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Cleave, a sense of possibility in contradiction: a review of Tiny Bear Jaws’ latest
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca No wonder we’re screwed up. We’re looking for definitive clarity and judgment in a language full of unruly verbs — dust, sanction, screen, bolt, cleave — that contain their own opposites. Cleave: to hold together. Cleave: … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Elena Belyea, Fringe Theatre Adventures, intersex characters, Tiny Bear Jaws
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Can life move forward after great trauma? Poison, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The unexpected thing about Poison isn’t its intensity. After all, its starting point is unimaginable loss. No, the unexpected thing about Poison, as you’ll see in this stunningly acted Wild Side production directed by Jim Guedo, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Jim Guedo, Lot Vekemans, Roxy Performance Series, Theatre Network, Wild Side Productions
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The theatre of the supernatural: Cat Walsh’s Do This In Memory Of Me, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Do This In Memory Of Me, a strange and captivating new coming-of-age comedy by Cat Walsh, takes us into the richly decorated, permeable mind of a highly imaginative 12-year-old Catholic girl. Geneviève’s is a mind with … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Cat Walsh, Edmonton theatre, L'UniThéâtre, Northern Light Theatre
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The fun of Oy-rish charm: Outside Mullingar, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The fabled Irish countryside connection between man and The Land has a kind of crackpot quirkiness in this charmingly wispy 2014 Oy-rish rom-com by the redoubtable American playwright John Patrick Shanley, of Moonstruck and Doubt fame. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Irish theatre, John Hudson, John Patrick Shanley, Shadow Theatre
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A musical window into a tragic world: Children of God, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There have been musicals before now that explored the effects of bi-polar disorder, of bullying, of cultural imperialism and racism, of homophobia, of domestic abuse. Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel is still controversial; it was written … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Corey Payette, Edmonton theatre, Indigenous drama, residential schools, Truth and Reconciliation, Urban Ink
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Gimme gimme gimme … the past! How can I resist you? Mamma Mia! at the Citadel, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “We’ve done it all before, now we’re back to get some more….” Mamma Mia! There: you’re looking at two words that, just on sight, will weasel their way into your brain, and unlock an entire archive … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, ABBA, Ashlie Corcoran, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, jukebox musicals, Mamma Mia!
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A coming-of-age play called Métis Mutt comes of age: a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s always started with jokes. A lot of jokes. “What do you call an Indian on a bike?” And since the man onstage is remembering his time as a teenage stand-up comic, empowered by audience laughter, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, indigenous theatre, Métis Mutt, Ron Jenkins, Sheldon Elter, solo shows, Theatre Network at the Roxy
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The Plain Janes get dizzy in Madrid: Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Welcome to the edge, the verge, the ledge….” sing five agitated women who find themselves thrown together, teetering crazily, in the Act I finale of the riotous musical screwball that the Plain Janes have brought to … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, David Yazbek and Jeffrey Lane, Edmonton theatre, Kate Ryan, Pedro Almodóvar, Plain Jane Theatre, Varscona Theatre Ensemble, Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown
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The Ladies Foursome: the short game goes long. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Hitting a tiny ball with a skinny stick? A long long way into the distance into a hole you can’t even see? To the non-golfer especially, the whole point of that particularly maddening game — alluded … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Jim Guedo, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Norm Foster, The Ladies Foursome
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When you meet a grizzly…. Matthew MacKenzie’s Bears
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If you run into a grizzly, keep the following in mind: They have an aversion to authority. They never back down. And there’s no use playing dead. “There’s no such thing as neutral in the bear … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alberta Aboriginal Performing Arts, Edmonton theatre, Kinder Morgan Pipeline, Punctuate! Theatre, Rubaboo Festival
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