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You know you’re Canadian if … Canada Rocks: The Reboot, at the Mayfield. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You know you’re Canadian if … You’re prepared to crank up the barbecue in December. You make your kids’ Halloween costumes roomy enough to fit over a snowsuit. You know that double-double doesn’t just mean toil … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Canadian hockey, Edmonton theatre, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, musical revues
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A thrilling and beautiful musical testimonial to what art and artists are all about: Hadestown at the Jube, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The musical/ folk opera that returns to Edmonton in the thrilling touring Broadway production onstage at the Jube this week will take you to Hell and back. And all along that eerie, high-stakes route through darkness, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Anaïs Mitchell, Broadway Across Canada, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Orpheus and Eurydice
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How To Ruin The Holidays, a new feature film from improv stars Kevin Gillese and director Arlen Konopaki
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “At Christmas all roads lead home.” As the stand-up comedian heroine (Amber Nash) of How To Ruin The Holidays discovers, evasionary tactics may stall this inevitable Yuletide GPS, but it will not change the destination. There’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Archer, Dad's Garage, Edmonton film, Edmonton improv comedy, Edmonton theatre, Metro Cinema, Rapid Fire Theatre
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How did we get here? the question, the cabaret, the new play, the anniversary production
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Consider for a moment the question that’s been asked — in every tone of voice, every degree of exasperation or relief, bemusement or amazement, wonder or perplexity — by every one of us, especially in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Conwitz Productions, Die-Nasty, Edmnton theatre, Foote in the Door Productions, Grindstone Theatre, Script Salon, Theatre Network, Varscona Theatre
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The freaky tangle of connections in the digital world: Mob, the thriller that opens the Workshop West season. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The opening moments of Mob nail you to your seat, and there’s no getting relaxed after that in the Quebec thriller that is Workshop West’s genuinely disturbing season opener. A woman (Kristin Johnston), mysteriously traumatized, drives … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Catherine-Anne Toupin, Edmonton theatre, Gateway Theatre, Quebec theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Audrey II is coming for you: Little Shop of Horrors at the Citadel, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If there ever was a musical that makes a case for smart people taking a dumb movie in hand and re-potting it — a strategy that’s backfired elsewhere with depressing regularity this century — it’s got … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Arts Club Theatre Company, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Little Shop of Horrors
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The corrected version: The art of the thriller and what not to tell you about Mob, opening the Workshop West season. Meet star Kristin Johnston
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There are many things you can’t, mustn’t, know in advance about Mob. For your own good. So many, in fact, that it’s tricky for Kristin Johnston to talk about the hit Quebec thriller that opens the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Catherine-Anne Toupin, Dammitammy Productions, Edmonton theatre, Gateway Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Quebec theatre, Teatro Live!, Théâtre La Licorne, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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The art of the thriller and what not to tell you about Mob, opening the Workshop West season. Meet star Kristin Johnston
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There are many things you can’t, mustn’t, know in advance about Mob. For your own good. So many, in fact, that it’s tricky for Kristin Johnston to talk about the hit Quebec thriller that opens the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Canadian thrillers, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Gateway Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Teatro Live!, Théâtre La Licorne, Walterdale Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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The collision of worlds and mythologies: Makram Ayache brings The Hooves Belonged To The Deer home to Edmonton
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Five years ago Edmonton audiences saw an explosive new play about an immigrant kid, Arab and gay, negotiating the conflicting calls of cultures and generations, trying to find his way into a new life. That was … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Buddies in Bad Times, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, In Arms Collective, Tarragon Theatre, Toronto theatre
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