Category Archives: Previews
Taking comedy and tragedy to the park: the Freewill Shakespeare Festival returns
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s a vast expanse of theatrical distance between the two shows you’ll see alternating in the outdoor Shakespeare festival that opens tonight in the river valley. Tonight’s show is a comedy, and a farcical one at that; … Continue reading
30 summers of Shakespeare in the great outdoors
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca ‘Tis wondrous strange, but there was a time, now receding into the mists of the past, when Shakespeare (Will to his friends) didn’t camp out in the river valley every summer. When you couldn’t drift down … Continue reading
But hark, a new play! Thou Art Here at Freewill Shakespeare Festival
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “For the long and short is, our play is preferred….” (IV, ii, A Midsummer Night’s Dream) In one of the most reliably hilarious (and heartwarming) sequences in all of Shakespeare, a co-op of serious and inept … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, summer Shakespeare, Thou Art Here Theatre
The art of spontaneity enters a disturbing new dimension: The Society of Strange comes to Improvaganza 2018
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Unlikely. Improbable. Unpredictable. Improvaganza, the 10-day festival with bona fide global connections, expressly devoted to the adrenalized art of the spontaneous, is all of that. With The Society of Strange, arriving from across the pond for the … Continue reading
A marriage and a dinner party: The Gooseberry at Nextfest
The mainstage theatre lineup at Nextfest 2018 includes four productions of strikingly diverse and unusual inspirations and theatrical styles. 12thnight.ca talked to the playwrights. Meet Juniper Wisniewski, creator of The Gooseberry, a black comedy in which a dinner party is the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Juniper Wisniewski, Moplip Theatre, Nextfest, Nextfest Arts Co.
A convergence of paths en route to healing: Where do we Begin? at Nextfest
The mainstage theatre lineup at Nextfest 2018 includes four productions of strikingly diverse and unusual inspirations and theatrical styles. 12thnight.ca talked to the playwrights. Meet Lady Vanessa Cardona, Joanna Simon, and Roya Yazdanmehr, creators (and stars) of Where do we Begin?, a … Continue reading
A jazzy new musical with a bank robber folk hero: Pretty Boy The Musical at Nextfest
The mainstage theatre lineup at Nextfest 2018 includes four productions of strikingly diverse inspirations and theatrical styles. 12thnight.ca talked to the playwrights. Meet Mark Vetsch, creator and director of Pretty Boy: The Musical, a jazzy new musical with a Depression Era … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Mark Vetsch, Nextfest, Nextfest Arts Co., Pretty Boy Floyd, Thou Art Here
Moonshine at Nextfest: a journey for identity in stories and music
The mainstage theatre lineup at Nextfest 2018 includes four productions of strikingly diverse inspirations and theatrical styles. 12thnight.ca talked to the playwrights. First, meet Larissa Pohoreski, creator and star of Moonshine. By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “It’s a celebration of my … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Larissa Pohoreski, Nextfest, Roxy on Gateway, Theatre Network, Ukrainian-Canadian heritage
What’s next? Find out at Nextfest, the festival that celebrates the next generation of artists
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Prepare to be surprised. Starting today in Old Strathcona, two groups of five emerging artists from the whole spectrum of disciplines — playwrights, choreographers, visual artists, filmmakers, actors, musicians — will gather. Together they’ll spend the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Bradley Moss, Edmonton theatre, Ellen Chorley, Nextfest, Nextfest Arts Co., Theatre Network
The Finest of Strangers aren’t strangers at all: Teatro’s season-opening premiere
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There was a moment last fall when Stewart Lemoine found himself standing on a Winnipeg street, peering through the front window of a house he once knew, rooted to the spot. “I knew I shouldn’t be … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Stewart Lemoine, Teatro La Quindicina
