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In the house of mismatched dreams: Michael Mysterious. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I’m just a piece of scenery,’ says the 15-year-old title character in Geoffrey Simon Brown’s Michael Mysterious. In another kind of play by another kind of playwright, there would be a weight of tragic grievance or … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Geoffrey Simon Brown, La Cité francophone, Patrick Lundeen, Pyretic Productions
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Finding a family in the quest for happiness: Michael Mysterious premieres in a Pyretic production
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I’m wearing my heart on my sleeve with this play,” says Geoffrey Simon Brown of Michael Mysterious. One of the hottest of the country’s younger generation of playwrights, Brown is musing on the play, years in … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Geoffrey Simon Brown, La Cité francophone, Major Matt Mason Collective, Pyretic Productions
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Makings of a Voice, Dana Wylie’s story about storytelling is back to live, at the Arden
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “We need to know we have a story…. We need to know we are a story.” — Makings of a Voice When Dana Wylie returned to the world of theatre last March from a decade as a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Arden Theatre, Dana Wylie, Edmonton theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival
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Workshop West: the playwrights’ theatre is back, live, with a new season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre turns 43 this season with a live, all-Canadian lineup, dubbed “Daring Greatly,” that includes two premieres by Edmonton playwrights, the return after a decade to a signature WWPT new play development festival, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alberta Playwriting Competition, Conni Massing, Darrin Hagen, Edmonton theatre, Springboards New Play Festival, The Shoe Project, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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The artist as work-in-progress: Azimuth Theatre has a new program for that
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the creative world of what-if’s where theatre lives, here’s an alluring one: “Wouldn’t it be great if … instead of a part-time job to pay for your … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, AZ-MAP, Azimuth Theatre, Edmonton theatre
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EDMONten is back, to showcase full-length 10-minute plays
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca They’re new, they’re full-length, and, impossibly, they’re 10 minutes long, curtain up to curtain down. EDMONten is back this week, live and online from the Grindstone Comedy Theatre, for a second annual showcase of six original … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, EDMONten, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Comedy Theatre and Bistro, The Short & Suite Collective
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Awwright! Hanging with the guy who can walk on water, and other lessons at the Play The Fool Fest
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca So, how was your Monday? Me? I went to a festival (online) and met Jesus. It was a learning experience. “The man who can walk on water,” as billed (for, like, forever), turned out to be … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton theatre, Fringe TV, Hit That Jive Productions, Play The Fool Festival
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In the kingdom of high spirits: Fever Land, the live season finale at Teatro. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca How do you get to Fever Land? The kingdom where your temperature heats up, your spirit rises, your vivacity escalates, and that gray clammy feeling is vanquished? Try the theatre, live and in person. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Giselle, Stewart Lemoine, Teatro La Quindicina, The Erlking, Varscona Theatre
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It’s a beautiful night in the neighbourhood: The Garneau Block at the Citadel. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It was a long time coming. After 18 dark traumatic isolating months and the most terrible summer ever, a play about community, about what it means to live together in a neighbourhood and pull together — … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Belinda Cornish, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton neighbourhoods, Edmonton theatre, Garneau, The Garneau Block, Todd Babiak
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Sending in the clowns (online): Play The Fool Fest is back
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Clowns: it takes all kinds. And we have the festival to prove it. At Play the Fool, returning Thursday (online again) for a sixth annual edition, you’ll meet “the world’s first German Nihilist life coach,” for … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Backstage Theatre, bouffon, clown theatre, Edmonton theatre, EPCOR Heart + Soul, Fringe TV, Play The Fool Festival, Play The Fool Two-Minute Film Festival, Shannan Calcutt, Small Matters Theatre
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