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Under the big top: after two years Freewill Shakespeare Festival is back in the park
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The geese are milling around backstage in the greenest of green rooms. A crew is planting marigolds on the route between the gate and the stage. The mosquitos are working out their ensemble numbers. Sound cues … Continue reading
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Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton theatre, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, Hawrelak Park, Heritage Amphitheatre. 12thnight.ca, Measure For Measure
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Creation and destruction: the story of an artist in Stone and Soil, at Nextfest. Meet playwright Gabby Bernard
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s not random chance that the role Gabby Bernard wrote for herself in her first full-length solo play is an artist character. It’s a sign of the age. After all, theatre artists have had two years … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton theatre, Nextfest, Nextfest Arts Company, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network
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The building of Pressure, at Nextfest. Meet playwright Amanda Samuelson
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Amanda Samuelson remembers the moment Pressure began to build. Her play, which gets a workshop reading at Nextfest Saturday and then becomes Nextfest’s first-ever official Fringe show in August, began in the winter of 2018. In … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnightca, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton theatre, Nextfest 2022, Nextfest Arts Company, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network
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Ten years of SkirtsAfire: amplifying the voices of women and non-binary artists
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s been a decade, amazingly, since Annette Loiselle and a couple of her actor friends, Sharla Matkin and Nadien Chu, sat at the Carrot Cafe, plotting over popcorn, red wine, and lopsided statistics. For years Loiselle, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alberta Avenue, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Westbury Theatre
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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
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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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