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The Ties That Bind: a new season at Workshop West Playwrights Theatre

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca For their upcoming 48th season, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre, devoted to the development and showcasing of the Canadian repertoire and its writers, will feature a trio of mainstage productions from veteran theatre artists with long and … Continue reading

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‘Ya gotta spin to win’: Rumpelstiltskin, Alberta Musical Theatre. A review

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Ya gotta spin to win,” sings the be-sequinned hustler TV host (Jayden Leung) in the opening number of Rumpelstiltskin. And, hey, it turns out that if you’ve already got a good thing going, you gotta spin … Continue reading

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A new musical for the mouthy red-haired orphan from Green Gables: Bridget Ryan’s OH, ANNE! at Theatre Network

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The original musical comedy that launches the new ‘Roxy Remixed’ season at Theatre Network this week has a heroine for our Moment: optimistic, fanciful, plucky, un-squelchable. Anne with an ‘e’, the mouthy red-haired orphan from P.E.I, … Continue reading

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Charm (and 32 hits from the ’60s and ’70s): The Marvelous Wonderettes: Dream On, at the Mayfield, a review

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The frothy musical currently running at the Mayfield is one of those fizzy, light-headed entertainments that remind you what fun it can be to have an evening at the theatre ruled by charm. Charm and hit songs … Continue reading

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It’s play time in Edmonton theatres: the new season

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Hey Edmonton, it’s time to come out and play! The new theatre season is starting. And it enters buoyed by cheering news from our grand-slam summer theatre festival: the 45th annual Fringe sold a heart-lifting 142,000 … Continue reading

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It’s a record-breaker! The curtain comes down on Fringe Unforgettable, the 45th annual edition of our big crazy summer theatre festival

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca After 11 days and nights Fringe Unforgettable, the 45th annual edition of our big insomniac summer theatre binge, will exit the stage (all 38 of its stages, to be precise) Sunday night. And it will take … Continue reading

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Tips for your final weekend fling with Fringe Unforgettable

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Fringe Unforgettable goes into its final weekend with news as sunny as the weather’s supposed to be. Mid-week, the 45th annual edition of our mighty summer theatre bash had sold 4,500 more tickets to its 209 … Continue reading

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And this just in … update on Fringe holdovers, in four locations including Grindstone Comedy Theatre

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The might-have-seen wistfulness that always accompanies the end of the Fringe (which comes Sunday night) is giving you some relief next week. As already announced (read about it here), some of the Fringe’s hot-ticket shows will … Continue reading

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An update: Hang on, there’s more! Fringe holdovers next week in three locations

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Did you forget? I have to break it to you: the curtain will come down on Fringe Unforgettable Sunday night after 11 days and nights. Your grand plan to cut a swath through the 209-show Fringe … Continue reading

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A glow from the musical nebula: the multi-verse originality of Andrea House in 650 Light Years Away. A Fringe review

650 Light Years Away (stage 25, Spotlight Cabaret) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the mapless universe where Andrea House, a questing explorer of dark nights, is looking for a guiding star, what she finds instead is a bright nebulous effusion … Continue reading

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