Tag Archives: Edmonton festivals

Behind the scenes at Mermaid Legs, the theatrical centrepiece of this year’s SkirtsAfire Festival

Posted on February 23, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The new Beth Graham play premiering Feb. 29 as the mainstage centrepiece of this year’s SkirtsAfire Festival, has the best, most evocative, most intriguing, title of the season. Mermaid Legs, commissioned by the theatre and multi-disciplinary … Continue reading →

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‘ClownProv’ headliners: Play The Fool is back to send in the clowns

Posted on September 17, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Two of the country’s most energetic, hyperkinetic clown stars are the headliners of this year’s eighth annual Play The Fool Festival, returning Thursday for four days. Toronto’s Isaac Kessler and Ken Hall, who have evidently never … Continue reading →

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Ready for your close-up Mr. Shakespeare? The Freewill Shakespeare Festival in a vintage spiegeltent this summer

Posted on August 3, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca This summer, when lovestruck Romeo says “what light from yonder window breaks?” the light will break from stained glass windows and bounce off bevelled mirrors. Starting this week at the Freewill Shakespeare Festival, as announced on … Continue reading →

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K-Days re-imagined: local artists in a vintage spiegeltent at the EXPO Centre

Posted on July 19, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A beautiful 75-year-old “tent” has magically touched down in a parking lot at the Edmonton EXPO Centre. With the arrival of the vintage hand-crafted “Cristal Palace” spiegeltent and the entertainment it will house this summer starting … Continue reading →

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Let’s get Found: the festival of unexpected encounters with art and artists is back

Posted on July 3, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Surprise! You’re about to be Found. Yes, the festival of of unexpected encounters with art and artists is back, starting Thursday, for a 12th edition in Old Strathcona. And at Found 2023 you could find yourself … Continue reading →

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The Answer Is Fringe: the upcoming 42nd edition of our summer theatre bash, and a curated season of shows, too

Posted on May 26, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca We’ve long suspected it. And now it’s official. “The answer to the Great Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything” is … the Fringe.  The Answer is Fringe, the upcoming 42nd annual edition of Edmonton’s summer … Continue reading →

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‘A post-pandemic brain scrubber’: what to see at Destination Fringe

Posted on August 6, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Your Destination is on the right (also on the left and straight ahead). And this late-pandemic world seems … possible and ready to be lively. Yes, the Fringe is back, starting Thursday, in the town where … Continue reading →

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Get down and festive, at an Edmonton festival this week

Posted on July 4, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s a festive week in Edmonton live entertainment. The moment, both historically and seasonally, is at hand for you to venture forth and join in. It’s a choose-your-festival week; sample widely: the Found Festival, the New … Continue reading →

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Surprise! Finding yourself at Found 2022: the festival of art in unexpected places

Posted on July 1, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca At  Found 2022 you could find yourself … following a story into a fort in the river valley. You could find yourself in a hidden nook of Old Strathcona, in a park, in a garbage enclosure … Continue reading →

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Under the big top: after two years Freewill Shakespeare Festival is back in the park

Posted on June 10, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

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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