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After a year of streaming, the Métis version of Mary’s Wedding is back, and live, at the Citadel. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There are layers of wispy fiddle music like aural smoke in the air, a haze of past and present. “Tonight is just a dream,” advises Charlie (Cree actor/playwright Todd Houseman), the lovestruck Métis boy who leads … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Mary's Wedding, Stephen Massicotte
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Fun on film: Lost Lemoine Part 1 opens the Teatro season. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “You aren’t a very interesting patient,” says the psychiatrist (Mark Meer) to the imperturbable woman on the consultation couch (Jocelyn Ahlf) in The Crazy Woman, one of the six short plays in the Lost Lemoine Part … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Stewart Lemoine, Teatro La Quindicina, Varscona Theatre
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Teatro’s screen debut: three streamed productions launch the 2021 season, the fourth is live
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca For the first time ever, Teatro La Quindicina launches a summer season, its 39th, with a live gala screening. This is happening in a real theatre (the Varscona) — with real opening night snacks and drinks, … Continue reading
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The finale, an update: The Fringe returned, small but live, and the people came…
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “A grand experiment.” That’s that’s how Megan Dart, Fringe Theatre’s interim executive director, describes this year’s trimmed one-of-a-kind adaptation of the Edmonton Fringe which ends its 11-day run tonight. “Like any good show you don’t know … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe 2021, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Together We Fringe
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The killer comedy of Die-Nasty, a Fringe review (or thought for the day or discussion point or whatever)
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Die-Nasty (Varscona Theatre) Well, this is a bit awkward. I finally caught up mid-week with Die-Nasty, the improvised serial soap with the late-night Fringe edition that’s actually set at the Fringe and about the Fringe (and … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Die-Nasty, Edmonton Fringe 2021, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton improv, Varscona Theatre
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Living between cultures, with a legacy of secrets: Feast, a Fringe review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Feast (Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre) In Feast, you will see an Indigenous man in a T-shirt that says “You Are Living On Stolen Land” dancing gamely with a settler woman to ABBA’s The Winner Takes … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Anishinaabe medicine wheel, Edmonton Fringe 2021, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, indigenous theatre
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You’ll laugh (a lot) and wince: The Disney Delusion, a Fringe review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Disney Delusion (Grindstone Comedy Theatre) I don’t know if “wince-laughing” is a term yet in the audience reaction theatre handbook. If not, consider this clever, very funny solo play by and starring Leif Oleson-Cormack to … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe 2021, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton stand-up comedy, Grindstone Theatre
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The wave, in free-flow dance form: Water, a Fringe review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Water (Westbury Theatre) The creator and the destroyer, the enigmatic element that makes us who we are, floats our boats, and drowns our hopes…. Water is the inspiration (and title) of an imaginative, free-flow new contemporary … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton dance, Edmonton Fringe 2021, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Viva Dance Company
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Finding your place in the world: The ADHD Project, a Fringe review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The ADHD Project (La Cité francophone Auditorium) The woman before us onstage is her own best evidence that having ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) has its up sides. The energy of Carlyn Rhamey’s solo show is … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, ADHD, Edmonton Fringe 2021, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Squirrel Suit Productions
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