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And here it is: the 2019 Alberta Playwriting Competition shortlist
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The venerable Alberta Playwriting Competition, 53 years old, has announced this year’s shortlist of plays, three from Edmonton three from Calgary. The list is culled, by a three-person jury, from a wealth of submissions, some 43 … Continue reading
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The secret life of small towns: Michele Vance Hehir’s One Polaroid takes us back to Roseglen for the third of a trilogy. A Fringe preview.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca She lives in a city (one where a great big 37-year-old Fringe starts Thursday). But small towns have always had a particular fascination for Michele Vance Hehir. The secrets both open and closed, the partial knowledge, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alberta Playwriting Competition, Alberta small town, Edmonton Fringe Festival 2018, Edmonton theatre, Fringe previews, Michele Vance Hehir
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Things I learned at the Sterling Awards gala: a coda
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Thoughts from the Sterling gala (directed by Kate Ryan and written by Shannon Blanchet and Belinda Cornish). •For openers: Co-hosts Rachel Bowron and Hunter Cardinal were sparklers. They opened the show with Beauty, a witty and … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alberta Playwriting Competition, Capitol Theatre, Citadel Theatre, clown and mask, Edmonton Actors Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Rapid Fire Theatre, Sterling Award gala, Sterling Awards
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Katherine Koller’s Last Chance Leduc: marriage on the brink of the boom
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The play that opens tonight at the Backstage Theatre is poised at the moment of a dramatic shift — in thinking, in focus, in perspective. In Alberta in 1947, big oil was discovered near Leduc. One … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alberta oil and gas industry, Alberta Playwriting Competition, Edmonton theatre, Katherine Koller, Leduc #1, Leduc #1 Energy Discovery Centre, Tracy Carroll
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Where did the time go? Nighty-night at the Slumberland Motel: a review of Collin Doyle’s comedy, premiering at Shadow Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca What is a salesman but a teller of stories and a purveyor of dreams? Willie Loman knew it. And so does Edward, the more optimistic half of the pair of travelling vacuum cleaner salesmen who find … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alberta Playwriting Competition, Collin Doyle, Edmonton theatre, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre, vaudeville comedy
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The Shadow knows: Collin Doyle’s Slumberland Motel premieres next season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Stellar news for Edmonton theatre-goers! After 11 years of being an “exciting prospect,” Collin Doyle’s long-awaited Slumberland Motel will actually arrive on stage next season — at Shadow Theatre. Billed as “a road-weary comedy,” the 2006 … Continue reading
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