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What were their own favourite sketches in 8 years of Girl Brain? Ellie Heath reports back
A Girl Brain postscript, from Ellie Heath As Girl Brain prepares to open their finale show ‘Girl Brain, Actually’ at Theatre Network (Dec. 11 to 21) before their sabbatical, I wondered about their own favourite sketches in eight Girl Brain … Continue reading
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Brainwaves galore: a (temporary) finale for our fave sketch comedy trio. ‘Girl Brain, Actually’ at the Roxy
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The show that opens Thursday in Theatre Network’s season at the Roxy puts holiday sparkles and Santa hats on a double milestone in Edmonton theatre. After eight dizzying years of laughing, sold-out houses the hit sketch … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton sketch comedy, Edmonton theatre, Girl Brain, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network
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Hilarity and horror: ghost stories from the dark vault of our history, improvised. Ha-Ha-Haunting returns to Rapid Fire
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Embrace your ghosts, Edmonton. This is the season when the frontier between the living and the dead is at its flimsiest, and spirits are raving (and lining up for artisan beer at the bar. And Rapid … Continue reading
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A 10-year Marv n’ Berry retrospective at the Varscona
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Where do hit sketch comedy troupes come from anyhow? Ten years ago, the once-upon-a time of the Marv n’ Berry story, five improvisers found themselves hanging out, onstage and off-, at the Bonfire Festival. They were … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Bonfire Festival, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton sketch comedy, Edmonton theatre, Rapid Fire Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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Goin’ on holiday with Girl Brain: Weekend at Girlies, at Theatre Network
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If the view from the collective snowbank is getting you down, your moment to escape is at hand. In their new holiday show Weekend at Girlies, opening Thursday in Theatre Network’s Phoenix Series, the hit sketch … Continue reading
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Die Harsh: The Christmas Musical, a new holiday tradition from Grindstone Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Along with the fa-la-la-la’s, it’s villain redemption season. And nothing says Christmas like the Grinch, Ebenezer, and … Hans Gruber? It takes a certain insurrectionist appetite for comedy that sings and dances on the dark side … Continue reading
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Improv comes to the Mayfield for the first time, and it’s the best there is: Gordon’s Big Bald Head in Clusterflick
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Something historic, and riotously funny, is happening at the Mayfield. For the first time ever at this adventurous dinner theatre, a blockbuster movie is premiering on the Mayfield stage. In itself this pretty much nails high-grade … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton improv, Edmonton theatre, Gordon's Big Bald Head, Mayfield Dinner Theatre
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The improbable magic of live: Flop! the improvised musical, a little review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Calling an improvised musical Flop! is like calling a plastic surgery practice Oops! or an aerial circus Thud!. It’s irresistible; you can’t not look. But then, it’s clearly impossible: making up an entire musical, with an … Continue reading
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