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The Deaf world, from the inside out: Deafy, a Fringe review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Deafy (Backstage Theatre) Then character we meet in Deafy is droll, wry, a master of the eye roll/shrug combo, a guy who’s in touch with the absurdities of his world. Nathan Jesper is Deaf. And his … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Dodd, deaf theatre, Edmonton Fringe 2021, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Follow the Signs Theatre, SOUND OFF Festival
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Deafy at the Fringe: changing the landscape for Deaf theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It was one of those theatre collaborations that start, like so many others, at a closing night party in the wee hours (after copious drinks). And like so many set in Edmonton, it included the fateful … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2021, Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Chris Dodd, deaf theatre, Edmonton Fringe 2021, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Follow the Signs Theatre, SOUND OFF Festival
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Transformations: what would it take to change the world? Catalyst Theatre enlisted three artists to ask the question
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “When you sign ‘new’ it means ‘to grow’.” — Chris Dodd, The Transformers: Regrowth Can something positive, something transforming emerge from a year of devastation? To imagine a better future for the world, who better to consult … Continue reading
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Tagged #NotYourInspiration, 12thnight.ca, Azimuth Theatre, Catalyst Theatre, CRIPSiE, deaf theatre, Edmonton theatre, Good Women Dance Collective, Mile Zero Dance, Nextfest, Punctuate! Theatre, SOUND OFF Festival, Tamarra Lessard, The National Transformations Project, The Transformers
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SOUND OFF gathers Deaf artists from across the country and beyond for its online 2021 edition
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In an age of probing questions about inclusivity in theatre, here’s a model of accessibility — forged in the fire of experience, years of it, of being marginalized, and finding alternate pathways to communicating. SOUND OFF, Canada’s … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Chris Dodd, Deaf Antlers Improv, Deaf Spirit Theatre, deaf theatre, Edmonton theatre, Follow the Signs Theatre, Outside The March, Playwrights Canada Press, Rapid Fire Theatre, Sound Off: A Deaf Theatre Festival, SummerWorks, The Two Natashas
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Romance into tragedy: the dark, violent, original new hearing-deaf Tempest at the Citadel. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It never stops raining in the version of The Tempest that’s now lashing and splashing and skidding across the Citadel mainstage. As the Fool in Twelfth Night sings (borrowed by this wettest of Tempests for the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, ASL interpretation, Citadel Theatre, deaf theatre, Edmonton theatre, Josette Bushell-Mingo, Shakespeare, The Tempest
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“The hour’s now come”: deaf and hearing actors together in The Tempest at the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “O brave new world, that has such people in’t,” as Miranda, the daughter of a deposed ruler in exile, says in wonder towards the end of one of Shakespeare’s most mysterious and haunting plays. In the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, deaf theatre, Edmonton theatre, Lorne Cardinal, Shakespeare, The Tempest, Tyst Teater
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Songs My Mother Never Sung Me: an opera for a hearing son and a deaf mom
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I learned to sign before I could speak,” says Dave Clarke, who’s highly articulate, to say the least, in his second language. There’s an intriguing contradiction built right into the architecture of Clarke’s multi-angled theatre career … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Caroline Howarth, Chinook Series, Concrete Theatre, Dave Clarke, deaf theatre, Edmonton theatre, Mieko Ouchi, opera, sound design, Sound Off: A Deaf Theatre Festival
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Workshop West announces its upcoming 39th season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca At the centre of Workshop West Playwrights Theatre’s upcoming 39th season, announced Thursday, is the world premiere of a new play by Edmonton’s Beth Graham. In Pretty Goblins, by the multi-talented actor/playwright (The Gravitational Pull of … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Beth Graham, Black Arts Matter, Canoe Festival, deaf theatre, Edmonton theatre, Sound Off, Vern Thiessen, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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