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The year in podcast dramas: The Alberta Queer Calendar Project
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Lately I feel like I’m constantly on the edge of a vortex. Swimming. Trying to keep my head above water.” — Local Diva, Liam Salmon In January when his “one-person drag queen drama” premiered in podcast … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alberta queer writing, Cardiac Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Nextfest, The Alberta Queer Calendar Project, What It Is Productions
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KaldrSaga: the secret lives of gods and heroes in Cardiac’s genial storytelling pub show. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Tell me a story” (preferably “funny but dark”). And make it snappy. Hey, what are friends for? In KaldrSaga: A Queer Tavern Drama For A Midwinter’s Night, Harley Morison’s free-wheeling new pub show for Cardiac Theatre, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12tnight.ca, Cardiac Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Harley Morison, Norse mythology, The Almanac
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Hoist a pint, tell a tale: Cardiac Theatre’s KaldrSaga at The Almanac
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the dead of winter in dark northern cities, humans put on their boots and gravitate to pubs. There they congregate, hoist beer, and tell tales. That time-honoured oral tradition is honoured in the play/ storytelling … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Cardiac Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Norse mythology, storyteller theatre, The Almanac
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And so it begins, the new theatre season. Edmonton has play dates, and here’s a teaser!
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “If you’re stuck in your story and want to get out … sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty….” Matilda. In Matilda, the joyously subversive musical spun from Roald Dahl’s novel, our activist eight-year-old … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Azimuth Theatre, Brian Webb Dance Company, Broadway Across Canada, Cardiac Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fringe Theatre Adventures, Hardline Theatre, L'UniThéâtre, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre, Roxy Performance Series, Shadow Theatre, Studio Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, Theatre Network, Theatre Yes, Thou Art Here, Wild Side Productions, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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The sounds of revolution: The Listening Room, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If there ever was a piece of theatre that owed star billing to the sound designer, it’s Cardiac Theatre’s premiere production of The Listening Room, by Calgary-based Michaela Jefferey. Everything about the premise depends on sound: … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Azimuth Theatre, Calgary theatre, Cardiac Theatre, Downstage Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Harley Morison, Michaela Jeffery, speculative fiction, The Alberta Emerging Company Showcase
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And the theatre season continues: take your seats people, Act II is about to begin
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE.… The theatre season isn’t ending; that’s not how the calendar works. There’s still Act II, and it’s about to begin. It’s the moment to cast aside regrets and look forward. What looks … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Brian Webb Dance Company, Cardiac Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Actors Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Kill Your Television Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre Company, Shadow Theatre, Skirts AFire Festival, Teatro La Quindicina, Theatre Network
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Looking back: Edmonton theatre in 2017
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Shakespeare In Love, the playful, sumptuously romantic opening gambit of Daryl Cloran’s first season as the Citadel’s new artistic director, took us into the world of 17th century London theatre. Crazy deadlines, fraught rehearsals, fragile egos, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broken Toys Theatre, Cardiac Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Actors Theatre, Edmonton opera, Edmonton theatre, Hadestown, Hope and Hell Theatre, Impossible Mongoose, L'UniThéâtre, MacEwan University, MadFandango, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, The Old Trout Puppet Workshop, Theatre Network, Triffo Theatre, What It Is Theatre, Workshop West
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The new theatre season begins: hey, Edmonton has play dates!
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “And the wall keeps out the enemy/ And we build the wall to keep us free….” —Hadestown In Hadestown, the Broadway-bound musical whose out-of-town opening happens at Edmonton’s largest playhouse the Citadel (Nov. 11 to Dec. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Anaïs Mitchell, Cardiac Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Actors Theatre, Edmonton theatre, L'UniThéâtre, Northern Light Theatre, Rachel Chavkin, Shadow Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Teatro La Quindicina, Theatre Network, theatre season, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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