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Heisenberg: the zigzag path to romance, at Shadow Theatre. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s named for a scientific principle that’s all about the unprincipled nature of the particulate world — its randomness and unpredictability. (You can’t measure the position and momentum of a particle simultaneously with any precision, according to … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, romantic comedy, Shadow Theatre, Simon Stephens
The Children: a mystery, and a subtle Wild Side production. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If there ever was a play that domesticates a big issue, to find a more expansively human one, The Children is it. By the hot young Brit playwright Lucy Kirkwood, the fascinating 2015 “eco-thriller” that Wild … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, eco-thriller, Edmonton indie theatre, Edmonton theatre, Lucy Kirkwood, Wild Side Productions
Wild Side Productions brings a hot-button ‘eco-thriller’ to the Roxy: The Children
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The wild side (to borrow the name of the indie theatre company) is where the questions live. The answers are conditional, elusive, to be discussed. “I’m drawn to plays that ask more questions than give answers,” … Continue reading
Heisenberg: the Uncertainty Principle comes to theatre, at Shadow. Meet Amber Borotsik
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “If you watch something closely enough you realize you have no possible way of telling where it’s going or how fast it’s getting there. Did you know that?” — Heisenberg “It’s a slippery thing,” muses Amber … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, Shadow Theatre, Simon Stephens, Varscona Theatre
The Blue Hour: nobody writes ‘prairie plays’ like it these days. Some thoughts on the SkirtsAfire premiere
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Just in the nick of time I finally got a chance on the weekend to catch The Blue Hour. Named for the magical moment of ambiguity when light shades into darkness, Michele Vance Hehir’s new play … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Michele Vance Hehir, prairie naturalism, Roseglen Trilogy, SkirtsaFire Festival
Gerald: the man, the playwright, the long-running comedy, and now the Fringe playwriting award
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca He’s a playwright with a gift for sassy and subversive black comedy. He’s an administrator who can tap his own sense of cosmic absurdity and wry good humour to broker calm between artists (and their close … Continue reading
What does it mean to live here? A tiny sneak preview of rehearsals for The Garneau Block, coming up at the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca What saves us is our sense of community: theatre has always known it. Cities have to learn it. And coming up is a new play about Edmonton, by an Edmontonian, for an Edmonton audience, that’s all … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Belinda Cornish, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton novels, Edmonton theatre, The Garneau Block, Todd Babiak
