Category Archives: Previews

Did you hear about the party? A world of surveillance in Bevin Dooley’s In Camera at Found Fest

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Shhhh. This weekend in Old Strathcona you may find yourself doing something subversive, illegal, and quite possibly dangerous. No, not jaywalking, my friends (or plotting against the damn Edmonton parking app). You’ll be in a one-bedroom … Continue reading →

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Finding yourself at Found, the festival of art in unexpected places

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

  By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Finding art, and artists, in places you never expected to run into them: hey, Edmonton has a festival for that. With the return of the Found Festival Thursday, for an eight annual weekend of surprising … Continue reading →

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Camping out with Shakespeare in the park: Freewill Shakespeare Festival returns with an intriguing pair of plays

Posted on June 18, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “If this be magic, let it be an Art as lawful as eating.” — The Winter’s Tale The actors pull up at rehearsals in shorts on their bikes, dodging geese (mosquitoes, squirrels  and the odd coyote), … Continue reading →

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A weekend at the theatre in E-town: happy birthday Varscona, A Likely Story, Improvaganza…

Posted on June 15, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls 12thnight.ca It’s the weekend in E-Town. So obviously you need to be in a theatre. Have a peek at some of your options. You could… •Go to a theatre party. Three years ago, something dramatic happened to … Continue reading →

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Weal Thyman The Third: a bouffon clown show to provoke you at Nextfest

Posted on June 3, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca When you’re creating a bouffon clown show about a grotesque filthy-rich capitalist with businesses, land, money, possessions, sycophants,  and an insatiable appetite for more more more, it’s not as if you have to rack your brains … Continue reading →

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“The show I needed to see”: Boy Trouble premieres at Nextfest

Posted on May 30, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “What’s the show I really needed to see at that age?” That’s the question Mac Brock asked himself at 22, looking back on his 17-year-old self. So he wrote that show. Boy Trouble premieres at Nextfest … Continue reading →

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What are they up to? Celebrate the next generation of artists at Nextfest

Posted on May 29, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

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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Mighty oaks from tiny acorns…. Concrete’s Sprouts Festival returns

Posted on May 24, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

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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A “puzzle box”: Broken Toys Theatre plays with Pinter’s Betrayal

Posted on May 20, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Just like old times,” says one character to another in the first scene of Betrayal. Funny how four simple words can evoke a whole world of memory and feeling. But then, this is Harold Pinter, the … Continue reading →

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Can’t fight this feeling: Rock of Ages is onstage at the Mayfield next season

Posted on May 13, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

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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