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Dreaming of home: Matara takes us to the zoo and a lone elephant, at Workshop West. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “This is her home. And we are her family.” That’s Karen the zookeeper (Elinor Holt) taking on protesters and talking about her charge, who’s big, exotic, fascinating — and languishing a world away from her ‘country … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Conni Massing, Edmonton theatre, Edmonton Valley Zoo, Lucy the elephant, Tracy Carroll, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre, zoos
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“Ripe for a lapse”: Fallen Angels is a Bright Young Things lark. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The “nice part” of Julia is perfectly content with matrimonial “happiness and tranquillity.” There lurks, however, “a beastly, unworthy thing waiting to spring.” And, she adds darkly, “it hasn’t been fed for a long LONG time….” … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Bright Young Things, Edmonton theatre, Fallen Angels, Noel Coward, Varscona Theatre, Varscona Theatre Ensemble
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Miss Bennet gets a romantic comedy to call her own: Jane Austen revisited at the Citadel in a delightful holiday show
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the charmer of a holiday show up and running (well, alighting gracefully) on the Citadel’s Shoctor stage, characters are startled when they notice the live tree in the drawing room. In the course of Miss … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Jane Austen, Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Nancy McAlear, Pride and Prejudic
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A love story and a cautionary tale: a riveting production of What A Young Wife Ought To Know at Theatre Network
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Love,” Sophie tells us near the start of What A Young Wife Ought To Know, “is a strange sort of madness that comes over you and makes the future go dark.” In Hannah Moscovitch’s gut-wrenching coming-of-age … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, birth control movement, Edmonton theatre, Hannah Moscovitch, Theatre Network, women's sexual health
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Raising a little hell: Canada 151 at the Mayfield. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You know you’re in Canada when the Beachcombers theme is in the air pre-show. And the band arrives onstage in lumberjack shirts. And your heart melts just a little when everyone in the opening production … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Canada 151, Canadian music, Edmonton theatre, Kate Ryan, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, musical revues, Van Wilmott
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How to meet people you never meet: thoughts on Viscosity
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Life is full of surprises. Last night I found myself sitting at a bar stool next to a woman I’d just never run into in my usual life of 7:30 curtain times. She’s a heavy-equipment operator … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Heather Inglis, Oil Patch, Theatre Yes, verbatim theatre
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One fine night (or the case of the reluctant star): Beautiful – The Carole King Musical. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the history of the Great White Way, there’s no shortage of musicals, jukebox and otherwise, that are defined by the showbiz gene: the drive for stardom, the magnetic pull of performance, the compelling need to … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Broadway Across Canada, Carole King, Edmonton theatre, Gerry Goffin, Jubilee Auditorium
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The quest to be a warrior: an Indigenous story gets a powerful telling in Redpatch. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the striking opening moments of Redpatch a masked prophet in a pyramid of light asks “what is life?” and then vanishes into mist. It’s a question with legs (and vast reservoirs of imaginative and aerobic … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Hardline Productions, indigenous theatre, Vancouver Arts Club Theatre, Vancouver theatre
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I sing of Pretenderos, land of plot complications. The return of Die-Nasty to a lawless land
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Trolls? You want trolls? How about a dragon? “I’ll make it happen,” says a portentous rumbling voice from the dark. “This is a world with No Rules.” Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world. Welcome to … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Die-Nasty, Edmonton theatre, improv comedy, Lord of Thrones, Varscona Theatre
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Theatre takes to the trenches: Neil Grahn’s The Comedy Company. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “And make it funny!” barks the Major at the soldier. And so it starts, the remarkable true Canadian story that comes to life in Neil Grahn’s The Comedy Company. The new play by a writer … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, First World War music, Neil Grahn, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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