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Eager-beaver thespians at the manger: two Christmas shows from Dammitammy and Whizgiggling Productions
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Holiday shows come in all shapes and sizes (and degrees of fa-la-la-la-la and levity), as well you know. And since this year you’ll be home decking the halls (and not your irritating second-cousins, after 3 eggnogs), … Continue reading
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Tagged 12night.ca, Christmas shows, Dammitammy Productions, Edmonton theatre, Fringe theatre, Nativity Story. Whizgiggling Productions
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A Christmas Carol for our time: the Citadel brings its production to you, at home
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Some day soon we all will be together/ If the fates allow/ Until then we’ll have to muddle through somehow…. If there ever was a Christmas carol for 2020, it’s got to be Have Yourself A Merry Little … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight, A Christmas Carol, Alpacalypse Productions, Charles Dickens, Christmas shows, Citadel Theatre, Daryl Cloral, David van Belle, Edmonton theatre, Raoul Bhatt
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Don we now our gay apparel: With Bells On is back, in festive mode
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The glamorous lives of drag queens (to be cont’d….). It’s Sunday morning. And Darrin Hagen is in an unheated garage in Belgravia looking for a disco ball, the official Guys in Disguise disco ball. “We must … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Christmas shows, Darrin Hagen, Edmonton theatre, Guys in Disguise, Varscona Theatre
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Abandon your grinch, all ye who enter here: holiday shows on E-town stages this week
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Give yourself a holiday treat this week. This week on E-town stages, you can feel the holiday spirit in a live radio play (It’s A Wonderful Life), a Christmas panto (Little Red Riding Hood), or a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Backstage Theatre, Blunt Entertainment, Capitol Theatre, Christmas pantos, Christmas shows, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, Grindstone Theatre, It's A Wonderful Life, live radio plays, Roxy on Gateway, Theatre Network, Theatre of the New Heart, Whizgiggling Productions
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Hanging our obsessions on the tannenbaum: Oh! Christmas Tree. A guest review by Todd Babiak
By Todd Babiak Those who love Christmas tend to have trouble empathizing with those who — for no solid religious or cultural reasons — don’t feel it. From Charlie Brown and The Grinch to Ebenezer Scrooge and the incontinent drunk … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Blunt Entertainment, Brian Deedrick, Christmas shows, Conni Massing, Edmonton theatre, Roxy on Gateway, Theatre Network, Theatre of the New Heart
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The double-optic on Christmas: meet the real-life couple starring in Oh! Christmas Tree
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If Lora Brovold and Collin Doyle, the real-life couple who star in Oh! Christmas Tree, have a special rapport with the characters in Conni Massing’s new comedy (opening Thursday at Theatre Network), it’s not surprising. They’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Blunt Entertainment, Brian Deedrick, Christmas shows, Conni Massing, Edmonton theatre, Roxy Performance Series, The Roxy on Gateway, Theatre Network, Theatre of the New Heart
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To tree or not to tree, that is the question: Conni Massing’s new comedy Oh! Christmas Tree at the Roxy
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In Oh! Christmas Tree, the new Conni Massing romantic comedy that opens Thursday at Theatre Network, a relationship is under extreme pressure. Is it money? Snoring? Musical tastes? Lunatic relativies? Whether to acquire a shitsu? No, … Continue reading
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Tagged Blunt Entertainment, Christmas shows, Collin Doyle, Conni Massing, Edmonton theatre, Lora Brovold, Roxy Performance Series, The Roxy on Gateway, Theatre Network, Theatre of the New Heart
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Keeping Christmas in our hearts: A Christmas Carol to lift our spirits at the Citadel. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Why do spirits walk the earth, and why do they come to me?” For 19 years, Edmonton theatre audiences have had their own special answer, hand-delivered from the stage live and in person. It’s come to … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, A Christmas Carol, Bob Baker, Charles Dickens, Christmas shows, Citadel Theatre, Cratchit, Ebenezer Scrooge, Edmonton theatre, Leslie Frankish, Tom Wood
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