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Celebrating an Edmonton theatre season like no other: the Sterling Awards (online), led by The Color Purple and Titus Bouffonius
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Edmonton theatre took its annual awards gala onto the digital stage Monday night for the first time ever, to celebrate a theatre season like no other. And a musical that chronicles the empowering four-decade journey of … Continue reading
Making space for a new generation of arts leaders: Vanessa Sabourin and Kristi Hansen walk the walk at Azimuth
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If there ever was a moment in the life of the performing arts when the past didn’t seem to provide an automatic template for the future, this might be it. Change is in the air (and … Continue reading
Back to live theatre: are you game? That’s the question as E-town theatres make (and re-make) plans for the fall
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Lessons from the pandemic: “Phases” may come (and go). But a great triple-sided mystery remains. You can throw open theatre doors. But will people want to return? Under what conditions? And when? The good news is … Continue reading
Looking to the future: the Citadel moves its season to 2021
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight “I used to be the good news guy,” sighs Daryl Cloran. “I got to call people to tell them ‘hey we’re gonna do your show’ and ‘hey, you’re in the cast’….” COVID has changed all that. … Continue reading
The “what’s next?” comes to you: the 2020 Nextfest goes online
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “O my gosh!” declares Nextfest director Ellen Chorley, who has a great and natural talent for celebration. “I’m absolutely blown away by how special and magical it is! I’m so thrilled!” The playwright/ actor/ director/ mentor/ … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Nextfest, Nextfest Arts Company, Theatre Network
The strangest of seasons: a truncated year on Edmonton stages in Sterling Award nominations
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Two high-contrast shows, one a subterranean prairie slow-burn tragedy and the other a riotous blood-spattered revenge comedy of the Shakespearean persuasion, proved the top choices of jurors as the 33rd annual Sterling Award nominations were announced … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Blarney Productions, Catalyst Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards, Northern Light Theatre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Shadow Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Sterling Award nominations, Theatre Network, Vancouver Arts Club Theatre, Vena Amoris, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre, You Are Here Theatre
Teatro La Quindicina postpones its 2020 summer season for a year
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The upcoming Teatro La Quindicina 2020 summer season, which would have launched at the end of May with a revival of Stewart Lemoine’s Evelyn Strange, has been postponed by a year. Be patient, theatre fans. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Stewart Lemoine, Teatro La Quindicina, Varscona Theatre
Just in time for Will’s birthday, the Freewill Shakespeare Festival has a new artistic director: Dave Horak
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Many happy returns, Will. True, the 32nd edition of E-town’s outdoor festival in his honour has, alas, been cancelled this summer, postponed till 2021, and for entirely good reasons. But there’s welcome news to be had … Continue reading
And back at the Citadel — a theatre update
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s not easy to plan, or even to use the word “postpone,” when the “until…” is up in the (thin) air. As Daryl Cloran says, circumstances “are constantly moving the goal post.” We checked back with … Continue reading
Theatre heartbreak: a summer without the Edmonton Fringe
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Here’s the saddest of theatre news: brace yourself, Edmonton, for a summer without the Fringe. The upcoming 39th edition of our mighty Fringe, slated for Aug. 13 to 23, has been cancelled. The (250) shows cannot … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Theatre Festival, Edmonton theatre, Fringe theatre
