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Canada as a work-in-progress: All That Binds Us at Azimuth Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight There has likely never been a more all-inclusive welcome to a piece of theatre than the one we get from Kit (Sheldon Elter), our “guide of sorts,” in the opening moments of All That Binds Us. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Akpik Theatre, Azimuth Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fringe theatre, Jenny Rodgers, Reneltta Arluk
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All That Binds Us: a new Azimuth Theatre creation ponders connection in a fragmented world
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Here’s a thought with special reverb in a world of fragmentation, enforced distance, separation, isolation: “People don’t want perfection; they want connection,” declares Reneltta Arluk, director of All That Binds Us, premiering Friday in a live … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Akpik Theatre, Azimuth Theatre, Banff Centre, Chromatic Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fringe theatre, Reneltta Arluk, Westbury Theatre
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“It’s what happens when you say Yes!” Feel the breeze at the 2020 Chinook Series
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Chinook “is what happens when you say Yes!” laughs Vanessa Sabourin. She’s talking about the cutting-edge curated performance series that skips as lightly across artistic disciplines as the surprising winter breeze with the built-in warming trend. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Akpik Theatre, Azimuth Theatre, Black Arts Matter, Chinook Series, culturecapital, Edmonton theatre, Expanse Festival, Fringe Theatre Adventures, Sound Off: A Deaf Theatre Festival, Stump Kitchen, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Shakespeare gets a Cree cosmology re-fit: Pawâkan Macbeth arrives for Chinook
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Feel the breeze. Chinook, the resource-sharing multi-disciplinary series devoted to melting our preconceptions and expanding our experience of live performance and creation, is at hand. It’s a measure of creative vision (and chutzpah) that the 2020 … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Akpik Theatre, Azimuth Theatre, Backstage Theatre, Chinook Series, Edmonton theatre, Expanse Festival
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Shakespeare reimagined into Cree cosmology: Pawâkan Macbeth
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Whenever you do indigenous theatre, it’s never just theatre,” says Reneltta Arluk. “It’s theatre and….” The Inuvialuit Cree Dene actor/ playwright/ director/ artistic director — and the Banff Centre’s new head of indigenous arts — is … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Akpik Theatre, Cree culture, Edmonton theatre, indigenous theatre, Macbeth, Theatre Prospero, Wihtiko
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