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The doors open, Edmonton has a stunning new theatre … and Theatre Network is home: The Roxy
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca When Theatre Network opens the doors of the new Roxy on 124th St. this weekend, Edmonton will have a beautiful new $12 million theatre. Theatre Network has returned to the ‘hood after six years renting in … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Chandos Construction, Crow's Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Group2 Architecture and Interior Design, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network
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The Power of the Drum, a dance theatre adventure into the spiritual heart of the Afro-Cuban experience
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The show that opens Saturday on the Westbury stage takes us on a dance theatre adventure deep into the spiritual heart and traditions of the Afro-Cuban experience. The Power of the Drum, a creation of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Cuban Movements Dance Academy, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, RISER Edmonton
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An Indigenous prophecy and a rare birth: The Herd premieres at the Citadel. Meet playwright Kenneth T. Williams
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Herd, premiering this week at the Citadel, is powered by the rarest of rare events: the birth of twin white buffalo calves on a First Nations ranch. It comes attached to a sacred Indigenous prophecy … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, indigenous theatre, Lorne Cardinal, National Arts Centre Indigenous Theatre, Tarragon Theatre, Theatre Network, U of A drama department, Workshop West Theatre
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The Citadel announces a new Size Large season, led by two new Canadian musicals
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca After two contortionist years of stops and starts, indefinite postponements, cancellations cast hopefully as delays, re-bookings, digital work-arounds, the Citadel Theatre has cheering news. And it’s on a grand scale. “It’s big and it’s busy … … Continue reading
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Tagged Citadel Theatre, Citadel Theatre season, Edmonton theatre, Hawksley Workman, Kate Hamill, Obsidian Theatre, Punctuate! Theatre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, The Maggie Tree
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‘What makes us laugh?” Teatro La Quindicina launches its 40th season with Caribbean Muskrat
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Comedy. That was the only stipulation when Teatro La Quindicina got a joint commission in 2003 from a short-lived comedy festival in Edmonton and the prestigious High Performance Rodeo in Calgary. That open-ended proposition was meat … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, 2022 season, comedy, Edmonton theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, Varscona Theatre
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More theatre news: Expanse Fest is back and Grindstone’s hitting the road
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Generations” and “generational stories”: that’s the connective tissue of this year’s edition of Expanse, Azimuth Theatre’s annual “celebration of the body in motion.” For 2022 the agile festival with the Expanse-ive embrace returns to the live … Continue reading
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Tagged Azimuth Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Expanse Movement Arts Festival, Grindstone Theatre, musical satire
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Springboards: a signature new play festival returns home to Workshop West
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s a felicity of timing, an alignment of stars, that our first chance to visit Workshop West Playwrights Theatre in their new home in Old Strathcona is Springboards. The festival of staged readings, workshops and … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Gateway Theatre, new Canadian plays, Springboards New Play Festival, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Jane Eyre steps off the page and onto the Citadel stage, in a new Erin Shields adaptation
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.” — Jane Eyre In the new play getting its world premiere at the Citadel Thursday … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Charlotte Brontë, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Erin Shields, Jane Eyre, Shaw Festival, Soulpepper, Stratford Festival, theatrical adaptations
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The healing touch of humour: Drew Hayden Taylor’s Cottagers and Indians at Shadow Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Humour is the WD-40 of healing.” That’s what an elder from the Blood Reserve in southern Alberta once told Drew Hayden Taylor. “I liked that. So cool. Almost T-shirt-worthy,” says the well-travelled Ojibwa playwright/ filmmaker/ TV … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Drew Hayden Taylor, Edmonton theatre, Indigenous Canadian theatre, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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Theatre rooted in the land: Ayita, premiering at SkirtsAfire. Meet creator Teneil Whiskeyjack
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The mainstage centrepiece of the 10th anniversary edition of SkirtsAfire — the multidisciplinary arts festival devoted to celebrating and showcasing women and non-binary artists — is a new play. Distinctively Indigenous in its inspiration, creation, and … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, indigenous theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival
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