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Some things I learned at the Sterlings

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Here are some things I learned at the sold-out 35th annual Sterling Awards bash Monday night, celebrating the season just past in Edmonton theatre. Written by April Banigan with co-hosts Matt Schuurman and Sue Goberdhan, directed by … Continue reading

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And the 2022-2023 Sterling Awards go to …

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The season on Edmonton stages was toasted live and in person Monday night at the 35th annual Sterling Awards gala, for the first time at Edmonton Fringe Theatre headquarters — directed by Kate Ryan and hosted … Continue reading

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The season in Edmonton theatre, part 2

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2022-2023 in Edmonton theatre (post-Fringe) was the season of … … a new home: Rapid Fire Theatre, Edmonton’s longest-running improv comedy, moved into spiffy, beautifully located, new place in Strathcona, the Exchange on 83rd Ave. … … Continue reading

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The season in Edmonton theatre, part 1

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2022-2023. It’s been a complicated season on Edmonton stages. That Destination Fringe last summer sold 95,000 tickets to shows was a tip-off that live theatre was gradually getting its mojo back. And in the fall, post-Fringe … Continue reading

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A cabaret, an opera, a comedy, thriller, a festival: yup, a weekend of theatre in Edmonton

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca For your weekend entertainment, Edmonton theatres are standing by, and you shouldn’t miss your chance. You could experience … … the reinvention of cabaret. For one thing, there’s nothing like getting the scoop first-hand. In his … Continue reading

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‘Entirely true made-up stories’: Andrew MacDonald-Smith’s cabaret My First Hundred Years, at Edmonton Opera

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca That Andrew MacDonald-Smith sure gets around. Crazy, the people he’s known! Those great times in New York with Irving Berlin and the Gershwin brothers. The fun of Berlin in the ‘20s, yes, he happened to be … Continue reading

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The year in Edmonton theatre: the Sterling Award nominations led by The Royale

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A vintage boxing story with a stinging right hook proved the top choices of jurors, as the the 35th annual Sterling Award nominations were announced Monday at Fringe Theatre headquarters. The Royale, Marco Ramirez’s highly theatrical … Continue reading

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A new Canadian musical tells a Filipino story: Prison Dancer premieres at the Citadel. A review

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A human sparkler stands before us, a queen with gorgeous chiffon wings, in prison orange. That’s prisoner Ruperto Poblador, aka Lola (played by the charismatic Julio Fuentes), onstage to reveal how she became an internet influencer … Continue reading

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Dreaming (and dancing) big: Prison Dancer premieres at the Citadel’s Collider Festival

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s a theatre festival that thinks big about the new — creating it to live on large performance spaces across the country and beyond, developing, celebrating and showcasing it. The Citadel’s Collider Festival, a collision of … Continue reading

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An all-star weekend of choices in Edmonton theatre

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca An all-star weekend of choices in Edmonton theatre. Here’s a selection. •At the Citadel, First Métis Man of Odesa, created by and starring real-life husband and wife theatre artists Matthew MacKenzie and Mariya Khomutova, is a … Continue reading

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