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Dressing the stars: a star designer. Leona Brausen creates stroll-by theatre in a costume installation at the Varscona
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca So what do wealthy socialites wear to dinner parties in ‘30s Budapest anyhow? Or to auctions in ’20s upstate New York? Breezy playboys in ‘50s Manhattan with their pleated trousers, worn high and sharp like their … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnigh.ca, costume design, Edmonton theatre, Leona Brausen, Teatro La Quindiina, Varscona Theatre, Viola Desmond
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Here’s welcome news: EPCOR boosts Heart + Soul Fund with an additional $1 million`
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In a devastating year for the city’s performing arts, EPCOR has again stepped up with welcome news and a boost. At a press conference Monday the Edmonton utility announced an additional $1 million infusion to its … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, EPCOR, Heart + Soul Fund
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Live theatre. It’s been a year, and Act II awaits
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Hard to believe. But it’s been a year. One year ago (or a lifetime) this very weekend our lives changed. In ways that don’t feel temporary. I went to the opening of Heisenberg at Shadow Theatre … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, pandemic art
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Finding your own story: Dana Wylie’s Makings of a Voice at SkirtsAfire
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I’m right here with you right now,” says Dana Wylie, looking intently right into our eyes at the outset of Makings of a Voice. Against the probabilities and across the screen (the defining demarcation of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Dana Wylie, Edmonton theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival
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Makings of a Voice: the SkirtsAfire premiere brings Dana Wylie back to the theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I don’t know who I am and where I fit into this world….” It’s one of those thoughts that touches down universally, and comes with its own personal question mark. And for a creative artist … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Dana Wylie, Edmonton music, Edmonton theatre, SkirsAfire Festival
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A concert for our time: UnCovered 2021 crosses the country on (digital) tour and arrives at Catalyst
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Your place. Saturday night. Drinks, snacks, songs. A cross-country meet-up between two of the country’s most distinctive theatre companies. One is Toronto’s Musical Stage Company, a company with a musical theatre heart and a remarkable blue-chip … Continue reading
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Tagged Catalyst Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, The Musical Stage Company, Toronto theatre
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A festival reimagined, over and over: SkirtsAfire 2021
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Reimagine. Repeat. Reimagine. Repeat…. What does it take to open a theatre and multidisciplinary, multi-location arts festival in the ever-shifting COVID-ian landscape of March 2021? The 9th annual edition of SkirtsAfire, Edmonton’s ever-expanding wide-embrace showcase of … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Army and Navy, Ballet Edmonton, Dana Wylie, Edmonton theatre, Old Strathcona Business Association, Skirts AFire Festival, Wild Heart Collective
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New faces in theatre: meet creator/performer/producer/activist Sue Goberdhan
They’re young, bright, and unstoppably creative. And, pandemic be damned, their adaptable, flexible talents are already lighting up the Edmonton theatre scene. In this 12thnight series you’ll meet some of E-town’s sought-after up-and-comers, artists whose work, on- and backstage, is already … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Azimuth Theatre, Could Be Cool Theatre, Edmonton podcasts, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre, Sue Goberdhan
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Préparez vous, mes amis: Lucy Darling is back — with a bilingual magic/comedy show livestreaming from L’UniThéâtre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “What I love about magic as an art form,” declares magician Carisa Hendrix at a non-magical hour of the morning earlier this week, “what magic is really about, is the feeling that anything is possible.…” The … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Ballyhoo Entertainment, Edmonton theatre, L'UniThéâtre, Lucy Darling, magic shows
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