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‘How did you get to be here?’ Theatre adventures in NYC
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca NEW YORK — Here I am, 10 days ago, sitting in a vintage wooden booth in the Old Town Bar (an 1892 classic just off Union Square) eating fried clams. Overhearing from the next table a … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadway, Edmonton theatre, Irish Repertory Theatre, MCC Theatre, Museum of Arts and Design, New York City theatre, Signature Theatre, Stephen Sondheim musicals, Under The Radar Festival
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The Mayfield announces an upcoming big five-oh anniversary season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Mayfield Theatre turns the big five-oh next season — and achievement in itself in the rigorous world of commercial theatre. And as a milestone birthday bonus, as artistic director Van Wilmott announced Monday, the lineup … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Mayfield Dinner Theatre
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Negotiating the darkness of the world: thoughts about This Is The Story Of The Child Ruled By Fear
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca We are, none of us, dread-resistant, times being what they are. That sense of being alone and untethered in a universe that’s a chaos of crises and emergencies is a feeling lots of us know. It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Common Ground Arts Society, Edmonton theatre, Found Festival, Gateway Theatre, Strange Victory Performance, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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David Gagnon Walker invites us to tell a story together: This Is The Story Of The Child Ruled By Fear at Workshop West
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “What is this theatre thing?” asks the innovative theatre experimentalist David Gagnon Walker. “This strange thing we do, getting 50 or 50 people in a room together to tell a story together … What’s unique about … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Found Festival, Strange Victory Performance, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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The Citadel unveils a new season of 10 shows. Here’s the 2024-2025 lineup
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Shakespeare gets reimagined in two high-contrast productions in the upcoming $13 million 2024-2025 season unveiled by Citadel Theatre artistic director Daryl Cloran Monday night. Of the four musicals announced in the 10-show lineup at Edmonton’s biggest … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Highwire Series, Citadel season, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, LightningCloud Productions, Mischief Theatre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Spontaneous Theatre Creation, Theatre Calgary
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Stories and who gets to tell them: The Drawer Boy, funny and moving at Shadow Theatre, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca With The Drawer Boy, Shadow Theatre revives a play that both in itself and its inspiration proved a defining moment for a truly Canadian theatre — and does it proud. In Michael Healey’s heartwarming and tough-minded … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Michael Healey, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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Up against a dark and maddening universe: Donna Orbits The Moon, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If you’ve ever found yourself furious (and really who hasn’t?) for no reason you can pinpoint, you’ll take to Donna. The middle-aged woman we meet in Donna Orbits The Moon is used to being cheerful and … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, solo shows
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The ‘bad bitches who bought the palace’: The Spinsters, a little review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca I’m late to the ball, but in the nick of time — it ends today — I caught The Spinsters. And I want to tell you about this highly unusual dark off-centre comedy (for the +14 … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, fairy tale theatre, Small Matters Productions
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Why is Donna so angry? Trevor Schmidt talks about Northern Light Theatre’s Donna Orbits The Moon, a preview
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Something weird is happening to the woman we meet in the solo play that opens Friday at Northern Light Theatre, starring Patricia Darbasie. What’s going on with Donna, loving wife, mother, and bake sale celeb? With … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Trevor Schmidt
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Meet Paul-Ford Manguelle, the multi-talented newcomer who joins two veterans in The Drawer Boy at Shadow Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “We’re here to get your history and give it back to you.” — The Drawer Boy In Michael Healey’s 1999 play The Drawer Boy, a naive young actor from a Toronto theatre company ventures into rural … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Canadian theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, Michael Healey, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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