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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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‘How did you get to be here?’ Theatre adventures in NYC
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca NEW YORK — Here I am, 10 days ago, sitting in a vintage wooden booth in the Old Town Bar (an 1892 classic just off Union Square) eating fried clams. Overhearing from the next table a … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadway, Edmonton theatre, Irish Repertory Theatre, MCC Theatre, Museum of Arts and Design, New York City theatre, Signature Theatre, Stephen Sondheim musicals, Under The Radar Festival
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The Citadel unveils a new season of 10 shows. Here’s the 2024-2025 lineup
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Shakespeare gets reimagined in two high-contrast productions in the upcoming $13 million 2024-2025 season unveiled by Citadel Theatre artistic director Daryl Cloran Monday night. Of the four musicals announced in the 10-show lineup at Edmonton’s biggest … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Highwire Series, Citadel season, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, LightningCloud Productions, Mischief Theatre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Spontaneous Theatre Creation, Theatre Calgary
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What’s up, Edmonton? Act II of the theatre season is about to begin
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Lights up, Edmonton. Take your seats, friends; intermission is over. And Act II of the theatre season is about to begin. The tip-off? Next week, Farren Timoteo’s terrific (and much-travelled solo show Made In Italy returns … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, L'UniThéâtre, MacEwan University theatre arts, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre, Shadow Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Small Matters Productions, Teatro Live!, Theatre Network, Theatre Yes
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2023: The year in Edmonton theatre, part 2
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2023 (part 2). Here’s a small assortment (in no particular order) of highlights — moments, performances, bright ideas, experiences — of the year of live theatre on Edmonton stages. Home sweet home. 2023 was the year.… … Continue reading
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Tagged Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, In Arms Collective, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Punctuate! Theatre, RISER 2023, Shadow Theatre, Teatro Live!, Theatre Network, Theatre Yes, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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2023: The year in Edmonton theatre, part 1, the play’s the thing
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2023. It was the year a small Edmonton theatre company with new artistic directors and an affirmative declaration for a name, devised an original way to remind us of the remarkable breadth of the performance scene … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, In Arms Collective, Northern Light Theatre, Punctuate! Theatre, Teatro Live!, Theatre Network, Theatre Yes, U of A Studio Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Get your festive on, release your inner elf: a selection of holiday shows on E-town stages this week
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Like holiday traditions, shows at this time of year come in every size and weight, and volume of fa-la-la-la-la. And if you’ve been resolutely festive-resistant so far, this is a week on E-town stages where you … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitol Theatre, Christmas pantos, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, Girl Brain, Grindstone Theatre, Rapid Fire Theatre, Theatre Network, Walterdale Theatre, Whizgiggling Productions
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With Bells On: and now it’s a musical, premiering at Theatre Network. A preview
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A new holiday musical gets it world premiere Thursday on the Theatre Network mainstage). And this is how it started. A decade ago, a New York director/choreographer/producer/artistic director, home for the holidays, took his folks to … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Darrin Hagen, Devanand Janki, Edmonton holiday shows, Edmonton theatre, Live & In Color, Theatre Network
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Excitement in a theatre town: you have to be there. Theatre possibilities this week
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca More proof, as if you needed any, that Edmonton is a theatre town: A week of exciting possibilities for your nights out. A Quebec thriller. A musical about the struggle to write a musical about the … Continue reading
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Tagged Cardiac Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Dad's Garage, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, In Arms Theatre Collective, Larry Reese, MacEwan University theatre arts, Metro Cinema, Rapid Fire Theatre, Script Salon, Theatre Network, Trinity Gallery, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Couch dwellers arise! It’s a crazy week in Edmonton theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s a week in Edmonton theatre that’s crazy with possibilities. Which is to say this is no time to be thinking of staying home, much less renewing your dibs on the couch. Two Edmonton theatres launch their … Continue reading
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Tagged Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Girl Brain, Karen Hines, Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Theatre Network, U of A Studio Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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