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Awwright! Hanging with the guy who can walk on water, and other lessons at the Play The Fool Fest
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca So, how was your Monday? Me? I went to a festival (online) and met Jesus. It was a learning experience. “The man who can walk on water,” as billed (for, like, forever), turned out to be … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton theatre, Fringe TV, Hit That Jive Productions, Play The Fool Festival
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Coming out, in a brand new musical: One Song, a review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca One Song (La Cité Auditorium) “I think I just met myself … ” sings Rye (Manny Aguerrevere) in the opening number of One Song, a striking new musical for young audiences about being young, coming out, … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2021, Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton Fringe 2021, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Margin Release
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Together We Fringe: the second annual live Telethon happens Friday
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Last year about this time, we were still reeling from the woulda/coulda been’s — and the heartbreak that the 39th annual Fringe was cancelled. That was a first. And so was the telethon that The Fringe … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, EPCOR, Fringe Telethon, Heart and Soul Fund
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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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Close encounters of the puppet kind: Puppet Pub Crawl at Found Festival 2021
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca For its 10th anniversary edition (and return to live) this weekend, the Found Festival has found … puppets. Seven of them, actually, each with an original tale to tell. We’ll meet them in a Found tour … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton theatre, Even Gilchrist, Found Festival 2021, Old Strathcona, puppet theatre
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Backyard Bard, live and on demand: the Freewill Shakespeare Festival brings the plays to you
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You can have a fling with Shakespeare this summer. And, hey, he’ll come to your place to hang out. As they announced on Will’s 457th birthday April 23, the Freewill Shakespeare Festival has had to take … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton theatre, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, Splendid Productions, summer Shakespeare
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‘A Fringe Event’: what to expect as the Fringe goes back to its roots
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Solstice … yeah whatever. It’s impossible to think of summer without visions of the Fringe, dancing in the outskirts of your brain and gradually moving in for full occupancy. In the four decades they’ve been entwined, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre
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Nextfest at 26: catching the drift of the new wave of artists, online again for a second year
It’s the eve of Nextfest, the freewheeling multi-disciplinary Edmonton festival that for more than a quarter of a century has sought out, showcased, and celebrated the original creative ideas of the next generation of emerging artists. You’ll meet some of … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton theatre, Nextfest Arts Company, Theatre Network
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A theatrical adventure at home: Mountain Goat Mountain at the Kids Fest
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I think you’re going to like it. I really do…. It’s designed, choreographed, and performed by you.” A bright and empathetic eight-year-old (Henrietta Mettler), is leading us through our Act I preparations for a family alpine … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton theatre, International Children's Festival of the Arts, Kids Fest, St. Albert theatre, Theshold
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Real people reporting from the real world: COVID Collections, a short film online at SkirtsAfire
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca As the pandemic grinds on, don’t you find it becomes harder and harder to imagine watching the inevitable outbreak of solo confessional COVID-inspired monologue shows in our collective future? You can conjure them in your mind’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival
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