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Someone on your side: Berend McKenzie, Catalyst Confluence Fellow, reaches out to outsiders
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “This is about visibility!” declares Berend McKenzie with the kind of go-for-the-gusto velocity that makes time fly when you talk to them. “This is about opportunity! This is about being in the room where it happens!” … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Black History Month, Catalyst Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Loud 'N' Queer, MacEwan University theatre arts, Victoria School of the Arts, WarnerMedia, Writers' Guild of Alberta
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Get rhythm at the Mayfield: Nashville Outlaws. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca With Nashville Outlaws, the Mayfield returns to a hit revue it created and premiered some 15 years ago. And why not? In these isolating, leaden times, an homage to country music renegades Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, country music, Edmonton theatre, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Nashville outlaws
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New faces in theatre: meet theatre creator/ designer Even Gilchrist
They’re young, adaptable, and creative. And as theatre returns in this late-pandemic grind, and the doors open to live audiences, we’ll be seeing the work of these theatre artists light up, and transform, the scene here, on- and backstage. You’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Amoris Projects, Azimuth Theatre, Catch The Keys Productions, Common Ground Arts Society, Edmonton theatre, Found Festival, found theatre, RISER Edmonton, Shadow Theatre, U of A Arts, You Are Here Theatre
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New faces in theatre: meet composer/lyricist Simon Abbott
They’re young, adaptable, and creative. And as theatre returns in this late-pandemic grind, and the doors open to live audiences, we’ll be seeing the work of these theatre artists light up, and transform, the scene here, on- and backstage. Meet … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Comedy Theatre and Bistro, musical theatre, political satire
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New faces in theatre: meet actor Rochelle Laplante
They’re young, adaptable, and creative. And as theatre returns in this late-pandemic grind, and the doors open to live audiences, we’ll be seeing the work of these theatre artists light up, and transform, the scene here, on- and backstage. Meet … Continue reading
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Tagged Bright Young Things, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Empress of Blandings Productions, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, National Theatre School, Nextfest, Teatro La Quindicina, Varscona Theatre, Victoria School of the Arts
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UnCovered: The Music of Dolly Parton alights here (digitally), courtesy of Catalyst
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Here they come again…. Some of the country’s top musical theatre talent has a date Saturday night — at your place. Toronto’s Musical Stage Company returns with a digital version of their hugely popular annual “signature … Continue reading
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Tagged Catalyst Theatre, Die-Nasty, Dolly Parton, Edmonton theatre, Shadow Theatre, The Musical Stage Company
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New faces in theatre, six bright up-and-comers: meet designer Beyata Hackborn
They’re young, adaptable, and creative. And as theatre returns in this late-pandemic grind, and the doors open to live audiences, we’ll be seeing the work of these theatre artists light up, and transform, the scene here, on- and backstage. Meet … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Catch The Keys Productions, Edmonton theatre, Malachite Theatre, new faces in Edmonton theatre, theatre design, Theatre Network, U of A drama department, Workshop West Theatre
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A mysterious encounter en route to the Promised Land: The Mountaintop opens the Shadow season. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Why America is going to hell … ” repeats the man before us, testing different ways of rolling off each syllable for a speech-in-progress. It’s a sonorous voice gone scratchy around the edges by hard use … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Martin Luther King Jr., Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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The Mountaintop: a human portrait of a hero and the landscape of dreams, at Shadow Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Like most men you ain’t gone be able to finish what you started. — The Mountaintop The play that launches Shadow Theatre’s delayed three-play live season Thursday is named for one of Martin Luther King’s most … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosebud Theatre, Shadow Theatre
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The Hunchback Variations: the quest for the elusive. Meet director Davina Stewart
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The comedy that opens Friday in a Northern Light Theatre production starts in absurdity, a concept that’s taken a beating from reality, times being what they are. Start with this: The Hunchback Variations is a panel … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Mickle Maher, Northern Light Theatre
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