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Dreaming (and dancing) big: Prison Dancer premieres at the Citadel’s Collider Festival
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s a theatre festival that thinks big about the new — creating it to live on large performance spaces across the country and beyond, developing, celebrating and showcasing it. The Citadel’s Collider Festival, a collision of … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian Film Centre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, National Arts Centre, National Creation Fund, New York Musical Theatre Festival, Prison Dancer Inc., Punctuate! Theatre
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‘Legal but complicated’: Hannah Moscovitch’s Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes, at Theatre Network
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “You cannot shoot vampires during the day,” says Hannah Moscovitch, from a car across the world in Prague at 5 in the afternoon. The star Canadian playwright is driving past beautiful old buildings and cherry trees … Continue reading
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Tagged APTN, Crave, Edmonton theatre, Hannah Moscovitch, Interview With The Vampire, Theatre Network
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After the funeral: Darrin Hagen’s dark comedy 10 Funerals premieres at Shadow Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Funerals,” says the booming baritone voice on the phone, “are so weird.” Darrin Hagen is something of an expert. And if there ever was a year to confirm it, it’s been this one, allegedly (but only … Continue reading
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Tagged Darrin Hagen, Edmonton theatre, Guys in Disguise, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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‘A dream within a dream’: Catalyst’s Nevermore, in a 15th anniversary concert version
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.” Consider it a haunting (a subject on which Edgar Allan Poe is something of an authority). Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Catalyst Theatre, Edgar Allan Poe, Edmonton theatre, MacEwan University, Vertigo Theatre
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Coming of age in a warming world: meet Dayna Lea Hoffmann, the star of A Hundred Words For Snow
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “It doesn’t feel that long ago since I was 15,” says Dayna Lea Hoffmann. “I look back and it was nearly 10 years ago….” “This is me kissing my youth goodbye,” she says at the advanced … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Nextfest, Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre
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Can you spell p-a-n-d-e-m-o-n-i-u-m? Grindstone Theatre is doing The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca At Grindstone Theatre they launch festivals, one after the other, indoors or out — devoted to sketch or stand-up, improv or disco, even mural painting. They celebrate Pride and Fringe in a big way, and all … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadway musicals, Campus St.-Jean, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre
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A new play and a new chapter for Theatre Yes: Dead in the Water at the Varscona
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “There are things that need to be said. And I’m going to say them,” says Ruth Alexander, who has the kind of husky laugh people notice right through Saturday din at an Italian cafe. The actor/ musician/ … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Lodestar Theatre, Theatre Yes, U of A drama department, Varscona Theatre
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By the light of the moon: Northern Light Theatre announces its upcoming 48th season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The moon, in all its feminine mystery, figures prominently in the trio of plays — one British, one American, one Canadian — announced by Northern Light Theatre Monday for their upcoming 48th season. “Under The Same … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Christopher Fry, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Studio Theatre
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It’s World Theatre Day: make plans!
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca On World Theatre Day, your thoughts naturally drift to the exciting prospect of the human connection of live theatre. Hey, it’s a theatre town, and there are choices. •Trouble in Mind, the play that opens Thursday … Continue reading
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Tagged Azimuth Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Expanse Festival 2023, Festival Place, Sound Off: A Deaf Theatre Festival, World Theatre Day
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SOUND OFF, the groundbreaking Deaf theatre fest, dances back for a seventh annual edition
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Across the country, and the continent, there isn’t anything quite like the groundbreaker of a festival, born in this fair theatre town, that’s back for a seventh annual edition Tuesday. SOUND OFF, Canada’s unique and influential … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Backstage Theatre, Dance Novella, deaf theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, La Cité francophone, Mile Zero Dance, Rapid Fire Theatre, roots2reach, Sound Off: A Deaf Theatre Festival, The Invisible Practice, Theatresports, VibraFusion Lab, Zuppa Theatre Co.
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