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A Brimful of Asha: a son, a mother, and a culture gap onstage at the Citadel. Meet co-creator and Canadian theatre star Ravi Jain.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of an emerging theatre career must be in want of a wife. (A wife arranged by his mother). We now take you back a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Horizon Series LIVE!, Mieko Ouchi, Ravi Jain, Tarragon Theatre, Why Not Theatre
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Curio Shoppe is home care, Catch The Keys style. Give yourself a fright.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Home care (Catch The Keys-style). “It’s time to haunt your own house,” says a silky voice, coming at us in the dark from the internet ether. As its name suggests, Curio Shoppe, the ingenious joint creation … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Catch The Keys Productions, Dead Centre of Town, Edmonton history, Edmonton theatre
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‘Welcome Home’: Teatro is back and live at the Varscona
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca After catapulting its entire 2020 June to October season a year into the future, Teatro La Quindicina returns to their natural home, the Varscona Theatre stage, for the next three Fridays. They’re back “with cautious aplomb … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Plain Jane Theatre, Stewart Lemoine, Teatro La Quindicina, Varscona Theatre
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Hands across the border: the Citadel and a Chicago international new play festival
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Tonight at 6 p.m., Zoom brings us, live, an unusual collaboration, cross-border in both its production and subject matter. A Distinct Society, by the Canadian-born New York-based playwright/director Kareem Fahmy, who’s of Egyptian extraction, represents Canada … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Consulate General of Canada in Chicago, Edmonton theatre, International Voices Project, Kareen Fahmy, Nicole St. Martin, Silk Road Rising
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A Brimful of Asha: the generation gap in living colour onstage at the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Nobody knows better than your mom what you should be doing that you aren’t doing, or what you shouldn’t be doing that you are doing, or what you’re putting off doing (like getting married before it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Concrete Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Horizon Series LIVE!, Mieko Ouchi, Ravi Jain, Why Not Theatre
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Curio Shoppe: taking the nightmare home … to your place
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca For 12 years, the creators of Dead Centre of Town have invited us on nocturnal excursions into our own haunted past — the graveyard where our darkest local secrets lie buried. Which is why we’ve found … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Catch The Keys Productions, Dark 2020, Dead Centre of Town, Edmonton theatre, Fort Edmonton Park
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A night walk through Strathcona: Workshop West launches season with ‘an adventure into the unknown’
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Workshop West Playwrights Theatre is back in action next week — live, on its feet, and in motion. And it’s with an original promenade adventure that takes you on a nocturnal walk through Old Strathcona. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Catalyst Theatre, Edmonton theatre, guerrilla theatre, Northern Light Theatre, promenade theatre, Theatre Network, Theatre Yes, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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An Exceptional Night In With Lucy Darling: get Zoomed on magic and mixology
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca For an awful moment, says Lucy Darling brightly, “I thought this was one of those terrible juice box events!” No fear, my (socially distanced) friends. When you’re a guest at L.D.’s magic comedy show An Exceptional … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Carisa Hendrix, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, fire eating, Lucy Darling, magic shows
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Cool breath in, warm breath out: Catalyst’s ‘until the next breath’ in the great outdoors
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca From the River Road at dusk, you catch a glimpse of something mysterious through the trees of Victoria Park. Rounded huts — hives? a village perhaps? — glowing from within, and strung with twinkling lights. We’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Catalyst Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Grand Acts of Theatre, National Arts Centre, outdoor theatre
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