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A season on Edmonton stages: a look back
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the opening scene of Jabberwocky, the latest from the Old Trout Puppet Workshop (at Theatre Network this past season), a drum roll announces the parting of a red velvet theatre curtain. Which opens to reveal … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Atlas Theatre, Bright Young Things, Canadian Stage, Catalyst Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Actors Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Edmonton theatre season, Fort Edmonton Park, Kill Your Television Theatre, L'UniThéâtre, Lewis Carroll, Northern Light Theatre, Old Trout Puppet Workshop, Punctuate! Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, The Plain Jane Theatre, Theatre Network, Tiny Bear Jaws, Vancouver Arts Club Theatre, Wild Side Productions, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Just in time: on Edmonton stages this weekend
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca •Last chance this weekend for the Theatre Network production of Hannah Moscovitch’s fascinating Infinity — a smart, accessible and strangely affecting play about time — the shortage of it, the meaning of it, the misuse of … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, damn magpies, dance theatre, Edmonton theatre, ELOPE, Good Women Dance, Hannah Moscovitch, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Theatre Network
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The Silver Arrow: all-inclusive theatre at the Citadel, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “There’s a story that’s waiting for you,” sing the ensemble in one of Hawksley Workman’s most lyrical songs in The Silver Arrow: The Untold Story Of Robin Hood. “The adventure will find you when you’re ready … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Concrete Theatre, Edmonton theatre, family theatre, Firefly Theatre, Mieko Ouchi, Robin Hood, stage combat
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She swings, she kicks, she flies: behind the legend a new Robin Hood for our time in The Silver Arrow at the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the swashbuckler adventure extravaganza that premieres on, above, and around the Citadel’s Maclab stage Thursday, everything you thought you knew about a certain legendary 12th century outlaw hero (with a proclivity for the colour … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, aerial arts, Annie Dugan, Citadel Theatre, Concrete Theatre, Daryl Cloran, differently abled actors, Edmonton theatre, Firefly Theatre, Hawksley Workman, Mieko Ouchi, Robin Hood, stage combat
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Going Undercover with the crack improvisers of Spontaneous Theatre: a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I like your thinking,” says the tough-cookie Det. Sergeant (Rebecca Northan), snapping her gum approvingly at the rookie detective from time to time in the course of Undercover. “I like your thinking” is the mantra of … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Blind Date, Bruce Horak, Citadel Theatre, murder mystery theatre, Rebecca Northan, Spontaneous Theatre, Undercover
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Undercover: spontaneous detective work with improv queen Rebecca Northan
By Liz Nicholls 12thnight.ca “Everyone has the capacity to improvise,” declares Rebecca Northan decisively, looking for inspiration on a lunch menu last week. “We all improvise all the time!” Not everyone, I think to myself, wincing visibly at a couple … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Blind Date, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, long-form improvisation, murder mystery theatre, Rebecca Northan, Spontaneous Theatre, Undercover
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Surviving the unsurvivable: the astonishing creation that is Betroffenheit, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca What are you supposed to do with fathomless tragedy? The kind of limitless grief that consumes your mind and melts your bones? Betroffenheit is about that. In its harrowing and brilliantly executed way, this astonishing dance/theatre … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Betroffenheit, Brian Webb Dance Company, Citadel Theatre, Crystal Pite, dance/theatre fusion, Edmonton theatre, Electric Company Theatre, Jonathon Young, Kidd Pivot
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