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Illusion and delusion: A Streetcar Named Desire at the Citadel. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca One of American theatre’s greatest plays about illusion and delusion — and the power and limitations of both — is the season-opener at the Citadel. And in Daryl Cloran’s beautifully acted production of A Streetcar Named … Continue reading
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The return of The Invisible: Catalyst’s hit spy musical is back, before it sets forth on tour
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Catalyst hit spy musical that opens Thursday at the Eva O. Howard Theatre returns to us Jonathan Christenson’s compelling all-female World War II espionage story, pried from history and imagined in a high-style, thrillingly theatrical … Continue reading
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Welcome to the Rock! Come From Away comes from away, back to the Jube
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Come From Away, the homegrown Canadian musical Broadway hit that travels the world on a jet stream of raves, major awards and sold-out runs, has come from away, again. It lands at Jube for the third … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway Across Canada, Edmonton theatre, Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
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Reaching for magic: Lindsey Angell stars as Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire, launching the Citadel season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “The world is violent and mercurial–it will have its way with you. We are saved only by love. …We live in a perpetually burning building, and what we must save from it, all the time, is … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Arts Club Theatre Company, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Tennessee Williams, Theatre Calgary
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‘Saints and Rebels’: Workshop West announces a new season and a bold experiment in ticketing
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre turns 46 with a new season, two Canadian premieres, a Christmas show, and a bold invitation to the audience to “pay what you will” for every ticket to every show. “A pilot … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Stephen Massicotte, Straight Edge Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Theatre Network at 50: an anniversary season and a story of Canadian theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca When a pair of horror clowns named Mump and Smoot take to the Roxy mainstage Oct. 8 for the first time in a decade, those interplanetary existentialists from Ummo will be launching Theatre Network’s 50th anniversary … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Colleen Murphy, Edmonton theatre, Mump and Smoot, Nextfest Arts Company, Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network
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Nashville Music City: the 50th anniversary season opener at the Mayfield does its storytelling in music. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Nashville: Music City, which launches the 50th anniversary season at the Mayfield, begins and ends with Will the Circle Be Unbroken. It’s a thought that counts in any half-century birthday celebration in the world of theatre. … Continue reading
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Edmonton has play dates: here’s a dozen intriguing prospects in the upcoming theatre season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s time to play. After a year of continuing struggle, with rising production costs and dwindling funding, theatre companies and artists are finding their way back to stages large and small. Our mighty summer Fringe, as … Continue reading
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Tagged Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, MacEwan University theatre arts, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Spontaneous Theatre, Theatre Network
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The curtain comes down on Find Your Fringe: more tickets sold, bigger artist payout.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca After 11 days and nights of sunshine and stars (and also wind, smoke, rain both horizontal and vertical), the 43rd annual edition of our monster summer theatre bash is about to exit the stage tonight. “Our … Continue reading
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The Fringe heads into its final weekend on a roll
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Find Your Fringe finds itself going into its final weekend on a roll. With good news to share. As of Friday morning the 216-show 43rd annual edition Edmonton’s 11 day-and-night summer theatre binge has sold 13,000 … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, Edmonton theatre, Sustain Fringe
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