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A festival reimagined, over and over: SkirtsAfire 2021
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Reimagine. Repeat. Reimagine. Repeat…. What does it take to open a theatre and multidisciplinary, multi-location arts festival in the ever-shifting COVID-ian landscape of March 2021? The 9th annual edition of SkirtsAfire, Edmonton’s ever-expanding wide-embrace showcase of … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Army and Navy, Ballet Edmonton, Dana Wylie, Edmonton theatre, Old Strathcona Business Association, Skirts AFire Festival, Wild Heart Collective
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New faces in theatre: meet creator/performer/producer/activist Sue Goberdhan
They’re young, bright, and unstoppably creative. And, pandemic be damned, their adaptable, flexible talents are already lighting up the Edmonton theatre scene. In this 12thnight series you’ll meet some of E-town’s sought-after up-and-comers, artists whose work, on- and backstage, is already … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Azimuth Theatre, Could Be Cool Theatre, Edmonton podcasts, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre, Sue Goberdhan
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Préparez vous, mes amis: Lucy Darling is back — with a bilingual magic/comedy show livestreaming from L’UniThéâtre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “What I love about magic as an art form,” declares magician Carisa Hendrix at a non-magical hour of the morning earlier this week, “what magic is really about, is the feeling that anything is possible.…” The … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Ballyhoo Entertainment, Edmonton theatre, L'UniThéâtre, Lucy Darling, magic shows
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The Edmonton Fringe bids farewell to Executive Director Adam Mitchell
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Edmonton Fringe Theatre is bidding adieu to its Executive Director. After five years in the demanding administration job atop the company that presents Edmonton’s giant International Fringe Theatre Festival (the country’s oldest, largest, and most influential … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, Edmonton theatre
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The letters you wrote and never sent: Letters To No One, a new show from Dammitammy
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Everyone has a stash. You know, the letters you wrote and you didn’t send. Letters in which you confess your long-hidden love (possibly in free verse). Or your rage (likely in stinging prose). Or reveal your … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Dammitammy Productions, Edmonton theatre, Rebecca Merkley
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New faces in theatre: meet playwright, dramaturge, theatre scholar Mūkonzi wā Mūsyoki
They’re young, bright, and unstoppably creative. And, pandemic be damned, their adaptable, flexible talents are already lighting up the Edmonton theatre scene. In this 12thnight series you’ll meet some of E-town’s sought-after up-and-comers, artists whose work, on- and backstage, is … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, dramaturgy, Edmonton theatre, post-colonial African theatre, U of A drama department
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Happy Valentine’s weekend: have some theatre with your champagne
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Let’s try to ignore for the moment the origins of Valentine’s Day as a feast day in honour of a martyr, and, more recently, a massacre. Or the source of a bottomless supply of gummy limericks, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Angels in America, Calgary theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Comedy Theatre and Bistro, High Performance Rodeo, Mile Zero Dance, National Theatre, One Yellow Rabbit, Stratford Festival, The Alberta Queer Calendar Project
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Fun with Greeks: Orestes, “a live online mythic adventure” from Tarragon Theatre. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Home Sweet Homepage.” In a new and witty Orestes, premiering in a livestream production by Toronto’s Tarragon Theatre, the House of Atreus, world’s most famous dysfunctional family is online with you (hey, just like your own … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Greek theatre, House of Atreus, Orestes, Richard Rose, Tarragon Theatre, Toronto theatre
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New faces in theatre: smile, here’s sketch and improv star Sydney Campbell
They’re young, bright, and unstoppably creative. And, pandemic be damned, their adaptable, flexible talents are already lighting up the Edmonton theatre scene. In this 12thnight series you’ll meet some of E-town’s sought-after up-and-comers, artists whose work, on- and backstage, is … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton improv, Edmonton theatre, Elena Belyea, Gender? We Hardly Know Them, Rapid Fire Theatre, Tiny Bear Jaws, U of A drama department
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The Situation We Find Ourselves In, and other theatrical possibilities for your weekend
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca And for your cold winter weekend … theatre to the rescue. Yes, there are plays, two-minute films, a new book club — all online, from Punctuate! Theatre, Northern Light, Theatre Network, Play The Fool Festival, Catalyst. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Daniel MacIvor, Edmonton theatre, Matthew MacKenzie, Northern Light Theatre, Play The Fool Festival, Punctuate! Theatre, St. Ann's Warehouse, Theatre Network
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