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& Juliet, & more: Broadway Across Canada announces a new season of musicals

Posted on February 27, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The opener in the five-production 2026-2027 touring lineup announced this week by Broadway Across Canada is a hit jukebox romantic comedy musical with a witty, and joyful, premise. C’mon, haven’t you always wondered what would happen … Continue reading →

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The night is young and the music’s high: the Mayfield announces a new and music-filled season

Posted on February 20, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Come Monday to Chiquitita … the musical hits just keep coming, in the upcoming 52nd season announced by Mayfield Dinner Theatre artistic director Kate Ryan this week. It’s a lineup designed to capitalize on the theatre’s … Continue reading →

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Theatre Network’s best-of-Fringe ‘February Festival Weekend’: the lineup

Posted on February 18, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Theatre Network is throwing a bash, a five-show February Festival Weekend, at the Roxy. Thursday through Sunday they present a quintet of productions — four of them from last summer’s Fringe — on the Nancy Power … Continue reading →

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Ray: a little tribute to a great theatre lover

Posted on November 11, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca With the passing of Ray Christenson this month, at 93, Edmonton theatre and its community of artists have lost someone essential to what they do, how they create — and, especially, why. The live theatre isn’t … Continue reading →

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A new (and all-Canadian) season at L’UniThéâtre launches with Le Palier

Posted on November 6, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the play that launches the new, all-Canadian season tonight at L’UniThéâtre, Alberta’s only professional francophone theatre company, an unlikely friendship blossoms, fast, in an unlikely place. As director Steve Jodoin explains, Le Palier opens with … Continue reading →

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‘A major breach of technical security at the theatre’ cancels opening weekend of Workshop West’s Wildcat

Posted on October 24, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If you’re excited to see the much-anticipated premiere of the new Nicole Moeller crime caper Wildcat at Workshop West Playwrights Theatre, which was to have opened tonight, you’ll have to wait a bit longer. The production’s … Continue reading →

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A new season, and with the departure of Bradley Moss the end of an era at Theatre Network

Posted on October 9, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Theatre Network, that storied company in the beautiful new theatre on 124th Street, turns 51 this season. And it’s with reduced programming that invites shows by diverse artistic creators onto its two stages — and news … Continue reading →

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A big birthday weekend of theatre in Edmonton. A little 12thnight survey

Posted on September 26, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca •Opening tonight: Northern Light’s 50th anniversary season, with a new Trevor Schmidt production of The Pink Unicorn — a solo play by the American writer Elise Forier Edie whose timeliness has only escalated in the decade … Continue reading →

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‘The Vile and the Vigilant’: Workshop West announces a new season, with three new Canadian plays

Posted on September 22, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Three new Canadian plays premiere this season at Workshop West Playwrights Theatre, as artistic producer Heather Inglis announced last week. The lineup that includes the company’s signature annual new play festival Springboards. And a return to … Continue reading →

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Edmonton, it’s time to play: here are 10 intriguing prospects in the upcoming theatre season

Posted on September 16, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Hey Edmonton, it’s time to come out and play.    As always our mighty summer Fringe is the tip off. And the 44th annual edition sold a spirit-lifting 140,000-plus tickets to its 221 shows, hinting at … Continue reading →

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