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Four decades of playing without a script: the Rapid Fire Theatre story is now a book
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The thing you’ve just got to love about Rapid Fire Theatre is that everything that makes you anxious (if not out and out crazy) in life is delightful to them. It’s their high-octane fuel, their motivation, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton improv, Edmonton theatre, Patti Stiles, Rapid Fire Theatre, Theatre Network, Varscona Theatre
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A bona fide hit with Jason in the title? Say, what? The second, third, and fourth wave of Jason Kenney’s Hot Boy Summer
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca C’mon, who could have predicted that the hottest ticket in the first half of the Edmonton theatre season would be a show with “Jason Kenney” in the title? Jason Kenney’s Hot Boy Summer is a bona … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton improv, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre
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Jason Kenney’s Hot Boy Summer, frat party kegger of a satire. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I would never lie; I’ve taken poli-sci.” This declaration in song from the goofball hero got a big laugh from the preview night crowd at Grindstone Theatre’s new musical satire Jason Kenney’s Hot Boy Summer. Hey, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Comedy Theatre, political satire
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The Best Summer Ever, mantra for a musical satire: Jason Kenney’s Hot Boy Summer
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Best Summer Ever. Four words destined to live in infamy. An open invitation to disaster, as well we know (and everyone knew at the time). And, hey, a banner for Alberta to carry onto the … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alberta politics, Campus St.-Jean, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton political satire, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Comedy Theatre, Jason Kenney, Rachel Notley
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The Grindstone is ready to crack you up: the Comedy Fest is back
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In a laughter-parched land, there is hope. After a year of set-backs, re-sets, contortionist pivots and ingenious work-arounds involving the great outdoors in all kinds of weather, the Grindstone Theatre in Old Strathcona launches … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton improv, Edmonton sketch comedy, Edmonton theatre, Girl Brain, Grindstone Theatre and Bistro, John Dore
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New faces in theatre: smile, here’s sketch and improv star Sydney Campbell
They’re young, bright, and unstoppably creative. And, pandemic be damned, their adaptable, flexible talents are already lighting up the Edmonton theatre scene. In this 12thnight series you’ll meet some of E-town’s sought-after up-and-comers, artists whose work, on- and backstage, is … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton improv, Edmonton theatre, Elena Belyea, Gender? We Hardly Know Them, Rapid Fire Theatre, Tiny Bear Jaws, U of A drama department
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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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Peter Oldring is funnier than you: star comedian joins Grindstone’s new comedy fest
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If you got incensed the day your ear was caught by an item on CBC Radio One that the province of Nova Scotia had cancelled Grade 4, you’re not alone. (And you already know something about … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, CBC Radio, Dexter Guff Is Smarter Than You, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Comedy Theatre and Bistro, improv comedy, Peter Oldring, sketch comedy, The 11 O'Clock Number, This Is That, This Sounds Serious
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