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Making space for a new generation of arts leaders: Vanessa Sabourin and Kristi Hansen walk the walk at Azimuth
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If there ever was a moment in the life of the performing arts when the past didn’t seem to provide an automatic template for the future, this might be it. Change is in the air (and … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Azimuth Performance Labs, Azimuth Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, The Maggie Tree
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Back to live theatre: are you game? That’s the question as E-town theatres make (and re-make) plans for the fall
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Lessons from the pandemic: “Phases” may come (and go). But a great triple-sided mystery remains. You can throw open theatre doors. But will people want to return? Under what conditions? And when? The good news is … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, The Roxy on Gateway, Theatre Yes, Varscona Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Dreams delayed: a cross-border 2020 theatre story starring designer Stephanie Bahniuk
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Stephanie Bahniuk is sitting on the front porch of the 1850s house in the leafy university town of New Haven, Conn. where she’s lived for three years. She’s musing on the way life’s big-M Moments can … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, costume design, Edmonton Actors Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Yale Repertory Theater, Yale School of Drama
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Home Again: a journey to the desert in podcast form at Nextfest
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It was when the cast was rehearsing the kissing scene in Home Again that playwright/director Calla Wright knew, irrevocably, that Nextfest 2020 had created its own kooky creative wonderland. For one thing Home Again, which runs … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Citadel Young Acting Company, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton theatre, Nextfest 2020, Nextfest Arts Company
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Looking to the future: the Citadel moves its season to 2021
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight “I used to be the good news guy,” sighs Daryl Cloran. “I got to call people to tell them ‘hey we’re gonna do your show’ and ‘hey, you’re in the cast’….” COVID has changed all that. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alberta phase 2, Citadel Theatre, Citadel [esc] series, Daryl Cloran, Dreamspeakers Film Festival, Edmonton theatre, Punctuate! Theatre, Stuck-In-The-House Series, Vancouver Arts Club Theatre
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“We’re back to who we are!” Murray Utas launches Fringe Revue
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If you were in any doubt before that, the moment in mid-April the mighty Edmonton Fringe pulled the plug on its 39th annual edition in August, was a capital-M Moment of confirmation that the world had … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fringe Theatre Adventures, Westbury Theatre
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Letters of the Pandemic: be-wigged, bothered, and bewildered by the times
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You knew this already. But it bears repetition, in an era that has deprived us of the hug: and the handshake: never under-estimate the ingenuity of our artists. What happens when an actor and a writer … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, conspiracy theories, Die-Nasty, Edmonton theatre, Marty Chan, pandemic, Stephanie Wolfe
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Looking for a sign: Hayley Moorhouse’s Bird Signs at Nextfest
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca See that bunch of sparrows hanging out on the cable that goes to your house? Obviously it’s a signal from the cosmos vis-à-vis your career plans. Yes, you should definitely apply for med school, or become … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Hayley Moorhouse, Nextfest 2020, The Alberta Queer Calendar Project
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‘How do I find my place in the world?’ Meet Nextfest actor/playwright Dylan Thomas-Bouchier
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “My brain is spinning with this show,” says actor/playwright Dylan Thomas-Bouchier “It’s very much my conversation with myself.… How do I, as a new artist, find my my place in the world?” That show is Finding … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Keyano College, Nextfest 2020
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The “what’s next?” comes to you: the 2020 Nextfest goes online
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “O my gosh!” declares Nextfest director Ellen Chorley, who has a great and natural talent for celebration. “I’m absolutely blown away by how special and magical it is! I’m so thrilled!” The playwright/ actor/ director/ mentor/ … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Nextfest, Nextfest Arts Company, Theatre Network
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