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Breaking out of our cages: Night from Major Matt Mason in Rundle Park. A review..
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Rundle Park on a cloudy night is an eerie place. A network of cement roads and parking lots, all abandoned. They seem to be holding at bay the woods, the dark tangle of trees, the taller … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Calgary theatre, Common Ground Arts Society, Edmonton theatre, Geoffrey Simon Brown, Major Matt Mason Collective, Rundle Park
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‘A Fringe Event’: what to expect as the Fringe goes back to its roots
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Solstice … yeah whatever. It’s impossible to think of summer without visions of the Fringe, dancing in the outskirts of your brain and gradually moving in for full occupancy. In the four decades they’ve been entwined, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre
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And they’re back live in 2022: Shadow announces a live season for January
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Seasons announced and un-announced and re-announced (with modifications); shows scheduled and delayed, cancelled and pivoted…. The story of Edmonton theatres for the last 14 months is a narrative of optimism up against caution. As the Shadow … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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A rollercoaster year for high school theatre (with productions to match)
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “It’s been a rollercoaster year.” — Everybody In a strange year-plus that’s all but stolen theatre’s go-to all-purpose show descriptor, the rollercoaster, there’s something witty (not to say unnervingly à propos) about the macabre little indie … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway on Demand, Edmonton theatre, Fringe TV, high school theatre, Ride The Cyclone, Scona Theatre, Strathcona High School
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The call of the wild: Night is live ‘drive-by’ theatre from Major Matt Mason
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Dusk is shading into dark, the break-out time. And the wilderness is encroaching. The solo play that opens late twilight Thursday in Rundle Park invites us into the mind of a person who feels themself straining … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Backstage Theatre, Calgary theatre, Common Ground Arts Society, Edmonton theatre, Geoffrey Simon Brown, Major Matt Mason Collective, Punctuate! Theatre, Rundle Park
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Grab your headphones and go for a walk: Would You Wander, a nature/ storytelling podcast at Nextfest
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “You’ve come to the right place. Exactly where you are…. So c’mon.” – Episode 0, Would You Wander Yesterday I went on a stroll by the river. And there was a friendly voice in my ear. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Nextfest 2021, Nextfest Arts Company, Sam Jeffery, Theatre Network, theatre podcasts, Would You Wander
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Storytelling on film: Artists & Love (The Instagram Miniseries) at Nextfest
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The “let’s see if…” impulse finds a natural home at Nextfest, Edmonton’s 26-year-old festival of artists emerging into professional careers. By personality it’s a veritable convention of natural multi-disciplinary experimenters. Have a look at the festival’s … Continue reading
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Arkangel: piecing together the mysteries of the past in a small town, sci-fi/horror from Liam Salmon at Nextfest.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Hello? Hello, can you hear me?” — Arkangel by Liam Salmon The “sci-fi/ horror play that premieres on the Nextfest virtual MainStage Saturday revels in the elusive, the unknown, the mysterious. Which in a way makes Liam … Continue reading
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Hansel and Gretel go solo in a new digital Alberta Musical Theatre production
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca They’re the most famous brother-sister act in the fairy tale canon, joint stars of a cautionary tale about injudicious junk food consumption in the woods. Now Hansel and Gretel are back together again. Closer … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alberta Musical Theatre Company, Edmonton theatre, fairy tale musicals
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Nextfest at 26: catching the drift of the new wave of artists, online again for a second year
It’s the eve of Nextfest, the freewheeling multi-disciplinary Edmonton festival that for more than a quarter of a century has sought out, showcased, and celebrated the original creative ideas of the next generation of emerging artists. You’ll meet some of … Continue reading
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