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Love and art in the time of war: First Métis Man of Odesa, at the Citadel. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Is this real?” In love and in art it’s the smelling-salts of questions. It can get your attention, startle you, give you a pinch, make you cautious. And it gets asked, at every possible angle, with … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Punctuate! Theatre, Ukrainian Theatre
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Spring up and out, to E-town theatre this weekend
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Spring forward (and out) to the theatre this weekend. You’re in the right city for that…. See a new play (with music). See a Broadway musical (two different vintages, two different stages). See a See a … Continue reading
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Tagged Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, Lodestar Theatre, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Rapid Fire Theatre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Theatre Yes, U of A Studio Theatre
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The startling topicality of Trouble in Mind, at the Citadel. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s 1957, day 1 of rehearsal for a new Broadway melodrama with an anti-lynching message. And in the opening scene of Trouble in Mind a veteran Black actress is giving pre-rehearsal pointers to a young Black … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alice Childress, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Shaw Festival
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It’s World Theatre Day: make plans!
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca On World Theatre Day, your thoughts naturally drift to the exciting prospect of the human connection of live theatre. Hey, it’s a theatre town, and there are choices. •Trouble in Mind, the play that opens Thursday … Continue reading
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Tagged Azimuth Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Expanse Festival 2023, Festival Place, Sound Off: A Deaf Theatre Festival, World Theatre Day
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The screwball elixir: high spirits and rom-com gold. Pride and Prejudice at the Citadel, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Dust off the Regency, and what will you find? Fun fun fun, my friends. It is a measure of the comic high spirits of the version of Pride and Prejudice currently cavorting its way up, down, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Jane Austen, Maclab Theatre, Pride and Prejudice
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Young and in love: a playful rom-com version of Pride and Prejudice at the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Ah, young love. The play that opens Thursday at the Citadel takes us into the heart of “rom-com-land,” as Gianna Vacirca puts it, amused. “And we’re not watching grown-ups, adults with lots of romantic history, people … Continue reading
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Tagged bell'uovo, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Jane Austen, Kate Hamill, Theatre Network
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From the mean streets of New Jersey, a jukebox musical with two dozen hits and a real story. Jersey Boys at the Citadel, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The history of the jukebox musical is riddled with synthetic duds (like robbing a cash machine, and finding Monopoly money). The stand-outs that rise above are few and far between. Jersey Boys is one. Judging by … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway hits, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Jersey Boys, The Four Seasons
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A knock-out production of The Royale at the Citadel, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s got a powerful, bruising story to tell, lifted from early 20th century history, where boxing, celebrity and racial hatred in America deliver a maximum sucker punch. But it’s the theatrical right hook on which that … Continue reading
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Tagged boxing history, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Jack John, Jack Johnson
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Behind the red door: a Forever Home for Rapid Fire Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A Forever Home is for dreaming in. For feeling you have a place in the world, imagining your potential, getting creative. At 42, Rapid Fire Theatre, Edmonton’s premier improv company and its longest running, is experienced … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton improv comedy, Edmonton theatre, Old Strathcona, Rapid Fire Theatre, Strathcona telephone exchange, TELUS, Theatre Network, Theatresports, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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A week of many choices on Edmonton stages of every shape and size
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A crazy week in Edmonton theatre is underway. (So don’t go trying to land a stage from which to deliver your own innovative modern dance movement memoir; they’re all occupied.) •At the Citadel, the much postponed … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Common Ground Arts Society, Edmonton theatre, MacEwan University theatre arts, Opera Nuova, RISER Edmonton, Theatre Network, U of A Studio Theatre
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