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K-Days re-imagined: local artists in a vintage spiegeltent at the EXPO Centre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A beautiful 75-year-old “tent” has magically touched down in a parking lot at the Edmonton EXPO Centre. With the arrival of the vintage hand-crafted “Cristal Palace” spiegeltent and the entertainment it will house this summer starting … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Cristal Palace, Edmonton festivals, Explore Edmonton, EXPO Centre, Firefly Theatre and Circus, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, House of Hush, K-Days, OneTwoSix Design, spiegeltents
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You can be fabulous right here: Everybody Goes To Mitzi’s at Teatro, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca To see the Teatro Live! revival of Everybody Goes To Mitzi’s at the Varscona is to be reminded of something special about this place. In Edmonton you make your own fun. OK, maybe you have to … Continue reading
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A musical for Edmonton, set in a golden entertainment age: Everybody Goes To Mitzi’s is back at Teatro
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Fourteen years ago, four young Edmonton theatre artists, emerging talents in their mid-20s, got recruited by Teatro La Quindicina, now Teatro Live!, to do something together, something they’d never done before. Jocelyn Ahlf, Andrew MacDonald-Smith, Ryan … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, musical theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, Teatro Live!, Varscona Theatre
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The Genie and the spirit of showbiz: Disney’s Aladdin at the Jube, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Come for the hummus, stay for the floor show,” advises the outsized sprite in Arabian Nights, the opening number of Disney’s Aladdin. He pretty much nails the touring Broadway family musical that’s arrived at the Jube … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway Across Canada touring, Broadway musicals, Disney musicals, Disney's Aladdin, Edmonton theatre
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Fun with Jane: Austentatious at Walterale
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Can a theatre town get enough Austen? Is there an Austen city limit? The people have spoken: the answer is No. Mieko Ouchi directed a cavorting stage adaptation of Pride and Prejudice at the Citadel this … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Walterdale Theatre
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Let’s get Found: the festival of unexpected encounters with art and artists is back
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Surprise! You’re about to be Found. Yes, the festival of of unexpected encounters with art and artists is back, starting Thursday, for a 12th edition in Old Strathcona. And at Found 2023 you could find yourself … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Common Ground Arts Society, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton theatre, Found Festival, Old Strathcona Mile Zero Dance, Rapid Fire Exchange Theatre
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Two hauntings on Edmonton stages this week
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Get haunted, at an Edmonton theatre (a couple of options). •The sassy burlesque artists of Send in the Girls and House of Hush, have never shied away from uncovering stories from history, then uncorseting them, for … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, burlesque, Edmonton theatre, House of Hush, Scona Alumni Theatre Co, Send in the Girls, Varscona Theatre
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Some things I learned at the Sterlings
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Here are some things I learned at the sold-out 35th annual Sterling Awards bash Monday night, celebrating the season just past in Edmonton theatre. Written by April Banigan with co-hosts Matt Schuurman and Sue Goberdhan, directed by … Continue reading
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Tagged 2023 Sterling Awards, Azimuth Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Gordon's Big Bald Head, Grindstone Theatre, Guys in Disguise, Northern Light Theatre, Rapid Fire Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Tiny Bear Jaws, U of A drama department, Varscona Theatre
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And the 2022-2023 Sterling Awards go to …
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The season on Edmonton stages was toasted live and in person Monday night at the 35th annual Sterling Awards gala, for the first time at Edmonton Fringe Theatre headquarters — directed by Kate Ryan and hosted … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, 2023 Sterling Awards, Citadel Theatre, Common Ground Arts Society, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre Company, Scona Alumni Theatre Company, Tiny Bear Jaws, Uniform Theatre
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Improv comes to the Mayfield for the first time, and it’s the best there is: Gordon’s Big Bald Head in Clusterflick
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Something historic, and riotously funny, is happening at the Mayfield. For the first time ever at this adventurous dinner theatre, a blockbuster movie is premiering on the Mayfield stage. In itself this pretty much nails high-grade … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton improv, Edmonton theatre, Gordon's Big Bald Head, Mayfield Dinner Theatre
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