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The theatre of big questions: playwright Mick Gordon talks about Bea, his most produced play, in this preview
By Liz NIcholls, 12thnight.ca “Death,” says the pleasant Irish voice on the phone from across the Atlantic, “is the great unifier.” The voice belongs to the much-awarded Northern Ireland writer/director Mick Gordon, whose his most-performed play Bea is now running … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Varscona Theatre
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The improbable magic of theatre (as discovered by goblins) in Goblin: Macbeth. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Three striking, masked figures — pointy ears, black topcoats — stride through the Citadel box office lobby from … the Lee Pavilion? the parking lot? the cosmos? And they instinctively know how to gather an audience … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Highwire Series, Spontaneous Theatre
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Meet a man with a grievance, and the actor who plays him: Cody Porter in Angry Alan at Northern Light
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “For the first time in a really long time I feel like someone is speaking to me in a language which I completely understand … something which makes me feel good about myself.” Roger in Angry … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Die-Nasty, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, Northern Light Theatre
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Nevermore, now evermore on film: a week of the macabre in Edmonton theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s a big week for the (deliciously) macabre in Edmonton. Catalyst Theatre premieres a new film of their signature musical play cum gothic fantasia Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe at … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway Across Canada, Catalyst Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Spontaneous Theatre
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‘A wonder of an actor’: with the death of Julien Arnold, we’ve lost one of our best, and most loved, theatre artists
In honour of the late Julien Arnold, I’m re-posting my 12thnight tribute of Nov. 25. Thursday night at the Citadel (7:30 p.m. in the Maclab Theatre) we celebrate the life of this exceptional theatre artist. If you can’t make it … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlas Theatre Collective, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, Punctuate! Theatre, Teatro Live!, Theatre Network, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Intermission’s over, take your seats: Act II of the theatre season is about to begin (prospects to intrigue you).
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Wait…. There’s more. Act II of the theatre season is about to begin. And rehearsals are underway all over town. Goblin: Macbeth, a Spontaneous Theatre Creation, starts previews next week in the Citadel’s Highwire Series. How … Continue reading
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Tagged Citadel Theatre, Common Ground Arts Society, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, MacEwan University theatre arts, Mayfield Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, NUOVa Vocal Arts, Shadow Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Spontaneous Theatre Creation, Teatro Live!, Theatre Yes, U of A drama department, Varscona Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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2024: remembering the year in Edmonton theatre, part 2
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2024 (part 2). Here’s a small assortment of highlights — performances, moments, scenes, ideas — in the year of live theatre in Edmonton. But first, the year’s saddest news: as the current 2024-2025 season began, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, Jabulani Festival, MacEwan University theatre arts, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Small Matters Productions, Teatro Live!, Theatre Prospero, Thou Art Here Theatre, U of A drama department, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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2024: the year in Edmonton theatre, part 1
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In a chaotic, incoherent year in the world, live theatre, which has itself been under every kind of duress in 2024, stepped up to offer us other perspectives, other visions, characters on personal quests for meaning, … Continue reading
The fun of not one but two redemption stories. Die Harsh: The Christmas Musical at the Orange Hub, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Nothing says Christmas like a villain redemption story, I think we can all agree. Die Harsh: The Christmas Musical, Grindstone Theatre’s very funny contribution to seasonal cheer, has two. And, in this original creation by the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, A Christmas Carol, Die Hard, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, holiday musicals, Orange Hub
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