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Review: SwordPlay: A Play of Swords
SwordPlay: A Play of Swords (Stage 37, Suzanne Thibadeau Auditorium, La Cité francophone) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca With SwordPlay: A Play of Swords, the Toronto comedy troupe Sex T-Rex delivers live theatre with something everyone secretly wants: a video game on … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Festival, physical comedy, Sex T-Rex, SwordPlay
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Fringe review: Drunk Girl
Drunk Girl (Stage 13, Old Strathcona Public Library) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Carpe diem!” beams the high-spirited woman before us, presiding over a selection of bottles. In the well-stocked repertoire of cautionary tales with sadder-but-wiser chasers, Thea Fitz-James’ solo show isn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Thea Fitz-James
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Fringe review: Prophecy
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Prophecy (Stage 31, Strathcona Baptist Church) “Ignorance can be bliss, but knowledge is not power,” Prophecy tells us in this vivid meditation on a violent male world seen through the eyes of women. They see destruction … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Cassandra, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Greek tragedy, Impossible Mongoose, Jessy Ardern, Prophecy, Trojan War
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And on my summer holidays … I went to the Winnipeg Fringe
This is just a little note to tell you that I’m about to start posting 12thnight.ca reviews of shows I saw on my excursion last month to the country’s second-largest Fringe festival, in Winnipeg. They’re 16 of the shows you … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton Fringe, Fringe reviews, Winnipeg Fringe
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All in the family: Ryan history is onstage at the Fringe
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Something big and important, something you could call life-changing, happened to Kate Ryan 31 years ago. And it sheds light, both the theatrical and the personal kind, on why her theatre company, The Plain Janes, is … Continue reading
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Tagged Bridget Ryan, Edmonton Actors Theatre, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton theatre, Kate Ryan, MacEwan University, Maralyn Ryan, St. Albert Children's Theatre, The Plain Janes
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Edmonton Fringe 2017: a selection of hit return engagements
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca True, the unpredictability factor is built into the 220-show edition of the Edmonton Fringe that opens Thursday. But hits do have a way of showing up again. Will they be back in buffed-up, revised, re-muscled, enhanced … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Blindside, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Erik de Waal, Falling Awake, Jem Rolls, Leo Szilard, Nobody's Business Theatre, Ragmop, Red-Headed Stepchild, Stéphanie Morin-Robert, Teatro La Quindicina, The Exquisite Hour
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Edmonton Fringe 2017: what to see at our big summer theatre bash
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca So… what looks good? Yes, my friends, the Fringe, Edmonton’s favourite summer festival, is back Thursday, in the town where the continent’s fringe phenom began. A Midsummer Night’s Fringe, the 11 day-and- night 36th annual edition … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, A Midsummer Night's Fringe, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton Fringe Festival
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Theatre Network’s 43rd season opens with a Trout premiere
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Beware the Jabberwock, my son!/ The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun/ The frumious Bandersnatch!” — Through The Looking Glass And What Alice Found Theatre Network ventures through the looking glass … Continue reading
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Tagged Annie Baker, Bradley Moss, Edmonton Actors Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Hannah Moscovitch, Kill Your Television Theatre, Lewis Carroll, Métia Mutt, Nextfest, Roxy on Gateway, Sheldon Elter, The Old Trout Puppet Workshop, Theatre Network, Wild Side Productions
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