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What are they up to? Celebrate the next generation of artists at Nextfest
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca So, what’s happening? What’s new? What’s next? There’s a festival in Edmonton that’s all about the answers. Yes, Nextfest is back in Old Strathcona Thursday for 11 days (and nights) of showcasing and celebrating the next … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Backstage Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Ellen Chorley, Nextfest, Nextfest 2019, Roxy on Gateway, Theatre Network
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Mighty oaks from tiny acorns…. Concrete’s Sprouts Festival returns
By Liz Nicholls 12thnight.ca The sun is out. For 18 springs now, Concrete Theatre has been planting the Canadian theatre repertoire with new play seedlings from unusual sources — and then watering them for future seasons. The annual Sprouts Festival … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Concrete Theatre, Edmonton theatre, indie theatre, Sprouts Festival of New Plays, theatre for young audiences, Varscona Theatre
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Can’t fight this feeling: Rock of Ages is onstage at the Mayfield next season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca As the life-coach sages commonly known as Journey have taught us, don’t stop believin’. The Mayfield’s Van Wilmott didn’t. For months, he’s been working on getting the rights for Rock of Ages, the unrepentantly good-time hair … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Edmonton theatre, jukebox musicals, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Rock of Ages
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Peter Oldring is funnier than you: star comedian joins Grindstone’s new comedy fest
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If you got incensed the day your ear was caught by an item on CBC Radio One that the province of Nova Scotia had cancelled Grade 4, you’re not alone. (And you already know something about … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, CBC Radio, Dexter Guff Is Smarter Than You, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Comedy Theatre and Bistro, improv comedy, Peter Oldring, sketch comedy, The 11 O'Clock Number, This Is That, This Sounds Serious
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The Shadow knows: putting the comedy back into Chekhov, and the new season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “If everyone took anti-depressants, Chekhov would have had nothing to write about….” The playwright himself called it “Chekhov in a blender.” But Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, by the raucous American absurdist Christopher Durang … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Chekhov, Christopher Durang, Edmonton theatre, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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Nassim, an adventure in language and connection: meet playwright Nassim Soleimanpour
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The last time I talked to Nassim Soleimanpour, six years ago, the Iranian playwright was in the middle of Tehran on a cellphone that kept fading out, and I had laryngitis. There’s got to be an … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Bush Theatre, Citadel Rice Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Nassim Soleimanpour
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Two big birthdays, one big bash: Rubaboo and Dreamspeakers festivals
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The celebration of Indigenous artists and their many-sided contributions to our shared culture takes another step forward with the tandem anniversary editions of the Rubaboo Arts Festival and the Dreamspeakers Film Festival today through May 7. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alberta Aboriginal Performing Arts, Dreamspeakers Film Festival, Edmonton theatre, Josh Languedoc, Rubaboo Arts Festival
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“The hour’s now come”: deaf and hearing actors together in The Tempest at the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “O brave new world, that has such people in’t,” as Miranda, the daughter of a deposed ruler in exile, says in wonder towards the end of one of Shakespeare’s most mysterious and haunting plays. In the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, deaf theatre, Edmonton theatre, Lorne Cardinal, Shakespeare, The Tempest, Tyst Teater
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