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Welcome back! Act II of the Edmonton theatre season is about to begin
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca I know what you’re thinking — post-festivity regret, punishing resolutions, the sense of finale. But cast off these thoughts: the theatre season isn’t ending. It’s only intermission. And intermission is over. Welcome back; Act II is … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberta Aboriginal Arts, Broadway Across Canada, Catalyst Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, Impossible Mongoose, Malachite Theatre, Mayfield Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Punctuate! Theatre, Shadow Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Stonemarrow Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, Theatre Network, Todd Babiak, Wild Side Productions
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The year in Edmonton theatre: looking back on 2019
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Social media, video games, pop culture, the 2-D screen world … “all worthless, and we don’t even watch the same worthless things together,” rages Vanya, letting loose an elegiac full-blooded rant on the modern devaluation of … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Blarney Productions, Bright Young Things, Broken Toys Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Kat Sandler, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre Company, Punctuate! Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, Theatre Network, Theatre Yes, Wildside Productions, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre, You Are Here Theatre
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“I’m not the man I was….” A new Christmas Carol at the Citadel. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…. Front-rack anything in the colour red: “red at the primary point of visual contact increases sales by 5.4 per cent.” This retail wisdom comes courtesy of Mr. Ebenezer … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Citadel Theatre, Daryl Cloran, David van Belle, Ebenezer Scrooge, Edmonton theatre, Ted Dykstra
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Do not ask for whom the Belles toil (a tale of two actors, two theatres, two cities, and a show): A Christmas Carol
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca They met 17 years ago as kids in the single-digit age bracket, in a show that would be a life-changer for both of them. They each landed a high-impact role in the two-year-old production, big and … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, A Christmas Carol, Calgary theatre, Charles Dickens, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, holiday shows, Theatre Calgary
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After two decades, the Citadel has a new Christmas Carol. A preview
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Wait.… Do you hear that?” whispers David van Belle, stopping himself mid-sentence, his fork mid-air. “Someone’s whistling Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.” Sure enough, there it is, a faint sound. A ghostly wisp that floats … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, A Christmas Carol, Citadel Theatre, David van Belle, Ebenezer Scrooge, Edmonton theatre, Ted Dykstra
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The 6 wives of Henry VIII do girl-power pop (and stop by en route to Broadway): Six the Musical. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “You’re gonna find out/ how we got unfriended….” sing six queens exploding out of history and into concert in their red-hot opening number. “Tonight we’re gonna do ourselves justice/ ‘cause we’re taking you to court!” Give … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Citadel Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe, Edmonton theatre, Lucy Moss, musical theatre, Six the musical, Toby Marlow, Tudor queens
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From the Fringe to Tudor-mania in the big wide world (via E-Town). Meet the creators of Six
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca At the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe, there were 3,398 shows. Only one of them continues to play to sold-out houses in the West End, and opens on Broadway in March. That would be Six The Musical, the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway musicals, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe, Edmonton theatre, Six the musical
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“Embrace your weirdness”: the world as seen by Girl Brain, coming to the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Overheard out in the real world — a cafe maybe, or a wine bar: Three women at the next table are laughing uproariously. “That’s a sketch!” floats your way through the air, like a winged mantra. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton theatre, Girl Brain, House Series, Roxy Performance Series, sketch comedy
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Fight Night gets the vote out, in a fun and disconcerting way
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Uncanny. It’s all about us. Sorry to be self-centred, but it’s hard to believe that Fight Night, a fascinating five-year-old show from the innovative Belgian collective Ontroerend Goed, wasn’t custom-made for us, right now. So here … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Canadian federal election, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Highwire Series, Ontroerend Goed
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