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Your last crack at a couple of festivals and a screwball on E-town stages, a small 12thnight survey on a wet weekend

Posted on June 14, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Live theatre lives in the moment (not a new thought but one to consider this wet weekend in Edmonton) It’s your last chance… •… And also your first, to see Sprouts, Concrete Theatre’s annual festival of … Continue reading →

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A Fringe Full Of Stars: the upcoming 44th annual Edmonton Fringe Festival has a theme, and shows

Posted on June 13, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Where theatre meets astronomy (by starlight): the upcoming 44th annual Edmonton Fringe has its theme. A Fringe Full of Stars, this year’s edition of Edmonton’s mighty summer theatre festival, running Aug. 14 to 24, was christened … Continue reading →

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Inside the punk rock scene: Televangelists, a door into the dark labyrinth of youth culture, at Nextfest

Posted on June 11, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Televangelists, Nextfest’s biggest mainstage production — cast of eight, huge tech team, the festival’s longest list of warnings — found its way to the stage via an original route. One that’s not well marked on any … Continue reading →

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An intriguing week in Edmonton theatre: go see a show

Posted on June 6, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s an intriguing week in Edmonton theatre. An influential festival that’s all about getting splashed by the next wave. Not one but two productions, from two vastly different companies, that tap into the rich and weird … Continue reading →

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What’s next? Nextfest at 30: three decades of celebrating emerging artists

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Where did the time go? Yes, Edmonton’s innovative, free-wheeling cross-pollinating multi-disciplinary festival of emerging artists, is hitting the big 3-OH, all grown up and still asking “What’s next?” It’s the eve of the 2025 anniversary edition, … Continue reading →

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The self in a bind: the RISER New Works Festival opens with Calla Wright’s Binding

Posted on May 16, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca New this year the RISER New Works Festival began its weekend of performances and workshops last night with a work-in-progress production of a challenging and playful one-human many-puppet show. Destined for Azimuth Theatre’s Expanse Festival in … Continue reading →

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Hot theatre choices on Edmonton stages for your long weekend, a 12thnight survey

Posted on May 14, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You don’t lack for choices in Edmonton theatre as the long weekend approaches (Queen Victoria wouldn’t have it any other way). Consider some of your options: the premiere of a new Canadian play with a whimsical … Continue reading →

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The Doorstep Plays: showtime for emerging playwrights in your own backyard

Posted on May 13, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Make yourself at home, people; you’re already at the theatre. All you have to do is step outside your door, and it’s showtime in your own personal venue. Theatre Yes, specialists in theatre that happens in … Continue reading →

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Once more unto the park in 2026? Freewill Shakespeare Festival launches a ‘save the fest’ campaign

Posted on May 12, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca For 35 summers the Freewill Shakespeare Festival has been banishing the winters of our discontent (not to mention, bringing on joy and mirth, and generally inspiring a holiday humour). Summer Shakespeare à la Freewill is a … Continue reading →

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The rise of RISER: a new works festival from Common Ground

Posted on May 11, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca RISER has risen. Again, and in a new, expanded form. Edmonton, where theatre is the leading arts industry, was always the right place for the visionary national initiative — launched by Toronto’s Why Not Theatre — … Continue reading →

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