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And here it is: the 2019 Alberta Playwriting Competition shortlist

Posted on June 19, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The venerable Alberta Playwriting Competition, 53 years old, has announced this year’s shortlist of plays, three from Edmonton three from Calgary. The list is culled, by a three-person jury, from a wealth of submissions, some 43 … Continue reading →

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Camping out with Shakespeare in the park: Freewill Shakespeare Festival returns with an intriguing pair of plays

Posted on June 18, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “If this be magic, let it be an Art as lawful as eating.” — The Winter’s Tale The actors pull up at rehearsals in shorts on their bikes, dodging geese (mosquitoes, squirrels  and the odd coyote), … Continue reading →

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Vern Thiessen to leave his post as Workshop West artistic director

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Time to move on,” says Vern Thiessen of his decision after five years to leave his post as artistic director of Workshop West Playwrights Theatre, effective Aug. 31. He won’t be leaving Edmonton, though. “I need … Continue reading →

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A weekend at the theatre in E-town: happy birthday Varscona, A Likely Story, Improvaganza…

Posted on June 15, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls 12thnight.ca It’s the weekend in E-Town. So obviously you need to be in a theatre. Have a peek at some of your options. You could… •Go to a theatre party. Three years ago, something dramatic happened to … Continue reading →

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On, and above, the stages in Edmonton: a week of possibilities

Posted on June 4, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The week on, and above, the stages in Edmonton. Consider the possibilities. •Firefly refuses to stay put, in either time or space. Edmonton’s pioneer theatre/ circus company and academy, devoted to defying gravity, is having an … Continue reading →

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A year on Edmonton stages: the Sterling Award nominations

Posted on June 3, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A highly unusual coming-of-age coming-out musical in which a cartoonist unravels in flashback frames her mysterious family history proved the top choice of jurors, as the re-vamped 32nd annual Sterling Award nominations were announced Monday at … Continue reading →

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Weal Thyman The Third: a bouffon clown show to provoke you at Nextfest

Posted on June 3, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca When you’re creating a bouffon clown show about a grotesque filthy-rich capitalist with businesses, land, money, possessions, sycophants,  and an insatiable appetite for more more more, it’s not as if you have to rack your brains … Continue reading →

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A new comedy to launch a new season at Teatro La Quindicina

Posted on June 1, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A Likely Story, says playwright Stewart Lemoine, “is one of those titles you have to Google because you can’t believe it hasn’t already been used.”  That puckish name, with its tantalizing whiff of skepticism, now belongs … Continue reading →

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Where The Wild Things Fringe: the monster is coming!

Posted on May 30, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “And now, let the wild rumpus start!” As announced Thursday, the upcoming 38th annual edition of the Fringe Edmonton’s roaring summer theatre monster — the oldest and still the biggest on the continent — has its … Continue reading →

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“The show I needed to see”: Boy Trouble premieres at Nextfest

Posted on May 30, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “What’s the show I really needed to see at that age?” That’s the question Mac Brock asked himself at 22, looking back on his 17-year-old self. So he wrote that show. Boy Trouble premieres at Nextfest … Continue reading →

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