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What to see at Improvaganza: thoughts from sampler night
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Improvaganza is back — and with it the chance to be with people, onstage and off- who are making it up as they go along. Rapid Fire Theatre’s 18th annual international extravaganza, which assembles top improv … Continue reading
The year onstage in Sterling Award nominations
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca An original folk opera/ musical that took us to hell and back was the top choice of jurors as the 31st annual Sterling Award nominations were announced Monday at Fringe Theatre Adventures headquarters. The awards, to … Continue reading
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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
Teatro La Quindicina at 36: a new comedy starts the 2018 summer season this month
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Teatro La Quindicina turns 36 this summer with a season at the Varscona that includes two new Stewart Lemoine comedies. And the first them starts soon. The first of them starts soon. The intriguing, unnerving premise … Continue reading
A new Neil Grahn comedy headlines the upcoming 2018-2019 season at Shadow Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Shadow Theatre launches its upcoming 26th season with a new comedy about … comedy. The inspiration for The Comedy Company, Edmonton playwright and sketch comedy star Neil Grahn, an artist of bluechip comic pedigree (he’s the … Continue reading
Onstage: a weekend theatre update
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Your weekend could include a musical. There’s a couple to choose from, and though both are a challenge (for very different reasons) for the form, they’re at opposite ends of the musical spectrum •One of the … Continue reading
Come From Away is featured in the upcoming 20th anniversary Broadway Across Canada season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Next season on the Jubilee Auditorium stage, you’ll be seeing a homegrown Canadian musical that celebrates the generous and inclusive spirit of this country at its best. The grand finale of the upcoming 20th anniversary season … Continue reading
Three musicals and two plays: a new season announced at the Mayfield
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the course of next season on the Mayfield Dinner Theatre stage, announced this week by artistic director Van Wilmott, audiences will find themselves watching one of the great contemporary farces, as well as a hit … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, dinner theatre, Edmonton theatre, Elton John, Ken Ludwig, Lend Me A Tenor, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Sister Act, Sleuth, Tom Jones, Van Wilmott
“Reimagining” the Citadel: Daryl Cloran announces a new season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Reimagine” is the rallying cry at Edmonton’s largest playhouse as it turns 53 next season. Artistic director Daryl Cloran unveiled the upcoming Citadel season, the second he’s fashioned for the company, in the Club cabaret Monday … Continue reading
