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Fringe review: Kill Shakespeare (well, find him first, then kill him)
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Kill Shakespeare (Stage 5 King Edward Elementary School) “Now is the winter of Hamlet’s discontent….” No more of that Danish brooding about dad’s ghost; no more moping around wondering whether to be or not to be. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, comic books, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Edmonton theatre, graphic novels, Kill Shakespeare, Thou Art Here
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Fringe review: Multiple Organism
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Multiple Organism (Stage 36, L’UniThéâtre) A lyrical pas de deux between two horny toothbrushes in love isn’t something you’re likely to see any time soon on the country’s mainstages. Who does that? Which might be reason … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Festival, interactive projection technology, Mind of a Snail, shadow puppetry
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Princess Confidential: Fortress Falls. A guest Fringe review by Todd Babiak
Princess Confidential: Fortress Falls (Stage 11, Studio Theatre) by Todd Babiak The third instalment in the Princess Confidential series, a Fringe favourite, continues the ingenious mash-up of the first two: film noir plus fairy tales. Princess Abigail (Merran Carr-Wiggin) and … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, children's theatre, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Edmonton theatre, Ellen Chorley, fairy tales, Promise Theatre
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Fringe review: The Small Things
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Small Things (Stage 37, Suzanne Thibadeau Auditorium) An old man and an old woman, the two old characters in this chilly 2005 play by the Irish playwright Enda Walsh, sit separately onstage, lost in their … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Blarney Productions, Brian Dooley, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Edmonton theatre, Enda Walsh, Nadien Chu, Wayne Paquette
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Chasing Willie Nelson, a guest Fringe review by Marc Horton
Chasing Willie Nelson – A Tribute (Stage 39, CKUA) By Marc Horton What to leave in? What to leave out? In tracing the history of the remarkable and remarkably durable Willie Nelson, should you put in Hello Walls and leave … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Andrea House, Chasing Willie Nelson, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Edmonton theatre, Marc Horton, Willie Nelson
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Fringe guest review: Beau and Aero: Crash Landing
Beau & Aero: Crash Landing (Stage 3, Walterdale Theatre) by Todd Babiak An airplane crashes on the stage. Beau (David Cantor) helps his co-pilot Aero (Amica Hunter) to her feet and they do what any incompetent aviators would do. They … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, A Little Bit Off, Beau and Aero, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Todd Babiak
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Fringe review: Legoland
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Legoland (Stage 36, L’UniThéâtre) In this oddball, highly entertaining comedy by Victoria’s Jacob Richmond — which predates another oddball, highly entertaining Richmond, Ride The Cyclone — we meet the Lambs, two precocious home-schooled siblings from the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Blarney Productions, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Edmonton theatre, Jacob Richmond, Luc Tellier, Ride The Cyclone
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Jean-Paul Sartre makes his Fringe debut: a review of No Exit
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca No Exit (Stage 12, Varscona Theatre) In one way it’s the ne plus ultra of roommate plays: remember those completely incompatible losers you were trapped with for a whole term who are probably in jail by … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Bright Young Things, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Edmonton theatre, French existentialism, Jean-Paul Sartre, No Exit
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Fringe review: The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Effect of Gamma Rays On Man In The Moon Marigolds (Stage 3, Walterdale Theatre) At the centre of this ‘60s play (and 1971 Pulitzer Prize winner) by the American writer Paul Zindel, is a mom … Continue reading
Fringe review: The Superhero Who Loved Me
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Superhero Who Loved Me (Stage 28, The Playhouse) “Nobody expects an extra-dimensional portal to open in the world.” Generally true. And nobody expects to go home with a superhero, drink too much vino, and hear … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Blarney Productions, Chris Craddock, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Edmonton theatre, Wayne Paquette
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