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Die Harsh the Christmas Musical, a festive holiday tradition from Grindstone, goes bigger at the Orange Hub
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca This is the week that two original bona fide homegrown holiday musicals return to the stage — both unconventional, both expanded and enhanced from their 2023 editions — to deck the hall (well, two different halls). … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Die Hard, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre and Bistro, holiday musicals, Orange Hub, Straight Edge Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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Two off-centre homegrown holiday musicals return, bigger and fancier, this week! First, Grindstone’s Die Harsh. A preview
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca This is the week that two original bona fide homegrown holiday musicals return to the stage — both unconventional, both expanded and enhanced from their 2023 editions — to deck the hall (well, two different halls). … Continue reading
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Tagged Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Comedy Theatre and Bistro, Orange Hub, Varscona Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Little Dickens: Ronnie Burkett’s marionettes return to Theatre Network to upend a Christmas classic
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “It’s the old puppeteer joke,” says Ronnie Burkett who has a lifetime supply of same. “Build a holiday show, and you know what you’re doing every December.” Which brings us to Little Dickens, opening Thursday at … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, A Christmas Carol, Edmonton theatre, puppet theatre, Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes, The Cultch, Theatre Network
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And opening tonight… at the Citadel and Rapid Fire
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s been the hardest of weeks at the Citadel. The death of the much-loved actor Julien Arnold during Sunday night’s preview performance of A Christmas Carol has been profoundly shocking and sad for the theatre community, artists … Continue reading
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Brother Rat: a punk rock play with music (and earplugs) opens the Fringe Theatre season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Some kids grow up listening to Itsy Bitsy Spider, and drifting off to sleep with The Cat Came Back. The soundtrack of Erik Richards’s childhood was NoMeansNo, SNFU, Minor Threats, Bad Brains. And that high-volume punk … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, NoMeansNo, punk rock musicals, ReadyGo Theatre
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A love story with complications, in a new musical: Des McAnuff brings The Ballad of Johnny and June to the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Ballad of Johnny and June, the musical that opens Thursday at the Citadel is a love story, with complications. And its director and co-creator Des McAnuff, pre-rehearsal last week, is hunting for the big-impact historical … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway musicals, Chelsea Theater Center, Citadel Theatre, country music, Edmonton theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Public Theatre, Shakespeare Theater Company, Stratford Festival
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Who’s the real monster? Monstress, a new Trevor Schmidt thriller, launches the Northern Light season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Trevor Schmidt calls his latest play, launching the Northern Light Theatre season Friday, “my Lady Frankenstein show.” Playwright Schmidt, NLT’s long-time artistic director, has long been fascinated by the female perspective, female windows on the world, … Continue reading
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The Two Battles of Francis Pegahmagabow, a new World War I play by Neil Grahn, premieres at Shadow Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca He was “arguably the greatest soldier this country has ever produced,” as playwright Neil Grahn puts it. “And nobody knows his name….” Grahn’s new play The Two Battles of Francis Pegahmagabow, premiering Thursday to open the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, APTN, Canadian World War I history, Edmonton theatre, Francis Pegahmagabow, indigenous theatre, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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Playwright Stephen Massicotte talks about Stars On Her Shoulders, his latest, premiering at Workshop West
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In 2002, a story of first love, a dreamscape looped against the horrific backdrop of World War I, changed the life of the graphic designer-turned-actor who’d “jumped into theatre cold.” as he puts it. Since its … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alberta Theatre Projects, Edmonton theatre, Mary's Wedding, Stephen Massicotte, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre, World War I history
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Two actors, a passion, and a mission: Jean Genet’s The Maids, three years in the making, opens downtown
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the chiller of a play that opens October 25 in an eerie downtown basement, you’ll watch two sisters act out a dangerous, nerve-wracking, possibly lethal, role-playing game with each other — in a theatre of … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Jean Genet, Pendennis Building, U of A drama department
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