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The year in Edmonton theatre: the Sterling Award nominations led by The Royale
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A vintage boxing story with a stinging right hook proved the top choices of jurors, as the the 35th annual Sterling Award nominations were announced Monday at Fringe Theatre headquarters. The Royale, Marco Ramirez’s highly theatrical … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, 2023 Sterling Awards, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Elizabeth Sterling Haynes, Grindstone Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre Company, Pyretic Productions, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre, Walterdale Theatre
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Shadow Theatre announces an all-Canadian 30th anniversary season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Shadow Theatre will launch its upcoming four-production all-Canadian 30th anniversary season with its first-ever mainstage musical. And it’s homegrown. Crescendo!, set in a women’s community choir, is by Sandy Paddick, with original music and musical arrangements … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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The Answer Is Fringe: the upcoming 42nd edition of our summer theatre bash, and a curated season of shows, too
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca We’ve long suspected it. And now it’s official. “The answer to the Great Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything” is … the Fringe. The Answer is Fringe, the upcoming 42nd annual edition of Edmonton’s summer … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Douglas Adams, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, Edmonton theatre, KidsFringe, Small Matters Productions, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
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An all-star weekend of choices in Edmonton theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca An all-star weekend of choices in Edmonton theatre. Here’s a selection. •At the Citadel, First Métis Man of Odesa, created by and starring real-life husband and wife theatre artists Matthew MacKenzie and Mariya Khomutova, is a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Collider Festival, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Theatre Network, Walterdale Theatre
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‘A dream within a dream’: Catalyst’s Nevermore, in a 15th anniversary concert version
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.” Consider it a haunting (a subject on which Edgar Allan Poe is something of an authority). Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Catalyst Theatre, Edgar Allan Poe, Edmonton theatre, MacEwan University, Vertigo Theatre
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The Freewill Shakespeare Festival’s new home for the summer: a vintage spiegeltent at Edmonton EXPO Centre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca For their resident playwright, it’s the big 4-5-9. For the Freewill Shakespeare Festival, it’s season 34, and full of mid-play dramatic developments. Evicted from their home stage by the lunatic City plan of a three-YEAR closure … Continue reading
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Tagged Edmonton EXPO Centre, Explore Edmonton, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, Klondike Days, Romeo and Juliet, spiegeltents, summer Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, West Coast Spiegeltents
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A new play and a new chapter for Theatre Yes: Dead in the Water at the Varscona
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “There are things that need to be said. And I’m going to say them,” says Ruth Alexander, who has the kind of husky laugh people notice right through Saturday din at an Italian cafe. The actor/ musician/ … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Lodestar Theatre, Theatre Yes, U of A drama department, Varscona Theatre
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By the light of the moon: Northern Light Theatre announces its upcoming 48th season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The moon, in all its feminine mystery, figures prominently in the trio of plays — one British, one American, one Canadian — announced by Northern Light Theatre Monday for their upcoming 48th season. “Under The Same … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Christopher Fry, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Studio Theatre
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It’s World Theatre Day: make plans!
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca On World Theatre Day, your thoughts naturally drift to the exciting prospect of the human connection of live theatre. Hey, it’s a theatre town, and there are choices. •Trouble in Mind, the play that opens Thursday … Continue reading
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Tagged Azimuth Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Expanse Festival 2023, Festival Place, Sound Off: A Deaf Theatre Festival, World Theatre Day
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SOUND OFF, the groundbreaking Deaf theatre fest, dances back for a seventh annual edition
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Across the country, and the continent, there isn’t anything quite like the groundbreaker of a festival, born in this fair theatre town, that’s back for a seventh annual edition Tuesday. SOUND OFF, Canada’s unique and influential … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Backstage Theatre, Dance Novella, deaf theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, La Cité francophone, Mile Zero Dance, Rapid Fire Theatre, roots2reach, Sound Off: A Deaf Theatre Festival, The Invisible Practice, Theatresports, VibraFusion Lab, Zuppa Theatre Co.
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