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So, is he married yet? A Brimful of Asha, live at the Citadel. A 12thnight review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “You are here,” the engaging title character tells us with a smile at the start of A Brimful of Asha, “to help me sort out my son.” The son smiles too, and rolls his eyes. In … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Ravi Jain, Why Not Theatre
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One on one theatre: Here There Be Night takes you into an underground resistance network
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Sometimes the creative ingenuity and resilience of theatre artists just about takes your breath away. In a dangerous time when big live theatre gatherings have been cancelled, thwarted, delayed, diverted, they will find a way. I … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Old Strathcona, Strathcona Community League, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Curio Shoppe is home care, Catch The Keys style. Give yourself a fright.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Home care (Catch The Keys-style). “It’s time to haunt your own house,” says a silky voice, coming at us in the dark from the internet ether. As its name suggests, Curio Shoppe, the ingenious joint creation … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Catch The Keys Productions, Dead Centre of Town, Edmonton history, Edmonton theatre
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An Exceptional Night In With Lucy Darling: get Zoomed on magic and mixology
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca For an awful moment, says Lucy Darling brightly, “I thought this was one of those terrible juice box events!” No fear, my (socially distanced) friends. When you’re a guest at L.D.’s magic comedy show An Exceptional … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Carisa Hendrix, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, fire eating, Lucy Darling, magic shows
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Cool breath in, warm breath out: Catalyst’s ‘until the next breath’ in the great outdoors
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca From the River Road at dusk, you catch a glimpse of something mysterious through the trees of Victoria Park. Rounded huts — hives? a village perhaps? — glowing from within, and strung with twinkling lights. We’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Catalyst Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Grand Acts of Theatre, National Arts Centre, outdoor theatre
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Canada as a work-in-progress: All That Binds Us at Azimuth Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight There has likely never been a more all-inclusive welcome to a piece of theatre than the one we get from Kit (Sheldon Elter), our “guide of sorts,” in the opening moments of All That Binds Us. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Akpik Theatre, Azimuth Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fringe theatre, Jenny Rodgers, Reneltta Arluk
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Off the cuff and on the spot: Gordon’s Big Bald Head makes (up) a movie
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Hey, tonight I was in the virtual audience at the Grindstone, i.e. the invisible sweatpants brigade online at home. And I was watching an amazingly dexterous improv duo onstage do, off the cuff, something that is … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton improv, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Comedy Theatre and Bistro, improv comedy, Mark Meer, Ron Pederson
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Hockey night in Edmonton: Playing With Fire re-opens the Mayfield. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca With the production that reopened the Mayfield Dinner theatre for real-live audiences this week (for a six-week run), hockey doesn’t just pirouette around theatre. No, there’s a bone-rattling full bodycheck into the boards. And there are … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Calgary Flames, Edmonton theatre, hockey plays, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Theo Fleury
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And back to the live! a horizon-expanding experiment at the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca On Friday March 13 I went to the theatre — the Varscona, to see Shadow Theatre’s production of Heisenberg, starring Amber Borotsik and Glenn Nelson. I haven’t stepped into a theatre since. Until Saturday night. Which … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Horizon Lab
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