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We’ve lost a giant: Thomas Peacocke, the small-town kid who changed Canadian theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A giant is gone. With the passing of Thomas Peacocke last week at 89, we’ve lost at one go an actor/director/teacher/mentor/administrator/advocate who has played a leading, vivid role in building and shaping theatre here in this … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Canadian theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Genie Awards, National Theatre School, Studio Theatre, Thomas Peacocke, Torches Theatre, U of A drama department
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Face the dusk: off the couch everyone, and into the theatre this weekend
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Our outdoor colour scheme has gone monochromatic; something weird has happened to the evening lighting. There is an obvious fix: face the gathering darkness, arise from the couch and go to the theatre. There’s been a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Concordia University, Edmonton theatre, GAL Productions, Hit & Myth, Mayfield Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Thousand Faces Festival, Varscona Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Workshop West announces a new season devoted to Canadian plays and their creators
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Workshop West Playwrights Theatre bookends its upcoming 44th “Persistence of Vision” season, announced Thursday, in a way that has always characterized a theatre company devoted to the development and showcasing of new Canadian plays and their … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Edmonton theatre 2022-2023 season, GAL Productions, High Performance Rodeo, Hit & Myth, One Yellow Rabbit, The Gateway Theatre, Theatre Yes, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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It’s time to play: a peek at the new Edmonton theatre season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Destination Fringe, with its 95,000 or so tickets sold, was a hint (we deal in big hints here in #yeg. People know what they’ve been missing; they want live in-person theatre experience and the sharing that … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Gordon's Big Bald Head, MacEwan University theatre arts, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre Company, Play The Fool Festival, Punctuate! Theatre, Pyretic Productions, Shadow Theatre, Teatro Live!, The Maggie Tree, U of A Studio Theatre, Wild Side Productions
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What I learned at this year’s Fringe: thoughts of a Fringed brain
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I want to go to the beautiful place and enjoy the view and then come back. I think we all do.” — Leo in Stewart Lemoine’s The Margin of the Sky You can’t go off to … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Fringe 2022, News/Views
Tagged Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, Grindstone Comedy Theatre, Guys in Disguise, Rapid Fire Theatre, Scona Alumni Theatre Company, SNAFU, Teatro La Quindicina
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A last weekend at the Fringe: how did THAT happen? See some shows!
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca How on earth did it happen? Amazingly, it’s the final weekend of Destination Fringe. So much theatre, so little time. True, the Fringe has been unfailing creative, non-stop, about not vanishing during The Great Pause. But … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe 2022, Edmonton Fringe reviews, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival
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Be very pumped: further thoughts on a big Fringe opening night
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Tonight’s the night: the biggest opening night in town, by a considerable margin. Come 8 p.m. Destination Fringe, with its 164 shows on 27 venues (artfully scaled down from the gargantuan 2019 edition) is up and … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Dammitammy Productions, Destination Fringe, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, House of Hush Burlesque, Send in the Girls Burlesque, The Little Red Ball Company
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Where do new musicals come from? Meet the creators of The Erlking and Conjoined at the Fringe
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Where do new musicals come from anyhow? The 2022 Fringe has a surprising number. What sort of theatre artists are moved to complicate their lives immeasurably by channelling their storytelling through music and lyrics? 12thnight caught … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, Edmonton theatre, Scona Alumni Theatre Col, Straight Edge Theatre
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Getting intrigued: further thoughts on what to see at Destination Fringe
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Every life coach (and no travel agent) will tell you it’s not the destination but the journey. But it’s also the Destination, since that’s the moniker of this year’s Fringe. The exploration is yours, my friends. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Cuban Movements Dance Academy, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, Monster Theatre
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