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A rom-com that opens a window onto our own history: Heaven, live at the Citadel. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Silvery trees grow downward from above in Whittyn Jason’s evocative design for Heaven, the first production of the Citadel’s (socially distanced) return-to-live “summer season” after a year of constantly changing restrictions. Someone up there in … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alberta black history, Amber Valley, Cheryl Foggo, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre
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En route to Heaven (and Alberta’s Black history), live at the Citadel: meet star Helen Belay
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Getting to Heaven was “a long, winding journey,” says Helen Belay. Belay is not only the star of the Cheryl Foggo play of that name starting its live run on the Citadel’s Shoctor stage Saturday. But … Continue reading
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Reimagining our own lost history: John Ware Reimagined at Workshop West, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca John Ware could do many things in life. He could ride horses too wild for any other man. He could wrestle any rampaging steer into submission, organize a cattle drive, run a ranch, walk through a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alberta black history, Alberta history, Cheryl Foggo, cowboy culture, Edmonton theatre, John Ware, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Don’t let preconceptions define you: meet the stars of John Ware Reimagined
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca On a cold morning last week before rehearsals started for the day, I met up with Jesse Lipscombe and Jameela McNeil, who play John Ware and his wife in the production of Cheryl Foggo’s John Ware … Continue reading
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Tagged #MakeItAwkward, 12thnight.ca, Black Arts Matter, Cheryl Foggo, cowboy culture, Edmonton theatre, Jesse Lipscombe, John Ware, MacEwan University, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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The making of a (black) cowboy legend: John Ware Reimagined at Workshop West
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca He was a high rider, a figure carved from the X-large dimensions of Western mythology. A late 19th century Alberta cowboy of extraordinary skill and savvy, capable of startling feats of agility, daring, horsemanship. What young … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Calgary Stampede, Calgary theatre, Cheryl Foggo, cowboy culture, Edmonton theatre, John Ware, Kevin McKendrick, Lunchbox Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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