Tag Archives: Common Ground Arts Society

What does it take to belong? Inside the high-risk world of SKNHEAD at Found Fest: meet playwright Shyanne Duquette

Posted on July 7, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “What would we do to be part of a community” What would we sacrifice?” Shyanne Duquette wants to know. With their new play SKNHEAD, opening Thursday at Common Ground’s Found Festival in a “secret location” on … Continue reading →

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Discover art and artists in unexpected places: get found at the Found Festival

Posted on July 6, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s just no telling what will happen when you find yourself at Found. Yes, the festival of encounters with art and artists in unexpected places is back Thursday with a 15th annual edition. You too could … Continue reading →

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Suddenly, amazingly, it’s starting: Edmonton’s summer festival season

Posted on May 26, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Edmonton’s magic box, the season of summer (and summer-ish) festivals, opens this very week on stages here. And that’s just the start (think Pandora). Common Ground Arts’ RISER New Works Festival, designed to support, profile, and … Continue reading →

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Celebrating the work of women in the arts: what’s on at SkirtsAfire 2026

Posted on March 4, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca SkirtsAfire, Edmonton’s 10-day multi-disciplinary festival devoted to  celebrating the work of women in the arts, is back Thursday for a 14th annual edition, dubbed ‘The Maps We Make’. And as usual the festivities are an A-line … Continue reading →

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2025, and live theatre as the prize human connector: the year in Edmonton theatre, part 1

Posted on December 31, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2025: What a crazy, scary year it’s been. The world seems impossibly fractious, incoherent, unrecognizable. Can anyone really say they feel at home there? But the full-throttle invasion of screens of every size by A.I. has … Continue reading →

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Opening the doors into the past: Ecos, a multi-generational dance/theatre piece from Common Ground. A review

Posted on November 3, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the opening scene of Ecos, a woman arrives onstage to build, piece by piece, an altar of tiny objects — bottles, a wine glass, flowers, a little cake, picture frames, salt, a dead plant.… A funeral … Continue reading →

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A week of bounty in Edmonton theatre, a 12thnight survey

Posted on October 29, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s a week of bounty in Edmonton theatre (your biggest problem is choice). Much-awaited new plays are premiering and so is a full-bodied multi-generational dance/theatre extravaganza. A gem of a new musical continues its run. Continuing … Continue reading →

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Tragedy and queer joy: Hayley Moorhouse’s Tough Guy, a preview

Posted on October 28, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Do you remember where you were when you heard …? There are moments in life when you know your answer will be instantly available in your memory, forever. Hayley Moorhouse, whose new play Tough Guy premieres Thursday … Continue reading →

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Quality time with the older generation: the unforced charm of Banana Musik, a review

Posted on September 21, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The homey smell of cooking hangs over the unusually hospitable show, developed at the Found Festival, that’s currently running at the Backstage Theatre. There’s dinner and there’s theatre in Banana Musik, launching Common Ground Arts Society’s … Continue reading →

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Kris Alvarez invites us to meet her parents: Banana Musik launches Common Ground’s Prairie Mainstage Series

Posted on September 17, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There is nothing remotely classifiable about Banana Musik, launching Common Ground Arts’ new Prairie Mainstage Series Friday. There’s storytelling, yes, and a memory play with unusual trimmings. There’s original music. There’s a celebration of the immigrant … Continue reading →

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