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Theatres are haunted places. A ghostly meet-and-greet in Dead Centre of Town XIII
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Imagine, if you will, a place where where live people are haunted by imaginary people. Where they inhabit the lives of others, and stories come to life when the lights are out. A place of strange … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Capitol Theatre, Catch The Keys Productions, Dead Centre of Town, Edmonton theatre, Edmonton theatre history, Fort Edmonton Park, Garneau Theatre, Princess Theatre, Walterdale Theatre
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Who am I really? Squeamish, a scary solo thriller from Northern Light. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s blood, a lot of blood, dripping and pooling and trailing through the macabre one-woman thriller you’ll find in the near-dark of the Studio Theatre in the ATB Financial Arts Barn. You can practically taste it. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, stage thrillers
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‘Imaginative solutions for impossible scenarios.’ The Wrong People Have Money at Shadow Theatre, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “In this class,” says star professor Martin Delancey of York University in The Wrong People Have Money, “we’re going to explore the impossible. We’re going to ‘tether the moon’.” It’s a course, standing room only, in … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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You go girls: The Wolves at the Citadel, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Teamwork makes the dream work,” says the teenage captain of the Wolves, #25, quoting her coach dad, and applying herself sturdily to holding the soccer team together through every kind of teenage girl friction. “Hustle ladies, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Highwire Series, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Sarah DeLappe, The Maggie Tree
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Behind the scenes in war, a story of human resilience: Barvinok, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “My Baba has a secret,” says Ukrainian-Canadian Hania in the opening moments of Barvinok. “A secret she is bringing with her to her grave.” As we learn in Lianna Makuch’s suspenseful and moving play, inspired by … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Punctuate! Theatre, Pyretic Productions, Ukrainian-Canadian theatre
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Assault by the (corporate) media: Network, opening the Citadel season. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Before memes became meme-ish, when the medical profession had sole ownership of “viral,” there was the scene in Network, the Paddy Chayefsky film of 50 years ago, in which a veteran TV anchor declared “I’m mad … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Network, Paddy Chayevsky
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Heart and soul in 2 Pianos 4 Hands at the Mayfield. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The charming, poignant, and very funny musical comedy now at the Mayfield begins in classic concert fashion: the bow from the waist and the flipping of the tuxedo tails. Two men in formal tuxes take their … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Mirvish Productions, Talking Fingers Inc., Tarragon Theatre
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Facing the fall-out: A Doll’s House Part 2 launches the season at the Varscona. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The stage is dominated by a door, a giant door. The room has the outlines of wainscoting and six sealed windows — all bleached out, painted over, uninhabited. There’s no human clutter: a couple of chairs, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Henrik Ibsen, Varscona Theatre, Wild Side Productions
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Kiss the cod: Come From Away at the Jube, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Come From Away wasn’t Away long, in real time. And yet, the world has changed in such unmistakeable ways since March 2019, when the American touring production arrived here, bringing a story of Canadian-ness back to … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadway Across Canada, Canadian Musical Theatre Project, Come From Away, Edmonton theatre, Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
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Gathering dreams: Dreamers Cantata, a new revue from the Plain Janes. A Fringe review
Dreamer’s Cantata – A New Revue (Stage 11, Varscona Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca What would we do without the Plain Janes? In addition to their excavations in the corners of the musical theatre repertoire where the forgotten or neglected, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe 2022, Edmonton Fringe reviews, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, Plain Jane Theatre Company
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