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The Two Battles of Francis Pegahmagabow, a new World War I play by Neil Grahn, premieres at Shadow Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca He was “arguably the greatest soldier this country has ever produced,” as playwright Neil Grahn puts it. “And nobody knows his name….” Grahn’s new play The Two Battles of Francis Pegahmagabow, premiering Thursday to open the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, APTN, Canadian World War I history, Edmonton theatre, Francis Pegahmagabow, indigenous theatre, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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Heartbreaking and funny, Stars On Her Shoulders premieres at Workshop West. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Every once in a while you find yourself in the theatre fully absorbed in a world that’s both distant and utterly close at hand. And you laugh through tears. It happened for me at Workshop West … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Stephen Massicotte, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre, World War I history
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Lethal power games as performance art: The Maids introduces a new indie theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s something exactly right about entering the theatre through an unmarked door, down the stairs and into a space that invites reinvention and expands before your very eyes. It’s a world ready and waiting for actors … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton indie theatre, Edmonton theatre, Jean Genet, Pendennis Building, Putrid Brat, U of A drama department
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Playwright Stephen Massicotte talks about Stars On Her Shoulders, his latest, premiering at Workshop West
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In 2002, a story of first love, a dreamscape looped against the horrific backdrop of World War I, changed the life of the graphic designer-turned-actor who’d “jumped into theatre cold.” as he puts it. Since its … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alberta Theatre Projects, Edmonton theatre, Mary's Wedding, Stephen Massicotte, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre, World War I history
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Two actors, a passion, and a mission: Jean Genet’s The Maids, three years in the making, opens downtown
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the chiller of a play that opens October 25 in an eerie downtown basement, you’ll watch two sisters act out a dangerous, nerve-wracking, possibly lethal, role-playing game with each other — in a theatre of … Continue reading
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Bear Grease: an Indigenous makeover for the classic musical, at the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Call it cosmic inevitability if you will. Or maybe an irresistibly cool idea whose time is overdue. But some shows can’t not be born. Bear Grease, the hit Indigenous makeover of that classic 1972 musical that … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Bear Grease, Citadel Highwire Series, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, indigenous theatre, LightningCloud Productions
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Don’t look now, but who’s that behind you? The Woman in Black, at Teatro Live! A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Have sympathy for your audience!” roars The Actor (Geoffrey Simon Brown) emphatically at the start of The Woman In Black, the hit thriller that launches the Teatro Live! season at the Varscona. “Draw on your emotions … Continue reading
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The existentialists from Ummo are back: Mump and Smoot in Exit, at Theatre Network. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Mump and Smoot arrive, as always, from a mysterious place, through the crowd — inhabitants of another mysterious place, the theatre (that’s us!). And, as always, they’re mid-adventure, mid-conversation, en route to the stage. It’s dark; … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, bouffon clowns, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, horror clowns, Mump and Smoot, Theatre Network
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Let’s do the Time Warp again: on being Dr Frank-N-Furter in Grindstone’s cult classic season opener
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s time warp time. Picture this: a little kid in the single-digit age bracket, with Halloween insomnia, sneaks downstairs way past his bedtime and turns on the TV. He flips through the channels; he stumbles on … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe 2024, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, MacEwan University theatre arts, Orange Hub, Rocky Horror Show
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The fun of being scared together: Andrew Ritchie directs The Woman In Black, to open the Teatro Live! season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “People love to be scared,” says Andrew Ritchie decisively. (And he’s got a whole movie industry to back him up on that). The genial director of The Woman in Black, the atmospheric horror-thriller opening the Teatro … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, stage thrillers, Teatro Live!, The Woman In Black, Varscona Theatre
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