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The road to hell is paved in song: Hadestown at the Citadel, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Hell … yes! If you get yourself a ticket to the Underworld — and really you must! and soon! — you’ll be going to hell and back wrapped in a ravishing dream of love and … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Anaïs Mitchell, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Hadestown, New York Theatre Workshop, Rachel Chavkin
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Meet the god of the underworld himself: Patrick Page talks about Hadestown
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “And the wall keeps out the enemy/ And we build the wall to keep us free/ That’s why we build the wall….” In Hadestown, the Anaïs Mitchell musical that opens at the Citadel Thursday en route to Broadway, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Anaïs Mitchell, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Hadestown, musical theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, Off-Broadway, Orpheus and Eurydice, Patrick Page, Rachel Chavkin
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And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? A haunting new show from The Old Trouts at Theatre Network: a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca At the start of Jabberwocky there’s a momentous drum roll, and a classic old-school red velvet theatre curtain parts — to reveal another. Which parts to reveal … another. Which…. Ah yes, layers of anticipation and further … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Calgary theatre, Edmonton theatre, Jabberwocky, Lewis Carroll, puppet theatre, The Old Trout Puppet Workshop, Through The Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There
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The high line to Hadestown
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “How to get to Hadestown/ You’ll have to take the long way down….” And as the world-weary god/narrator Hermes sings “there ain’t no compass, brother, ain’t no map.” Yes, the road to Hadestown is long, uncharted, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Anaïs Mitchell, Broadway musicals, Citadel Theatre, Daryl Cloran, Edmonton theatre, folk opera, Hadestown, Natasha Pierre And The Great Comet Of 1812, New York Theatre Workshop, Off-Broadway musicals, Orpheus and Eurydice, Rachel Chavkin
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Reimagining our own lost history: John Ware Reimagined at Workshop West, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca John Ware could do many things in life. He could ride horses too wild for any other man. He could wrestle any rampaging steer into submission, organize a cattle drive, run a ranch, walk through a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alberta black history, Alberta history, Cheryl Foggo, cowboy culture, Edmonton theatre, John Ware, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Beware the Jabberwock: the Old Trout Puppet Workshop is back
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Beware the Jabberwock, my son!/ The jaws that bite, the claws that catch…. You can’t help noticing. There’s a storybook rabbit on a chair, head only and larger than life, gazing balefully into the mid-distance. His body … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Calgary theatre, Edmonton theatre, Jabberwocky, Lewis Carroll, Roxy on Gateway, The Old Trout Puppet Workshop, Theatre Network, Through The Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There
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Don’t let preconceptions define you: meet the stars of John Ware Reimagined
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca On a cold morning last week before rehearsals started for the day, I met up with Jesse Lipscombe and Jameela McNeil, who play John Ware and his wife in the production of Cheryl Foggo’s John Ware … Continue reading
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Tagged #MakeItAwkward, 12thnight.ca, Black Arts Matter, Cheryl Foggo, cowboy culture, Edmonton theatre, Jesse Lipscombe, John Ware, MacEwan University, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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The making of a (black) cowboy legend: John Ware Reimagined at Workshop West
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca He was a high rider, a figure carved from the X-large dimensions of Western mythology. A late 19th century Alberta cowboy of extraordinary skill and savvy, capable of startling feats of agility, daring, horsemanship. What young … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Calgary Stampede, Calgary theatre, Cheryl Foggo, cowboy culture, Edmonton theatre, John Ware, Kevin McKendrick, Lunchbox Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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A homecoming for playwright Trina Davies, at Concordia U, Walterdale and SkirtsAfire
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A couple of decades ago, an Edmonton kid found herself onstage, at a theatre festival where the plays were new, and specially designed for teen actors and their teen audiences. It was at the Citadel Teen … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Concordia University of Edmonton, Edmonton theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Trina Davies, Walterdale Theatre
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Monday nite special: seductive looks, upward mobility in CAL-gry, as Die-Nasty soaps return
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Welcome to the archive of lingering glances and lip-quivering gazes: troubled, dreamy, steamy, wistful, reflective, yearning, sultry, moody, sultry-moody crossover. Yes, the new season of Die-Nasty — “Die-Nasty does Dynasty,” makes Edmonton’s award-winning live improvised weekly … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Die-Nasty, Dynasty, Edmonton improv comedy, Edmonton theatre, improvised soap opera, soap opera, Varscona Theatre
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