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This weekend in a theatre town: get festive, see what’s onstage
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca On the stages of this theatre town this weekend is a high-contrast array of entertainment possibilities, from a comic adaptation of a classic novel to the enactment of an advice column to a full-fledged festival. Have … Continue reading
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Tagged Artspace Theatre Team, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Jabulani Arts Festival, Rapid Fire Theatre, Ribbon Rouge Foundation, Shadow Theatre, Theatre Network, Varscona Theatre
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Onstage in Edmonton this weekend, choices! A survey
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Your biggest problem this weekend in this theatre town is … choice. That, and the moment of truth for procrastinators. And the possibilities are high-contrast, to put it mildly, from companies of every size, aesthetic, and … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Rapid Fire Theatre, Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes, Theatre Network, Theatre Yes
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The long weekend in a theatre town
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca What happens on a long weekend in a theatre town? For starters, a new indie puppet musical and a musical theatre classic, an insightful and captivating comedy about teenage girls, a musical revue, a new play … Continue reading
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Tagged Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Expanse Festival 2024, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, So.Glad Arts, Springboards New Play Festival, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Springboards, Workshop West’s signature new play festival, is back
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Springboards is back this week. And with it, our annual backstage pass to the world of artistic creation, where new plays get born and develop. Workshop West Playwrights Theatre’s new play festival, which returned after a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton theatre, Springboards New Play Festival, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Three musicals and a comedy: snow reason to stay home, the weekend onstage
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Edmonton, you have choices on stage this weekend, including a delightful and insightful comedy that sees into the complicated lives of teenage girls, and three musicals that land miles apart on the musical theatre spectrum — … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, L'UniThéâtre, MacEwan University theatre arts, Shadow Theatre, Stephen Sondheim, Varscona Theatre
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This is no weekend to stay home: see some theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Wheee. It’s the weekend, and your entertainment on Edmonton theatre stages awaits. Check out some possibilities. In a cross-company pooling of talent, Trevor Schmidt’s new comedy Robot Girls premieres at Shadow Theatre. Four teenage girls at … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Concordia University of Edmonton, Edmonton theatre, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre
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Making A Monster: Northern Light Theatre announces the upcoming 49th season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Where do monsters come from? Do we all have one lurking in our dark cores? What conditions are ideal for creating or discovering or releasing our inner monster? Ah, and is there a point of no … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, MacEwan University theatre arts, Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre
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SOUND OFF, the unique national Deaf theatre fest, is back for an 8th annual edition
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca SOUND OFF, the influential national festival unique in the country and the continent, is back, and here in its hometown, for an eighth annual edition Tuesday. The brainchild of Chris Dodd, SOUND OFF is dedicated to … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, deaf theatre, Edmonton theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, SOUND OFF 2024
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A-line, mini, midi, pleated … what’s on at SkirtsAfire 2024. Meet the new artistic producer Amanda Goldberg
By Liz Nicholls 12thnight.ca SkirtsAfire, the multi-disciplinary 12-year-old festivities that celebrate and support women in the arts, is having a a transitional big-M Moment. Founder and artistic director Annette Loiselle, the veteran actor/director whose bright idea SkirtsAfire was in … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton theatre, SkirtsAfire Festival 2024, Sound Off
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Behind the scenes at Mermaid Legs, the theatrical centrepiece of this year’s SkirtsAfire Festival
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The new Beth Graham play premiering Feb. 29 as the mainstage centrepiece of this year’s SkirtsAfire Festival, has the best, most evocative, most intriguing, title of the season. Mermaid Legs, commissioned by the theatre and multi-disciplinary … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Beth Graham, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival
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