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30 summers of Shakespeare in the great outdoors
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca ‘Tis wondrous strange, but there was a time, now receding into the mists of the past, when Shakespeare (Will to his friends) didn’t camp out in the river valley every summer. When you couldn’t drift down … Continue reading
What to see at Improvaganza: thoughts from sampler night
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Improvaganza is back — and with it the chance to be with people, onstage and off- who are making it up as they go along. Rapid Fire Theatre’s 18th annual international extravaganza, which assembles top improv … Continue reading
The art of spontaneity enters a disturbing new dimension: The Society of Strange comes to Improvaganza 2018
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Unlikely. Improbable. Unpredictable. Improvaganza, the 10-day festival with bona fide global connections, expressly devoted to the adrenalized art of the spontaneous, is all of that. With The Society of Strange, arriving from across the pond for the … Continue reading
A season on Edmonton stages: a look back
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the opening scene of Jabberwocky, the latest from the Old Trout Puppet Workshop (at Theatre Network this past season), a drum roll announces the parting of a red velvet theatre curtain. Which opens to reveal … Continue reading
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A jazzy new musical with a bank robber folk hero: Pretty Boy The Musical at Nextfest
The mainstage theatre lineup at Nextfest 2018 includes four productions of strikingly diverse inspirations and theatrical styles. 12thnight.ca talked to the playwrights. Meet Mark Vetsch, creator and director of Pretty Boy: The Musical, a jazzy new musical with a Depression Era … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Mark Vetsch, Nextfest, Nextfest Arts Co., Pretty Boy Floyd, Thou Art Here
Moonshine at Nextfest: a journey for identity in stories and music
The mainstage theatre lineup at Nextfest 2018 includes four productions of strikingly diverse inspirations and theatrical styles. 12thnight.ca talked to the playwrights. First, meet Larissa Pohoreski, creator and star of Moonshine. By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “It’s a celebration of my … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Larissa Pohoreski, Nextfest, Roxy on Gateway, Theatre Network, Ukrainian-Canadian heritage
What’s next? Find out at Nextfest, the festival that celebrates the next generation of artists
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Prepare to be surprised. Starting today in Old Strathcona, two groups of five emerging artists from the whole spectrum of disciplines — playwrights, choreographers, visual artists, filmmakers, actors, musicians — will gather. Together they’ll spend the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Bradley Moss, Edmonton theatre, Ellen Chorley, Nextfest, Nextfest Arts Co., Theatre Network
Just in time: on Edmonton stages this weekend
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca •Last chance this weekend for the Theatre Network production of Hannah Moscovitch’s fascinating Infinity — a smart, accessible and strangely affecting play about time — the shortage of it, the meaning of it, the misuse of … Continue reading
She swings, she kicks, she flies: behind the legend a new Robin Hood for our time in The Silver Arrow at the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the swashbuckler adventure extravaganza that premieres on, above, and around the Citadel’s Maclab stage Thursday, everything you thought you knew about a certain legendary 12th century outlaw hero (with a proclivity for the colour … Continue reading
