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The giant Fringe approaches: be very excited. Tickets go on sale at noon today
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Tickets go on sale at noon today for Fringe ‘O’ Saurus Rex, the outsized 228-show 37th annual edition of our summer theatre extravaganza, the continent’s first and still biggest fringe festival (Aug; 16 to 26). And … Continue reading →
Planting seeds for kids theatre: the 17th annual Sprouts Festival
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca For 17 springs now, Concrete Theatre has planted new plays at their annual Sprouts Festival — and watered them for future seasons. The idea from the start was to stimulate growth in the Canadian theatre repertoire … Continue reading →
Defying the laws of gravity: Gravity, the cabaret of art and politics, is back Monday
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca What’s happened to the laws of gravity when the world seems upside down? Grave? SNAFU, now officially a verb, has gone TARFUN. Yes, Things Are Really Fucked Up Now. And Monday night at the Westbury Theatre, … Continue reading →
Gender, sexuality, identity: Elena Belyea’s Cleave asks questions
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Elena Belyea thinks about the punchy title of her new play with a certain unmistakeable satisfaction. Cleave, after all, has two completely opposite meanings: to pull together and to wrench apart. Families, those repositories of contradictory … Continue reading →
Posted in Previews
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, ATB Financial Arts Barns, Backstage Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Elena Belyea, Fringe Theatre Adventures, Tiny Bear Jaws
A legendary clown guru returns to the stage … in a box: Over Her Dead Body at Fringe Theatre Adventures
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I’ve been spending a lot of time in a coffin lately,” says Jan Henderson cheerfully. “Talk about rubbing your nose in mortality.” As a way to celebrate a return to the stage after 25 years, the … Continue reading →
Wakey Wakey! Fringe tickets go on sale today at noon!
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I have had a most rare dream….” –Bottom the stagestruck weaver, Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream Tickets go on sale at noon today for A Midsummer Night’s Fringe, the 36th annual edition of our summer theatre … Continue reading →
Posted in Fringe 2017
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Tagged ATB Financial Arts Barns, Edmonton Fringe Festival, fringe festivals, La Cité francophone
