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A grand-scale folk ballet fantasy for the season: meet the stars of ‘Canada’s Ukrainian Nutcracker by Shumka’
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There are shows built into our holiday DNA. The frozen-hearted Ebenezer Scrooge stars in one of them, a classic ghost story cum tale of last-minute redemption (A Christmas Carol, now running at the Citadel). The other … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton dance, Edmonton theatre, Shumka, The Nutcracker, Ukrainian dance
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Brainwaves galore: a (temporary) finale for our fave sketch comedy trio. ‘Girl Brain, Actually’ at the Roxy
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The show that opens Thursday in Theatre Network’s season at the Roxy puts holiday sparkles and Santa hats on a double milestone in Edmonton theatre. After eight dizzying years of laughing, sold-out houses the hit sketch … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton sketch comedy, Edmonton theatre, Girl Brain, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network
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Buddies in tap dance: meet the co-stars of Northern Light’s new holiday comedy, How Patty and Joanne Won High Gold …
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s something irresistible (and appealingly non-utilitarian) about tap dancing. Patty and Joanne, the two hopeful hoofers who sign up for an adult beginners tap class in Trevor Schmidt’s new holiday comedy, feel it. And so do … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton holiday shows, Edmonton theatre, Lunchbox Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Trevor Schmidt
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There’ll be much mistletoe-ing and hearts will be glowing … the festive season begins on Edmonton stages
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Some day soon we all will be together….” This week, actually, the festive season onstage can now officially begin. •Ebenezer Scrooge (John Ullyatt), a misanthrope with a frozen heart will stride briskly onto the Citadel’s Maclab … Continue reading
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Tagged Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, Girl Brain, Grindstone Theatre, LightningCloud Productions, MacEwan University theatre arts, Mayfield Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Paper Crown Theatre, Puddle of Mud, Rapid Fire Theatre, Teatro Live!, Varscona Theatre, Vohon Ukrainian Dance Ensemble
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Vohon Ukrainian Dance Ensemble brings folklore to life in epic dance theatre. Svitlo: Discover the Light Within, a preview
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Ukrainian folklore, the mythology of a rich and ancient culture, comes to life, on a grand scale, in the show that arrives on the Jube stage Nov. 28. Svitlo: Discover The Light Within is the work … Continue reading
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Tagged Edmonton dance, Edmonton theatre, Gerdan Theatre, Ukrainian dance, Vohan Ukrainian Dance Ensemble
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A new (and all-Canadian) season at L’UniThéâtre launches with Le Palier
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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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton francophone theatre, Edmonton theatre, Kleine Compagnie, L'UniThéâtre, La Cité francophone, Satellite Theatre, Théâtre La Seizième
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Vinyl Cafe: The Musical. Stuart McLean’s beloved characters come to life in the Citadel’s new holiday musical, a preview
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the new Canadian holiday musical that premieres next week at the Citadel, characters we know well do something they’ve never done before. They step out of the radio and off the page — and, for … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, CBC Radio, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Stuart McLean, The Vinyl Cafe
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Tragedy and queer joy: Hayley Moorhouse’s Tough Guy, a preview
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Do you remember where you were when you heard …? There are moments in life when you know your answer will be instantly available in your memory, forever. Hayley Moorhouse, whose new play Tough Guy premieres Thursday … Continue reading
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Tagged Citadel Theatre, Common Ground Arts Society, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Persistent Myth Productions, RISER, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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A very Canadian kind of hero. Billy Bishop Goes To War: a theatre classic is back, with elbows up
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Here’s a question that threads its way through our whole history, and feels especially up front, feet planted, elbows up, at the moment: What’s different about us Canadians anyhow? Billy Bishop Goes To War, the bona … Continue reading
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Tagged Edmonton Repertory Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Set now, in Edmonton, in the political landscape of Alberta: Wildcat, Nicole Moeller’s new crime caper at Workshop West
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca FUN. In a world of anxiety and dread, it’s an elusive concept, but a seductive one, says playwright Nicole Moeller unspooling time back to her inspiration for Wildcat. Her new crime caper premieres Friday with a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Gateway Theatre, Nicole Moeller, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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