Category Archives: News/Views

The Boo! Revue: the new Varscona Theatre Ensemble says hello Sunday

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Three of Edmonton’s most inventive little indie theatre companies are forming a trio — in a new umbrella ensemble that will produce a subscription season of shows at the Varscona Theatre. Together, Plain Jane Theatre, Bright … Continue reading →

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See “something Edmonton never gets to see” this week: Bibish de Kinshasa at L’UniThéâtre

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Well, Edmonton, your theatre week is full of intriguing shows that “Edmonton never gets to see,” as L’UniThéâtre’s Brian Dooley puts it.  *Starting Wednesday, L’UniThéâtre, our hospitable francophone theatre, is hosting a cabaret/play like no other. … Continue reading →

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Catalyst Presents: Onegin, the Vancouver hit rock musical coming our way!

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A unusual love story, in which one of our most inventive theatre companies falls, hard, for an inventive show — and makes advances:     Catalyst Theatre has fallen in love with Onegin, a much-awarded  original … Continue reading →

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Openers and finales: an exciting weekend to be thankful for theatre

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s Thanksgiving, and the perfect moment to consider — in person — the bounty of Edmonton theatre. C’mon, you can’t eat turkey ALL weekend. In the Citadel’s splendidly entertaining, beautifully staged season-opener, we get to go … Continue reading →

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Seasonal returns: High Tea and the Theatre 6-Pack

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Let no one argue that Firefly Theatre & Circus doesn’t take the high road. With the return of their annual High Tea Sunday, Firefly takes vertical integration literally, and tea-time to dizzy new heights. You can … Continue reading →

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A Midsummer Night’s Fringe is a record-buster!

Posted on August 27, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

“I have had a most rare dream….” — Bottom the weaver, A Midsummer Night’s Dream Rare? It’s been a record-breaking Fringe! By 6 p.m. Sunday, with an evening of fringing to go, the 36th annual edition of Edmonton’s giant 11-day-and-night … Continue reading →

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Theatre Network’s 43rd season opens with a Trout premiere

Posted on July 29, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Beware the Jabberwock, my son!/  The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun/  The frumious Bandersnatch!” — Through The Looking Glass And What Alice Found Theatre Network ventures through the looking glass … Continue reading →

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Celebrating the Edmonton theatre season: Irma Voth, Crazy For You, Stupid Fucking Bird lead the 30th annual Sterling Awards

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Art and life got down, mixed it up, and partied together at the 30th anniversary Sterling Awards gala Monday night, celebrating the best of the Edmonton theatre season. Three productions that, in dramatically different ways, spoke … Continue reading →

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The Citadel’s Beyond the Stage, where theatre, dance, and music collide: the 2017-2018 lineup announced

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca At the centre of the Citadel’s upcoming Beyond The Stage series, a quartet of innovative mash-ups of theatre, music and dance, is a startling, multi-award-winning production that goes directly to the heart of trauma, shock, grief.  … Continue reading →

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Workshop West announces its upcoming 39th season

Posted on June 9, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca At the centre of Workshop West Playwrights Theatre’s upcoming 39th season, announced Thursday, is the world premiere of a new play by Edmonton’s Beth Graham. In Pretty Goblins, by the multi-talented actor/playwright (The Gravitational Pull of … Continue reading →

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