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Taking down the boss: 9 to 5 the musical at the Citadel, a preview
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight. ca Working 9 to 5, what a way to make a living…. “It’s joyful, it’s funny, it’s absolutely a revenge story!” says director Rachel Peake of the musical comedy that opens this week at the Citadel, … Continue reading
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Tell Us What Happened: sexual assault and social media, in Michelle Robb’s new play at Workshop West
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The new play that premieres Thursday in Heather Inglis’s Workshop West production invites us into a circle of young female friends who find themselves in crisis in the fraught border country between social media and the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Gateway Theatre, U of A drama department, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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I Don’t Even Miss You: love and legacy in a new multi-disciplinary ‘musical’ from Tiny Bear Jaws
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I can never go back to the person I was in 2020,” says Elena Belyea. And the world can’t go back to its old self either. Which brings her to “the central question: What do you … Continue reading
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‘A sort of musical at a sort of funeral’: ren & the wake lures alt-folk rocker Lindsey Walker back into musical theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “A sort of musical” set at “a sort of funeral”: that’s the intriguing double-billing of ren & the wake, premiering Thursday at the Backstage Theatre. The workshop production by the off-centre indie experimenters Catch The Keys … Continue reading
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Revisiting your younger self: Bloomsday bends time at Shadow Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca … “that girl there … and would you — would you please just for a minute — would you please see that girl there?” — Robert in Bloomsday, by Steven Dietz “What would you say to … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton theatre, James Joyce, Shadow Theatre, Steven Dietz, Ulysses, Varscona Theatre
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As You Like It, A Radical Retelling: lots of secrets about the first play to take the stage at Theatre Network’s new Roxy
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “We know that the best, the truest, experience of Cliff Cardinal’s As You Like It, A Radical Retelling is to know as little as possible about it,” says Chris Abraham of the production that will be … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Crow's Theatre, Edmonton theatre, indigenous theatre, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network
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Two-Headed/ Half-Hearted: sisterly bonding in a unique new musical at Northern Light Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Sisters. You can’t live with ‘em and you can’t live without ‘em. In the uniquely demanding new musical that premieres Friday, the finale of Northern Light Theatre’s 46th season, you will meet a pair of sisters … Continue reading
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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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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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