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A clown dreams his own funeral in Corteo: the Cirque du Soleil at Rogers Place, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Cirque du Soleil has always been a purveyor of the death-defying (gravity be gone!). Corteo, the 2005 Cirque show that’s ensconced for seven performances at Rogers Place, turns its imaginative eye on death: a clown … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, circus arts, Cirque du Soleil, Corteo, Edmonton theatre, Rogers Place
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2023: The year in Edmonton theatre, part 1, the play’s the thing
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2023. It was the year a small Edmonton theatre company with new artistic directors and an affirmative declaration for a name, devised an original way to remind us of the remarkable breadth of the performance scene … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, In Arms Collective, Northern Light Theatre, Punctuate! Theatre, Teatro Live!, Theatre Network, Theatre Yes, U of A Studio Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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‘Chwismuss will never be the same’: Die Harsh The Christmas Musical from Grindstone Theatre, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If you think the frozen-hearted Mr. Scrooge is a hard sell for Christmas cheer — “are there no workhouses; are there no prisons?” — just you wait till you meet the “hero” of Die Harsh: The Christmas … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, A Christmas Carol, Die Hard, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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Die Harsh: The Christmas Musical, a new holiday tradition from Grindstone Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Along with the fa-la-la-la’s, it’s villain redemption season. And nothing says Christmas like the Grinch, Ebenezer, and … Hans Gruber? It takes a certain insurrectionist appetite for comedy that sings and dances on the dark side … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, A Christmas Carol, Die Hard, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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With Bells On! A new musical dons its gay apparel for the festive season, at Theatre Network. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Ask not for whom the bells toll, my festive-seeking friends. They toll for thee in the spirited new holiday musical getting its premiere in an elevator at Theatre Network. The elevator, which has a Grinchian mind … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Devanand Janki, Edmonton theatre, Guys in Disguise, Live & In Color, Mary J. Davis, MBL Productions, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network
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A one-off Fringe Revue Friday at the Westbury
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Fringe goes vaudeville, in its own original way, Friday for a one-night revue. Devised by Fringe artistic director Murray Utas, who has a vaudevillian streak in his theatrical DNA (and coiffure), witness the Late-Night Cabaret … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fringe Revue
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A theatre story in a dark world, like ours: Indecent at Studio Theatre. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “From ashes they rise…” Monday night I saw a memorable play on the Timm’s stage, that steps in and out of time to tell a theatre story, a real one. Not only does Indecent connect us … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Paula Vogel, U of A drama department, U of A Studio Theatre
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With Bells On: and now it’s a musical, premiering at Theatre Network. A preview
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A new holiday musical gets it world premiere Thursday on the Theatre Network mainstage). And this is how it started. A decade ago, a New York director/choreographer/producer/artistic director, home for the holidays, took his folks to … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Darrin Hagen, Devanand Janki, Edmonton holiday shows, Edmonton theatre, Live & In Color, Theatre Network
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And then Liza Minnelli showed up: The Blank Who Stole Christmas at Rapid Fire, a little review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Of all the improbabilities attached to the festive season — home invasion by a fat guy via chimney, that stratospheric high note in O Holy Night, etc. — here’s a real corker. Rapid Fire Theatre, Edmonton’s … Continue reading
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Opening the door to human connection: thoughts on this year’s A Christmas Carol at the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The grand tradition of the Citadel’s A Christmas Carol (without which the “hap-happiest season of all” in these parts can’t really get off the ground), is up and running. And with it, in this the fifth … Continue reading
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