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Two hauntings on Edmonton stages this week
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Get haunted, at an Edmonton theatre (a couple of options). •The sassy burlesque artists of Send in the Girls and House of Hush, have never shied away from uncovering stories from history, then uncorseting them, for … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, burlesque, Edmonton theatre, House of Hush, Scona Alumni Theatre Co, Send in the Girls, Varscona Theatre
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All things circus, a musical comedy, and a new play: Edmonton onstage this weekend
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Your chance to run away and join the circus is at hand. Thanks to Firefly Theatre and Circus, we have a whole festival for all things circus. The Alberta Circus Arts Festival returns Thursday for a … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberta Circus Arts Festival, Capitol Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Firefly Theatre and Circus, Fort Edmonton Park, Frostbite Circus, Gateway Theatre, LookUp theatre, NUOVa Vocal Arts
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Improvaganza is back, for the first time at the Exchange, Rapid Fire Theatre’s new home sweet home
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You can never quite know what will happen at Improvaganza. And that’s how it’s supposed to be. The improv talent from here, there, and everywhere arriving for the 2023 edition of Rapid Fire Theatre’s annual international … Continue reading
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Tagged Edmonton improv comedy, Edmonton theatre, Improvaganza, Rapid Fire Theatre
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Cosmic time-travelling into history: Black Alberta at Nextfest
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It started with history: the story of Black civil rights in Alberta, and leading players in a real-life narrative of which Albertans are woefully ignorant. And from that writer/historian Bashir Mohamed has opened a door into … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alberta black history, Edmonton theatre, Nextfest 2023, Nextfest Arts Company, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network
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African mythology and the immigrant experience: meet the creator of Hyena’s Trail at Nextfest
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca For every hyena in the world there’s a witch. It’s a uneasy pairing that powers a new play premiering at Nextfest 2023. At the centre of Hyena’s Trail, by actor-turned-playwright Kijo Gatama, are dark, powerful, mischievous … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Nextfest 2023, Nextfest Arts Company, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network, U of A drama department
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How do you change people’s minds? In She/They Nextfest playwright Madi May wants to know
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The thorny question of how you change people’s minds is at the heart of a new comedy about serious things, premiering on the Nextfest 2023 mainstage. In She/They, a famed feminist author, cancelled and doxed, and … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe 2023, Edmonton theatre, National Theatre School, Nextfest 2023, Nextfest Arts Company, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network
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What is a guilty pleasure anyhow? Is it bad to like popular things? Meet the creators of (Taylor’s Version) at Nextfest
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Anyone who’s ever looked a bit furtive while ordering a pumpkin spice latte knows this: you don’t get credit for liking what’s popular or ‘girly’. Au contraire. Cayley Wreggit and Samantha Ketsa, the engaging Calgary-based creators … Continue reading
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Tagged #yegdance, 12thnight.ca, Calgary theatre, Edmonton theatre, Nextfest, Roxy Theatre, Swifties, Taylor Swift, Theatre Network
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Shadow Theatre announces an all-Canadian 30th anniversary season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Shadow Theatre will launch its upcoming four-production all-Canadian 30th anniversary season with its first-ever mainstage musical. And it’s homegrown. Crescendo!, set in a women’s community choir, is by Sandy Paddick, with original music and musical arrangements … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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So, what’s new? Come to Nextfest 2023, and find out
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca What’s new? What’s next? What are our up-and-coming artists thinking about anyhow? You’re in a position to find out for yourself since the 28th annual edition of Nextfest, the multi-disciplinary 11-day (and night) festival dreamed up … Continue reading
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