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Mary’s Wedding: inside Mary’s dream in a new Métis version of the classic, streaming from the Citadel. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It is no surprise that the land acknowledgment at the outset of Mary’s Wedding, delivered by one of its characters, has a particular resonance in the Citadel production that opened its digital streaming run Dec. 22 … Continue reading
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A wish for the new year from 12thnight.ca
Happy New Year, theatre friends! It was a year (was it only a year?) unimaginable in advance. A year of devastating losses and challenges for the performing arts. A year in which Edmonton’s valiant community of theatre-creators rose to the … Continue reading
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You’ve heard of Elf on the Shelf, now get ready for … Edmonton’s Meme Queens
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You’ve heard of Elf on the Shelf, now get ready for this…. Face it, 2020, a dumpster fire of a year, hasn’t given theatre people a lot to get happy about, creative though they are. But … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Elf on a Shel, Luc Tellier, Meme Queens, Sue Goberdhan
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2020: a year like no other in Edmonton theatre (part 1)
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2020: the year the laws of probability bent so far out of shape they snapped. Along with satire, futurist dystopian fantasies ceded pride of place to … reality. Every definition of live theatre was up against … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Azimuth Theatre, Catalyst Theatre, Catch The Keys Productions, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Edmonton theatre, Found Festival, Nextfest, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre Company, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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‘Light during the longest nights’: the Citadel’s film adaptation of A Christmas Carol. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Light!” declares the twinkly old man at a piano on the stage of a big dark empty theatre. “Light during the longest nights.” It’s what every ghost wants, he says. And he’s got the ghost story … Continue reading
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The 12 Days of Christmas: a dozen nights of virtual celebration from the St. Albert Children’s Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If it were just a matter of a partridge in a pear tree, things would be so simple. But Janice Flower never thinks small. And neither does the 39-year-old St. Albert Children’s Theatre, where full-bodied Broadway … Continue reading
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We need a little Christmas, right this very minute: the Varscona’s first-ever Virtual Holiday Gala
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In a daunting year for live theatre, when the sound of Cheers! has rarely been heard across the land (and the sound of even one hand clapping is now a faint echo in the imagination), the … Continue reading
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Mary’s Wedding: a new Métis version of the Canadian classic at the Citadel (online)
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Tonight is just a dream. I ask you to remember that. It begins at the end and ends at the beginning…. Mary’s Wedding, available for streaming to cross-country audiences from the Citadel Dec. 22, takes us … Continue reading
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Mieko Ouchi: meet the Citadel’s new associate artistic director
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Stepping down and stepping up … on the same day.” That’s how Mieko Ouchi describes the double-sided moment in late November when Concrete Theatre announced her departure and the Citadel announced her arrival. It was dramatic … Continue reading
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Three days from opening, Mary’s Wedding is on hold at the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca After a day of investigating the implications of the Alberta government’s perplexing new restrictions announced Tuesday afternoon, the Citadel Theatre has decided to postpone its upcoming live production of Mary’s Wedding: A Metis Love Story, which … Continue reading
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