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A multi-dimensional life in the theatre: the mind- and heart-expansion effect of Jim DeFelice
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca With the passing in October of Jim DeFelice, at 87, a multi-talented theatre artist and a true theatre community mentor are, at one blow, gone from us. Without him this theatre town of ours seems a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Studio Theatre, Theatre Network Playwrights Theatre, U of A drama department, Varscona Theatre, Workshop West
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And opening tonight… at the Citadel and Rapid Fire
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s been the hardest of weeks at the Citadel. The death of the much-loved actor Julien Arnold during Sunday night’s preview performance of A Christmas Carol has been profoundly shocking and sad for the theatre community, artists … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Exchange Theatre, Rapid Fire Theatre
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‘A wonder of an actor’: in Julien Arnold, we’ve lost one of our finest, and most loved, theatre artists
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca We — the ‘we’ across the country — woke up this morning to the most heartbreaking and tragic theatre news. The untimely passing of Julien Arnold at 58, felled by a heart attack at the Citadel … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, Julien Arnold, Punctuate! Theatre, Teatro Live!, Theatre Network
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What’s new? The weekend on Edmonton stages, that’s what: three new Canadian plays and a musical
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Hey Edmonton! It’s a weekend to be surprised and excited by something new on the stages of this theatre town. As the country has found out, E-town has longtime cred as a generator and showcase of … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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‘Saints and Rebels’: Workshop West announces a new season and a bold experiment in ticketing
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre turns 46 with a new season, two Canadian premieres, a Christmas show, and a bold invitation to the audience to “pay what you will” for every ticket to every show. “A pilot … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Stephen Massicotte, Straight Edge Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Theatre Network at 50: an anniversary season and a story of Canadian theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca When a pair of horror clowns named Mump and Smoot take to the Roxy mainstage Oct. 8 for the first time in a decade, those interplanetary existentialists from Ummo will be launching Theatre Network’s 50th anniversary … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Colleen Murphy, Edmonton theatre, Mump and Smoot, Nextfest Arts Company, Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network
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Edmonton has play dates: here’s a dozen intriguing prospects in the upcoming theatre season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s time to play. After a year of continuing struggle, with rising production costs and dwindling funding, theatre companies and artists are finding their way back to stages large and small. Our mighty summer Fringe, as … Continue reading
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Tagged Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, MacEwan University theatre arts, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Spontaneous Theatre, Theatre Network
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What to see at Find Your Fringe: some thoughts to get you started
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Fringe is back, starting Thursday, in the town where the continent’s fringe phenom began. Yup, the biggest and oldest Fringe festival on the continent is a bona fide grassroots Edmonton invention, crazy, improbable, irresistible. And … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Fringe 2024, Previews
Tagged burlesque, Dammitammy Productions, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton Fringe 2024, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, House of Hush, Low Hanging Fruits, Monster Theatre, SNAFU
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Summer! theatre in New York with trimmings
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca NEW YORK – On a sultry Saturday afternoon 10 days ago under Manhattan Bridge, in an amiable queue for a cone at Brooklyn Ice Cream, an elegant French woman from Basel explains to me, en français, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway theatre, Edmonton theatre, Guggenhim Museum, Metropolitan Museum, New York Theatre, Off-Broadway theatre
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