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Back to our alma mater, for a class reunion at Rydell High. Grease at the Mayfield, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca We all went to Rydell High. And none of us ever graduated. That’s the thing about Grease: every production of the 1972 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey is a class reunion, so to speak. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Grease, Mayfield Dinner Theatre
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On the dark side of the fine art of storytelling: The Pillowman at Theatre Yes, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s a hooded figure, head bowed, waiting for us in a grim basement downtown. It’s a mysterious place we’ve never been before, and, ominously, it’s lined with plastic. Uh-oh. With Martin McDonagh’s 2003 The Pillowman, Theatre … Continue reading
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On the frontier between hilarity and horror: Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman at Theatre Yes, a preview
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Get your shudder muscles ready, Edmonton, for the (very) black and disturbing comedy that opens Thursday in a production from Theatre Yes. As in Yes, The Pillowman is coming for you. The 2003 play by the … Continue reading
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On the outside looking in: Candy & The Beast, a new Trevor Schmidt thriller at Northern Light Theatre, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s a dark and threatening world, a miasma of secret dangers and fear, in which we find ourselves in Candy & The Beast, a new and multi-faceted mystery thriller by (and directed by) Trevor Schmidt premiering … Continue reading
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The gift of belief: unmissable Wonderful Joe, The Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes at Theatre Network
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Something wonderful, and wonder-filled, happened last night at Theatre Network. We found ourselves on Eileen Street, in a miniature urban neighbourhood on the wrong side of the tracks. Where the homeless are home, and the misfits … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network
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Humanizing a hero in a mysterious encounter: The Mountaintop at the Citadel, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A road-weary man with a cough and holes in his socks arrives back in an undistinguished Memphis motel on a stormy night in April 1968, dying for a cigarette and checking for hidden microphones before he … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Martin Luther King, Shadow Theatre
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Playing in the unfiltered world of kids: meet Jayce McKenzie, star of Robot Girls and Candy & The Beast
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Double vision. By day Jayce McKenzie has been rehearsing a new Trevor Schmidt play that premieres Friday in a Northern Light Theatre production. By night she has been regaling and touching audiences in … a new … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Trevor Schmidt
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An old man and his dog, a tale for a broken world: Ronnie Burkett’s Wonderful Joe premieres at Theatre Network
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The old man we meet in Wonderful Joe, the new Ronnie Burnett Theatre of Marionettes play getting its much anticipated world premiere Thursday at Theatre Network, has a magical gift (and a dog). Call it vision. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, marionette theatre, Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes, Theatre Network
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‘Let the whole world melt away!’ Nuova Vocal Arts goes to The Prom
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I just wanna dance with you/ Let the whole world melt away/ And dance with you/ Who cares what other people say?” — The Prom In The Prom, the double-sided Broadway musical comedy/ satire that opens … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Capitol Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Concordia University of Edmonton, Edmonton theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, NUOVa Vocal Arts, Varscona Theatre
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The long weekend in a theatre town
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca What happens on a long weekend in a theatre town? For starters, a new indie puppet musical and a musical theatre classic, an insightful and captivating comedy about teenage girls, a musical revue, a new play … Continue reading
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Tagged Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Expanse Festival 2024, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, So.Glad Arts, Springboards New Play Festival, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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