Category Archives: Previews
The trouper, the angel, and the mantra: the show must go on!
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If there ever was a dramatic testimonial to theatre as a collaborative art form, in the grand odds-against “show must go on” tradition, it’s got to be the back story of The Great Whorehouse Fire of … Continue reading
Random thoughts and suggestions on Fringe opening day
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the ongoing quest to devise a fruitful plan of attack for seeing Fringe shows, one long-time theatre administrator I knew eliminated pre-festival anxiety (and also 99 per cent of her theatre-going activity) by her strict … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Charles Ross, Edmonton Fringe Festival 2018, Fringe previews, Mark Meer, Martin Dockery, Mike Delamont, T.J. Dawe, Walking Dead
Great moments in history … on balconies. Heather D. Swain stays home for her new Fringe show. A Fringe preview.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca One evening two summers ago the veteran Fringe and Street artist Heather D. Swain was sitting on her Strathcona balcony having a cocktail with friends, watching The People go by. And that’s when it came to … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Festival 2018, Edmonton theatre, Fringe BYOVs, From The Balcony, Heather D. Swain
When worlds collide: Chris Bullough is feeling the reverb in his new Rig Pig Fantasia. A Fringe preview
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “ Here I am,” sighs Chris Bullough wincing slightly over his de-caf last week. “An artist. My artistic career funded by oil. Questioning the ethics of oil production and use.” His new play Rig Pig … Continue reading
A tale of two Fringe directors. Chapter 2: Michael Bradley
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A cultural theory: There’s a kind of crazy total-immersion charge about the Fringe that’s a magnet to Edmonton theatre artists. It explains why veteran Edmonton theatre pros — Bradley Moss, Trevor Schmidt, Darrin Hagen, Dave … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Festival 2018, Edmonton theatre, Liane Faulder, Michael Bradley, Steve Martin, Suzie Martin
A tale of two Fringe directors. Chapter 1: Suzie Martin
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A cultural theory: There’s a kind of crazy total-immersion charge about the Fringe that’s a magnet to Edmonton theatre artists. It explains why veteran Edmonton theatre pros — Bradley Moss, Darrin Hagen, Dave Horak, Trevor … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Cat Walsh, Edmonton Fringe Festival 2018, Edmonton theatre, Fetch, Suzie Martin, Tragedy: A Tragedy, Will Eno
The secret life of small towns: Michele Vance Hehir’s One Polaroid takes us back to Roseglen for the third of a trilogy. A Fringe preview.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca She lives in a city (one where a great big 37-year-old Fringe starts Thursday). But small towns have always had a particular fascination for Michele Vance Hehir. The secrets both open and closed, the partial knowledge, … Continue reading
“Grotesque fun” with Shakespeare: Macbeth Muet and the return of Surreal SoReal. A Fringe preview
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Grotesque fun,” says Jon Lachlan Stewart. “There’s a lot of laughs in our production. And then there’s not….” He’s talking about Macbeth Muet, a 60-minute version of Shakespeare’s swift and brutal tragedy that dismisses every Forsooth … Continue reading
Settle down class: the teacher is back, in a new version of Miss Katelyn’s Grade Threes Prepare For The Inevitable
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Imagine: someone loony enough to believe that some unobtrusive terrorist gunman could go into a school and … It doesn’t exactly take a paranoid with an apocalyptic persecution fantasy to imagine “a worst-case scenario.” Reality … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Elena Belyea, school shootings, Tiny Bear Jaws
Leona Brausen plays Lady B: The Importance of Being Earnest at Teatro La Quindicina
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There will be a moment this evening when an actor who has spent a great deal of time in her career providing perfectly vintage handbags to the casts of period comedies will get the ultimate pay-off. … Continue reading
