
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Both, in their way, were celebrity trials. And both trials, in separately sensational ways, 1,128 years apart, have inspired two new plays premiering at the Fringe. Like theatre, history can be weirdly generous that way. Witness … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2025, Previews
Tagged Cadaver Synod, Edmonton Fringe 2025, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Empress of Blandings Productions, Maud Allan, Vault Theatre
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A dark absurdist comedy introduces us to contemporary Ukrainian theatre: Bomb. A Fringe preview
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Can you name a single Ukrainian playwright? Me neither. Fringe Full of Stars is about to change that. When director Lianna Makuch got her hands on Bomb, a dark, absurdist comedy by the contemporary Ukrainian … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe 2025, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Punctuate! Theatre, Pyretic Productions
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Fringe Full of Stars: further thoughts from 12thnight on how to get intrigued, and what to see
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Starting Thursday you have the fun of launching yourself into the galaxy of Fringe Full of Stars, the 44th annual edition of the oldest and biggest of the continent’s Fringes (and the prototype for the rest). … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broken Toys Theatre, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, Indiginized Indigenous Theatre, Pyretic Productions, RibbitRePublic Theatre, SNAFU Productions, Uniform Theatre
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Are you lost in the stars? What to see at Fringe Full Of Stars: a little survey to get you started
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Starting Thursday, Edmonton’s best idea ever is back in action to screw up your bedtime, and make life more exciting. The 44th annual edition of our 11 day-and-night theatre bash, the biggest and oldest Fringe on … Continue reading
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Tagged Batrabbit Productions, Clevername Theater, Defiance Theatre, Edmonton Fringe 2025, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Guys in Disguise, Live & In Color, Nextfest Arts Company, Pyretic Productions, Ready Go Theatre, Small Matters Productionss, Straight Edge Theatre, Vault Theatre
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Fringe Full Of Stars, the 44th annual edition of our big summer theatre bash. Tickets go on sale today
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Your star has risen, fellow Fringe travellers. It’s August, and Fringe Full Of Stars is yours for the exploring. Tickets and passes go on sale today at 10 a.m. (in person) and noon (online) for the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Old Strathcona
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A new season, and a new artistic director, for Teatro Live! Farren Timoteo brings his blue-chip Teatro cred home
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Teatro Live! has a new season — and, starting Sept. 1, a new artistic director. “Comedy is powerful…. That’s my place in the universe!” declares Farren Timoteo, looking delighted (his at-rest expression) after a day auditioning … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alberta Musical Theatre Company, Edmonton theatre, Stewart Lemoine, Teatro Live!, Varscona Theatre
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Keeping it Canuck: a summer theatre trip east, this side of the border
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A funny thing happened on the way to NYC, and a 12thnight summer working holiday tradition in that great theatre city. Actually, not funny at all. A country came unravelled in unthinkable ways, the whole world … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, George Bernard Shaw, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Robert Lepage, Shaw Festival, Stratford Festival
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Summer theatre choices, including three in their last week: a little 12thnight survey
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Wakey wakey! It’s your last chance this week to catch … •The Lion King. Julie Taymor’s 1997 musical, a non-pareil triumph in conjuring an imaginary world, has been here a couple of times before under the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway Across Canada, Citadel Theatre, Common Ground Arts Society, Defiance Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Teatro Live!, Theatre Yes, Varscona Theatre
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Lifting the veil between the living and the dead: Lucky Charm, a little review of a very cool show
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca I’m coming very late to this (a week away in the east is to blame, more about this later). But I went a séance Friday night. It was in an unexpected place, a bungalow on a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Common Ground Arts Society, Defiance Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Found Festival, Houdini, site-specific theatre, Theatre Yes
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A vintage ’60s comedy done up deluxe(ly) at Teatro: The Odd Couple, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The sound of an audience laughing out loud is something to be cherished — especially if it’s live, and you’re there among the people. One of the classics of old-school American comedy returns, in style, to the stage … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Neil Simon, Teatro Live!, Varscona Theatre
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