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John Ullyatt takes up the suitcase and the iconic mantle in Death of a Salesman, at the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Sixty seasons ago, a worn-out travelling salesman feeling his mileage and dispossessed from the “smile and a shoe shine” world he’s always known arrived on the stage of a former Sally Ann citadel in downtown Edmonton. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Arthur Miller, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Willy Loman
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Why do we keep making war anyhow? The addiction to rage: An Iliad at Shadow Theatre, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Every time I sing this song, I hope it’s the last time,” says the man before us, a travelling storyteller with a gift of the gab, who’s arrived on crutches (not a prop, Michael Peng has … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, anti-war plays, Edmonton theatre, Homer, Shadow Theatre, The Iliad, Varscona Theatre
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Doomed to tell and re-tell the story of the Trojan War: Michael Peng stars as the Poet in An Iliad, at Shadow Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A traveller arrives onstage Thursday at the Varscona Theatre, suitcase in hand, with a story to tell. He’s been telling it for, oh, about three thousand years. “And every time he tells it he hopes he … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, anti-war plays, Edmonton theatre, Shadow Theatre, The Iliad, Varscona Theatre
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What’s Calgary got that we don’t have? Under the spell of the Dream Machine, at the High Performance Rodeo
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A question for this theatre town of ours: what has Calgary got that we don’t have? A: One Yellow Rabbit, an influential multi-disciplinary troupe of brainy incautious artistic renegades of the experimental stripe, with their own … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Calgary theatre, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton theatre, High Performance Rodeo, One Yellow Rabbit
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Those Belle Époque bohemians are the party people: Moulin Rouge The Musical, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Those Belle Époque bohemians sure know how to party. Your retinas will be dazzled the moment you enter the theatre. And that, mes amis, isn’t going to stop, or even pause, for the next two-and-a-half hours … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway Across Canada, Broadway musicals, Edmonton theatre, Moulin Rouge The Musical
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A grand-scale folk ballet fantasy for the season: meet the stars of ‘Canada’s Ukrainian Nutcracker by Shumka’
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There are shows built into our holiday DNA. The frozen-hearted Ebenezer Scrooge stars in one of them, a classic ghost story cum tale of last-minute redemption (A Christmas Carol, now running at the Citadel). The other … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton dance, Edmonton theatre, Shumka, The Nutcracker, Ukrainian dance
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Yippee-ki-yay, you’ll get a kick out of Die Harsh: The Christmas Musical, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Christmas show is the natural home of the flashback, ’tis true. (I give you Scrooge’s night course in how to not be a relentless jerk). But it’s a special kind of Christmas show that opens … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Christmas musicals, Die Hard, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, Orange Hub
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What were their own favourite sketches in 8 years of Girl Brain? Ellie Heath reports back
A Girl Brain postscript, from Ellie Heath As Girl Brain prepares to open their finale show ‘Girl Brain, Actually’ at Theatre Network (Dec. 11 to 21) before their sabbatical, I wondered about their own favourite sketches in eight Girl Brain … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Christmas shows, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton sketch comedy, Edmonton theatre, Girl Brain, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network
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Calling all grinches: there’s a holiday show for you on an Edmonton stage this week to make you jolly
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If seasonal stress and/or ennui, or spending time in a mall parking lot have so far squashed your festive spirit beyond recognition it’s pretty obvious you need the booster shot of a live holiday show. And you’re … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, Girl Brain, Grindstone Theatre, LightningCloud Productions, Northern Light Theatre, Rapid Fire Theatre, Shumka, Theatre Network, Walterdale Theatre, Whizgiggling Productions
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Brainwaves galore: a (temporary) finale for our fave sketch comedy trio. ‘Girl Brain, Actually’ at the Roxy
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The show that opens Thursday in Theatre Network’s season at the Roxy puts holiday sparkles and Santa hats on a double milestone in Edmonton theatre. After eight dizzying years of laughing, sold-out houses the hit sketch … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton sketch comedy, Edmonton theatre, Girl Brain, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network
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