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The marriage of drag and theatre: Guys in Disguise celebrates 35 years at the Fringe
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “You do know this is a theatre festival, right? You can’t just do a drag show….” Words that would have a major impact on the civic culture and the theatre scene in this town. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2022, Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, drag theatre, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, Edmonton theatre, Guys in Disguise, queer theatre, Theatre Network, Varscona Theatre
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Turning life experience into theatre: Ellie Heath goes solo at the Fringe in Fake n’ Bake
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Five years ago, Ellie Heath’s life changed, dramatically. Who changed it? Ellie Heath. “It was the moment I took charge of my life,” declares the engaging actor/ playwright/ sketch comedian and the creator of the Fringe … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2022, Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, Edmonton theatre, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network
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Getting intrigued: further thoughts on what to see at Destination Fringe
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Every life coach (and no travel agent) will tell you it’s not the destination but the journey. But it’s also the Destination, since that’s the moniker of this year’s Fringe. The exploration is yours, my friends. … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Fringe 2022, Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Cuban Movements Dance Academy, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, Monster Theatre
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‘A post-pandemic brain scrubber’: what to see at Destination Fringe
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Your Destination is on the right (also on the left and straight ahead). And this late-pandemic world seems … possible and ready to be lively. Yes, the Fringe is back, starting Thursday, in the town where … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Fringe 2022, Previews
Tagged Edmonton festivals, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, Guys in Disguise, Rapid Fire Theatre, RibbitRePublic, SNAF, Straight Edge Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina
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We are approaching our Destination: Fringe tickets go on sale today at noon
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s been a long pandemical journey — uphill, full of stops and re-starts and detours, on a bumpy road, with skimpy signage, in the dark. Sometimes it seemed as if we’d never get there; sometimes we … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Fringe 2022, News/Views
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, Edmonton theatre, Garneau Theatre, Grindstone Comedy Theatre, KidsFringe, La Cité francophone, péhonán, Theatre Network, Varscona Theatre
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Was it Professor Plum, in the library, with the …? The lead-pipe cinch fun of Clue at the Citadel, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Let the game begin.” What fun. A high-style midsummer comedy whodunnit with all the trimmings, and a larky air of high camp about it. That’s Clue, currently dropping clues, suspicions, weapons, suspects, and dead bodies through … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Clue, Edmonton theatre, murder mysteries, Whodunnits
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Sexy Laundry at the Mayfield, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In Sexy Laundry, the hit 2005 sitcom by Vancouver playwright Michele Riml currently onstage at the Mayfield, we meet Henry and Alice, a middle-aged couple whose 25-year-old marriage has gone stale. At the instigation of … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Canadian sitcoms, Edmonton theatre, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Michele Riml
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Four decades of playing without a script: the Rapid Fire Theatre story is now a book
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The thing you’ve just got to love about Rapid Fire Theatre is that everything that makes you anxious (if not out and out crazy) in life is delightful to them. It’s their high-octane fuel, their motivation, … Continue reading
Posted in Features
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton improv, Edmonton theatre, Patti Stiles, Rapid Fire Theatre, Theatre Network, Varscona Theatre
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Summer theatre adventures in New York
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca New York City last week — It started in a heart-warming cross-border exchange, with trimmings. In the mezzanine of the Lyceum Theatre on West 45th 15 minutes before curtain on a Thursday night performance of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway theatre, Circle in the Square, Edmonton theatre, Lyceum Theatre, New York Theatre, Public Theatre, Stephen Sondheim, Studio 54
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