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A new play by Neil Grahn launches Shadow Theatre’s upcoming season 31

Posted on May 4, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Shadow Theatre will launch its upcoming four-production 31st season with the world premiere of a new play by Edmonton’s Neil Grahn. The Two Battles of Francis Pegahmagabow chronicles the extraordinary life and career of one of … Continue reading →

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This weekend in a theatre town: get festive, see what’s onstage

Posted on May 3, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca On the stages of this theatre town this weekend is a high-contrast array of entertainment possibilities, from a comic adaptation of a classic novel to the enactment of an advice column to a full-fledged festival. Have … Continue reading →

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An evening in the park with Sondheim and up-and-comers at MacEwan, and more

Posted on March 22, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Last night in a packed theatre I got a chance to see the only musical in the repertoire where the rhyme of “rapturous” and “capture us” floats through the air. Both apply to the experience of … Continue reading →

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Three musicals and a comedy: snow reason to stay home, the weekend onstage

Posted on March 21, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Edmonton, you have choices on stage this weekend, including a delightful and insightful comedy that sees into the complicated lives of teenage girls, and three musicals that land miles apart on the musical theatre spectrum  — … Continue reading →

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The Edmonton Fringe in crisis, and you can help: our beloved summer theatre festival launches a campaign to sustain it

Posted on March 18, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Edmonton Fringe, our beloved summer theatre festival, has announced it’s in crisis. And the community that this the oldest and biggest of the continent’s fringe festivals has done so much to enhance and enliven, needs … Continue reading →

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Life lived precariously, on land and sea: some thoughts on Mermaid Legs at this year’s SkirtsAfire Fest

Posted on March 11, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca At the very last moment on the weekend I finally got the chance to see Mermaid Legs, the theatrical centrepiece of this year’s SkirtsAfire Festival. And there was magic to it. Not only was Sunday the … Continue reading →

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Salute the range of E-town theatre this week, a 12thnight survey

Posted on February 9, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca We salute the startling range of Edmonton theatre. It’s a week when … … Métis singer-songwriter/actor/playwright Andrea Menard takes to the Citadel MainStage with Rubaboo (the Michif word for a rich stew), an original song and … Continue reading →

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The Mayfield announces an upcoming big five-oh anniversary season

Posted on February 6, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Mayfield Theatre turns the big five-oh next season — and achievement in itself in the rigorous world of commercial theatre. And as a milestone birthday bonus, as artistic director Van Wilmott announced Monday, the lineup … Continue reading →

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The Citadel unveils a new season of 10 shows. Here’s the 2024-2025 lineup

Posted on January 29, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Shakespeare gets reimagined in two high-contrast productions in the upcoming $13 million 2024-2025 season unveiled by Citadel Theatre artistic director Daryl Cloran Monday night. Of the four musicals announced in the 10-show lineup at Edmonton’s biggest … Continue reading →

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Support independent theatre coverage: a new year’s request from 12thnight

Posted on January 6, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

Hello theatre friends! Suddenly, it’s 2024, and Act II of the theatre season is about to begin. Yes there’s more — more of the live theatre experience that’s such a defining part of the city. And it’s my joy and … Continue reading →

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