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The moment of truth for a country: Children of God, a musical about the ripple effect of residential schools
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the musical that opens at the Citadel Thursday, you’ll meet a smart kid with potential and hopes, a dreamer with a sense of possibility. And then school happens. You’ll meet Tom years later, in a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Children of God, Citadel Theatre, Corey Payette, Edmonton theatre, Indigenous drama, residential schools, Urban Ink
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Romantic comedy turns spy thriller: The Romeo Initiative at SkirtsAfire
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Against the odds, it’s happening. He’s been a little late in his entrance but your leading man has appeared, finally. Yes, you’ll star in your own romance, finally. Your footing on the terra firma of being … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Annette Loiselle, Cold War drama, Edmonton theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, The Romeo Iniative, Trina Davies
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A diary, an inheritance, and a struggle come to life in Blood of Our Soil
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “How can our land not be fertile when so much blood, both Ukrainian and foreign, has seeped into it?” Five years ago Lianna Makuch discovered a handwritten book that would have a seismic impact on her … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Punctuate! Theatre, Pyretic Productions, Theatre of the New Heart, Ukraine, Ukrainian-Canadian heritage, Westbury Theatre
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Mamma Mia, here we go again! Meet director Ashlie Corcoran
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life… It is no surprise to find that the director of a certain big full-bodied jukebox musical — you may have heard of it — opening … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, ABBA, Ashlie Corcoran, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Mamma Mia!, Theatre Smash, Vancouver Arts Club Theatre
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Taking a taxi through ’80s Madrid: Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown, the musical
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the first song of the musical comedy cum romantic screwball that ricochets across the Varscona stage Thursday, a Madrid taxi driver apostrophizes his beloved home town in the ‘80s. “Give me directions straight into the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, musical theatre, Pedro Almodóvar, Plain Jane Theatre, Varscona Theatre Ensemble, Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown
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Métis Mutt: Sheldon Elter’s journey beyond the punch lines
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Hello. My name is Sheldon Elter. And I’ll be your Native comedian for this evening.” Sheldon Elter, the startlingly multi-talented Métis actor/ playwright/ screenwriter/ musician/ director, shudders when he thinks of the jokes he told as … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Métis Mutt, Network, One Little Indian, Sheldon Elter, solo shows, Theatre Network
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The Unrepentant Necrophile: the punk rock musical that’s a test case for female empowerment
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Brooklyn duo the Coldharts are undeniably into dark and shivery. Take their unnerving Fringe hit Edgar Allan, in which the terrifying young Poe is haunted by a doppelgänger he can’t shake. Or The Legend of … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Chinook Series, Edmonton theatre, Fringe Theatre Adventures, punk rock musicals, The Coldharts, The Unrepentant Necrophile
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A Latinx dance lesson: Broken Tailbone is moving theatre, in every sense
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Take off that coat! You’ll be too hot otherwise!” There is nothing usual about Broken Tailbone, the highly original Carmen Aguirre creation that occasions her first-ever visit to Edmonton, courtesy of Workshop West’s Canoe Festival, and … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Carmen Aguirre, Edmonton theatre, Latinx dance, Nightswimming Theatre
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The sense of connection: Paradise at the Chinook Series
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In 1992, Patti Flather’s father, a family doctor, was murdered outside his North Vancouver home — shot by a former patient with an undiagnosed mental illness. Reflections on that traumatizing event eventually found their way into … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Azimuth Theatre, Chinook Series, Edmonton theatre, Expanse Festival, Gwaandak Theatre, MT Space, Patti Flather
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