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The sounds of music: a strong cast of singers climbs every mountain
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the world catalogue of “favourite things” The Sound of Music gets its own gold star. Just mention brown paper packages tied up in string, or goatherds, and something magical happens. The 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway Across Canada, Edmonton theatre, Jubilee Auditorium, Rodgers and Hammerstein, The Sound of Music, Von Trapp Family Singers
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From Romeo to Shakespeare: meet Andrew Chown, the actor who plays the mystery man
By Liz Nicholls 12thnight.ca So who is William Shakespeare anyhow? The world has always wondered. And in the romantic comedy that opens the season Thursday on the Citadel mainstage, we meet the mystery man himself — as a young working … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Daryl Cloran, Edmonton theatre, Shakespeare, Shakespeare in Love
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“We’re all in this together” forsooth: the spirit of inclusion in the Citadel season opener
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Shall I compare thee to a … sum … a sum … a something, something… Damn it.” In the opening scene of the play that launches the new Citadel season Thursday, we meet an up-and-coming playwright … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Christopher Marlowe, Citadel Theatre, Daryl Cloran, Edmonton theatre, Shakespeare, Shakespeare in Love
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The new theatre season begins: hey, Edmonton has play dates!
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “And the wall keeps out the enemy/ And we build the wall to keep us free….” —Hadestown In Hadestown, the Broadway-bound musical whose out-of-town opening happens at Edmonton’s largest playhouse the Citadel (Nov. 11 to Dec. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Anaïs Mitchell, Cardiac Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Actors Theatre, Edmonton theatre, L'UniThéâtre, Northern Light Theatre, Rachel Chavkin, Shadow Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Teatro La Quindicina, Theatre Network, theatre season, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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The 25th anniversary edition of the Die-Nasty Soap-A-Thon is sudsing up
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Welcome to Dystopia! The 25th annual edition of Edmonton’s venerable improv comedy tradition, the Die-Nasty Soap-A-Thon, is at hand. Starting this very evening, 7 p.m. at the Varscona Theatre, the forces of the improv elite — the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Die-Nasty, Dirty Laundry, Edmonton theatre, improv comedy, Rapid Fire Theatre, School of Night, Soapocalypse 2025, Varscona Theatre
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A Midsummer Night’s Fringe is a record-buster!
“I have had a most rare dream….” — Bottom the weaver, A Midsummer Night’s Dream Rare? It’s been a record-breaking Fringe! By 6 p.m. Sunday, with an evening of fringing to go, the 36th annual edition of Edmonton’s giant 11-day-and-night … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2017, News/Views
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Edmonton theatre, Murray Utas
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Reprieved: more Fringe holdovers next week
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca And the Fringe lives on! In addition to the holdovers already announced, you’ve had reprieves on more hot Fringe shows next week. At Holy Trinity Anglican Church: The Receptionist: A tight tense little black comedy, with … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Fringe holdovers, Holy Trinity Anglican Church, The Playhouse
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Dream on! A Midsummer Night’s Fringe has holdovers!
It’s not time to wake up yet. Some of the hottest shows at A Midsummer Night’s Fringe, the 36th annual edition of our summer theatre bash, are being held over. FRINGE THEATRE ADVENTURES: At Fringe headquarters, the ATB Financial … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Fringe holdovers, Fringe Theatre Adventures, Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Varscona Theatre
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How did we get here? A Quiet Place at the Fringe. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A Quiet Place (Stage 8, Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre) Two men are in a small room that’s completely empty except for a lightbulb and a red chair. One of the games they’re playing to pass the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Brendan Gall, Edmonton Fringe Festival, existentialist comedy, Jean-Paul Sartre, Samuel Beckett, Waiting For Godot
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Toodle-oo to high school: Rivercity, a new musical premiering at the Fringe. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Rivercity The Musical (Stage 26, L’UniThéâtre) “You’re like the sister I never had,” says a certain familiar freckle-faced carrot-top to a certain familiar pony-tailed blonde in Rivercity The Musical. Geez Louise, guys can be such blockheads. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Archie comics, Betty and Veronica, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Edmonton theatre, Jughead, musical theatre, Rebecca Merkley
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