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Brother Rat: a punk rock play with music (and earplugs) opens the Fringe Theatre season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Some kids grow up listening to Itsy Bitsy Spider, and drifting off to sleep with The Cat Came Back. The soundtrack of Erik Richards’s childhood was NoMeansNo, SNFU, Minor Threats, Bad Brains. And that high-volume punk … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, NoMeansNo, punk rock musicals, ReadyGo Theatre
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Hello! The Book of Mormon rings our doorbell again, at the Jube. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Hello! They’re back. There was a time — 14 years ago when The Book of Mormon instantly became the hottest ticket on Broadway — that assorted cultural prophets predicted fearlessly that the puckish lampoon of religion, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway Across Canada touring, Broadway musicals, Edmonton theatre, Jubilee Auditorium, The Book of Mormon
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Big, fun, the craziest show in town: the Mayfield celebrates the big 5-0 with Flashback Fever, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s the craziest show in town. Flashback Fever: the Mayfield Dinner Theatre is throwing a time-travelling bash onstage in honour of the theatre’s 50th anniversary. It’s big and it’s fun. Think about the improbability of it … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, dinner theatre, Edmonton theatre, Mayfield Theatre
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‘Staying together is the happy ending’: The Ballad of Johnny and June at the Citadel, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca What happens to a happy ending “when it comes in the middle”? The’s what John Carter Cash, the only son of Johnny Cash and June Carter, wonders as he speculates onstage about his lineage and his … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Carter Family, Citadel Theatre, country music, Des McAnuff, Edmonton theatre, Johnny Cash, La Jolla Playhouse, Stratford Festival
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What’s new? The weekend on Edmonton stages, that’s what: three new Canadian plays and a musical
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Hey Edmonton! It’s a weekend to be surprised and excited by something new on the stages of this theatre town. As the country has found out, E-town has longtime cred as a generator and showcase of … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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A love story with complications, in a new musical: Des McAnuff brings The Ballad of Johnny and June to the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Ballad of Johnny and June, the musical that opens Thursday at the Citadel is a love story, with complications. And its director and co-creator Des McAnuff, pre-rehearsal last week, is hunting for the big-impact historical … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway musicals, Chelsea Theater Center, Citadel Theatre, country music, Edmonton theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Public Theatre, Shakespeare Theater Company, Stratford Festival
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“I have become God”: Trevor Schmidt’s thriller Monstress premieres at Northern Light, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You enter the Studio Theatre through fog, and discover you’re in a mysterious chamber, glowing with jewelled colours and overhung with dozens of scissors, blades pointing down at us. The centrepiece, a slab that might be … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Frankenstein, Northern Light Theatre
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In a staccato barrage of scenes, a star is born: The Two Battles of Francis Pegahmagabow at Shadow Theatre, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the opening moments of Neil Grahn’s The Two Battles of Francis Pegahmagabow, to the strains of Rule Britannia, a top soldier is getting a military medal from the Prince of Wales. Seconds later, as Francis … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Canadian Indigenous theatre, Canadian World War I history, Edmonton theatre, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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Who’s the real monster? Monstress, a new Trevor Schmidt thriller, launches the Northern Light season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Trevor Schmidt calls his latest play, launching the Northern Light Theatre season Friday, “my Lady Frankenstein show.” Playwright Schmidt, NLT’s long-time artistic director, has long been fascinated by the female perspective, female windows on the world, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Frankenstein, Gothic theatre, Northern Light Theatre
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The Two Battles of Francis Pegahmagabow, a new World War I play by Neil Grahn, premieres at Shadow Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca He was “arguably the greatest soldier this country has ever produced,” as playwright Neil Grahn puts it. “And nobody knows his name….” Grahn’s new play The Two Battles of Francis Pegahmagabow, premiering Thursday to open the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, APTN, Canadian World War I history, Edmonton theatre, Francis Pegahmagabow, indigenous theatre, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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