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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
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, damn magpies, dance theatre, Edmonton theatre, ELOPE, Good Women Dance, Hannah Moscovitch, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Theatre Network
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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
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, aerial arts, Annie Dugan, Citadel Theatre, Concrete Theatre, Daryl Cloran, differently abled actors, Edmonton theatre, Firefly Theatre, Hawksley Workman, Mieko Ouchi, Robin Hood, stage combat
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Capturing time for the theatre: Hannah Moscovitch talks about Infinity
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Time. It surrounds us, envelopes us, embeds us in a present that’s gone before you know it. It accumulates when you don’t want it and dwindles to nothing when you do. It keeps the past and … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Hannah Moscovitch, Infinity, science and theatre, Theatre Network
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Undercover: spontaneous detective work with improv queen Rebecca Northan
By Liz Nicholls 12thnight.ca “Everyone has the capacity to improvise,” declares Rebecca Northan decisively, looking for inspiration on a lunch menu last week. “We all improvise all the time!” Not everyone, I think to myself, wincing visibly at a couple … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Blind Date, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, long-form improvisation, murder mystery theatre, Rebecca Northan, Spontaneous Theatre, Undercover
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Brian Webb on Betroffenheit, and other matters theatrical for the weekend
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Thoughts from Brian Webb, artistic director of the dance company that’s teamed up with the Citadel to bring Betroffenheit our way this weekend: “Crystal is the cream!,” says Webb of Crystal Pite, the star Kidd Pivot … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Brian Webb Dance Company, Citadel Theatre, City of Angels, Edmonton theatre, Electric Company Theatre, Elena Belyea, Kidd Pivot, MacEwan University, Send in the Girls Burlesque, Tiny Bear Jaws, Triffo Theatre
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Out of trauma and into artistic creation: Jonathon Young talks about the acclaimed dance/theatre fusion Betroffenheit
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The intersection of real life and artistic creation can seldom have been so high-stakes as it is in the acclaimed dance/theatre production that arrives at the Citadel Friday for three performances. Betroffenheit, which has gathered awards … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Betroffenheit, Brian Webb Dance Company, Citadel Theatre, Crystal Pite, dance theatre, Edmonton theatre, Electric Company Theatre, Jonathon Young, Kidd Pivot
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The moment of truth for a country: Children of God, a musical about the ripple effect of residential schools
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the musical that opens at the Citadel Thursday, you’ll meet a smart kid with potential and hopes, a dreamer with a sense of possibility. And then school happens. You’ll meet Tom years later, in a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Children of God, Citadel Theatre, Corey Payette, Edmonton theatre, Indigenous drama, residential schools, Urban Ink
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A diary, an inheritance, and a struggle come to life in Blood of Our Soil
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “How can our land not be fertile when so much blood, both Ukrainian and foreign, has seeped into it?” Five years ago Lianna Makuch discovered a handwritten book that would have a seismic impact on her … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Punctuate! Theatre, Pyretic Productions, Theatre of the New Heart, Ukraine, Ukrainian-Canadian heritage, Westbury Theatre
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Métis Mutt: Sheldon Elter’s journey beyond the punch lines
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Hello. My name is Sheldon Elter. And I’ll be your Native comedian for this evening.” Sheldon Elter, the startlingly multi-talented Métis actor/ playwright/ screenwriter/ musician/ director, shudders when he thinks of the jokes he told as … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Métis Mutt, Network, One Little Indian, Sheldon Elter, solo shows, Theatre Network
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A Latinx dance lesson: Broken Tailbone is moving theatre, in every sense
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Take off that coat! You’ll be too hot otherwise!” There is nothing usual about Broken Tailbone, the highly original Carmen Aguirre creation that occasions her first-ever visit to Edmonton, courtesy of Workshop West’s Canoe Festival, and … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Carmen Aguirre, Edmonton theatre, Latinx dance, Nightswimming Theatre
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