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Song-and-dance con men, two World War I plays, and more… a theatre weekend in E-town
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A con game (with song and dance) is one of your options for a night out at live theatre this weekend. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, a larky musical by the team of David Yazbek (The Band’s Visit, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Foote in the Door Productions, Grindstone Theatre, Neil Grahn, Rapid Fire Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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I sing of Pretenderos, land of plot complications. The return of Die-Nasty to a lawless land
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Trolls? You want trolls? How about a dragon? “I’ll make it happen,” says a portentous rumbling voice from the dark. “This is a world with No Rules.” Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world. Welcome to … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Die-Nasty, Edmonton theatre, improv comedy, Lord of Thrones, Varscona Theatre
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The mysterious twin bonds of life and art: meet playwright Meg Braem
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “You try to make sense of things,” says Meg Braem, whose chosen line of work is the transmutation of real life — in all its perplexing, maddening, intriguing potential — into art. “You’re always searching….” Braem … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Backstage Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fringe Theatre Adventures, Lee Playwright In Residence, Meg Braem, The Maggie Tree, U of A drama department
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No one’s staying home this weekend: why would you? A wealth of choices on E-town stages
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca At the U of A’s Studio Theatre, it’s back in the USSR with Lenin’s Embalmers, Vern Thiessen’s black and absurdist 2008 tragicomedy (imagined from a true story) about two competing Jewish biochemists landing the unenviable joint … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Ainsley Hillyard, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Good Women Dance Collective, L'UniThéâtre, Northern Light Theatre, Roxy Performance Series, Studio Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, Theatre Network, U of A drama department, Vern Thiessen, Walterdale Theatre
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The dystopian vision of Trevor Schmidt: a new season at Northern Light Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Frankly, I’ve always been more interested in women’s stories than men’s,” says Trevor Schmidt, his dander up on a break last week from rehearsals for Origin of the Species. The highly unusual feminist two-hander comedy by … Continue reading
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Tagged Bryony Lavery, Clay McLeod Chapman, Edmonton theatre, Emily Steel, Good Women Dance Collective, Northern Light Theatre, Trevor Schmidt
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And so it begins, the new theatre season. Edmonton has play dates, and here’s a teaser!
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “If you’re stuck in your story and want to get out … sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty….” Matilda. In Matilda, the joyously subversive musical spun from Roald Dahl’s novel, our activist eight-year-old … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Azimuth Theatre, Brian Webb Dance Company, Broadway Across Canada, Cardiac Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fringe Theatre Adventures, Hardline Theatre, L'UniThéâtre, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre, Roxy Performance Series, Shadow Theatre, Studio Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, Theatre Network, Theatre Yes, Thou Art Here, Wild Side Productions, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Rex has done it! A record-busting Fringe came to an end Sunday night
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Fringe‘O’Saurus Rex hasn’t exactly tiptoed through town. Larger-than-life Rex has trampled the records. By Sunday evening’s finale, the 37th annual edition of Edmonton’s giant summer theatre bash crashed through last year’s record-breaker by selling 134,276 tickets … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Fringe 2018, News/Views
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Theatre Festival 2018, Fringe-O-Saurus Rex
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The trouper, the angel, and the mantra: the show must go on!
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If there ever was a dramatic testimonial to theatre as a collaborative art form, in the grand odds-against “show must go on” tradition, it’s got to be the back story of The Great Whorehouse Fire of … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Fringe 2018, Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alberta history, Andrea House, Edmonton Fringe Festival 2018, MAA & PAA Theatre, Northern Sabbatical Productions, Reiter's Syndrome, Sue Huff, Sweethearts of the 49th, The Soldier's Tale
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Random thoughts and suggestions on Fringe opening day
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the ongoing quest to devise a fruitful plan of attack for seeing Fringe shows, one long-time theatre administrator I knew eliminated pre-festival anxiety (and also 99 per cent of her theatre-going activity) by her strict … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Charles Ross, Edmonton Fringe Festival 2018, Fringe previews, Mark Meer, Martin Dockery, Mike Delamont, T.J. Dawe, Walking Dead
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