Tag Archives: Edmonton Fringe 2021

‘A lovely step back into live performing’: What was it like to be a Fringe artist in 2021? We asked.

Posted on August 23, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca For artists, the Fringe has always been an experiment. Does their new show have potential? Will it attract an audience? How will the audience react? Will they get it? Laugh in weird places? In 2021, when … Continue reading →

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The finale, an update: The Fringe returned, small but live, and the people came…

Posted on August 22, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “A grand experiment.” That’s that’s how Megan Dart, Fringe Theatre’s interim executive director, describes this year’s trimmed one-of-a-kind adaptation of the Edmonton Fringe which ends its 11-day run tonight. “Like any good show you don’t know … Continue reading →

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The killer comedy of Die-Nasty, a Fringe review (or thought for the day or discussion point or whatever)

Posted on August 20, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Die-Nasty (Varscona Theatre) Well, this is a bit awkward. I finally caught up mid-week with Die-Nasty, the improvised serial  soap with the late-night Fringe edition that’s actually set at the Fringe and about the Fringe (and … Continue reading →

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Living between cultures, with a legacy of secrets: Feast, a Fringe review

Posted on August 19, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Feast (Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre) In Feast, you will see an Indigenous man in a T-shirt that says “You Are Living On Stolen Land” dancing gamely with a settler woman to ABBA’s The Winner Takes … Continue reading →

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You’ll laugh (a lot) and wince: The Disney Delusion, a Fringe review

Posted on August 19, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Disney Delusion (Grindstone Comedy Theatre) I don’t know if “wince-laughing” is a term yet in the audience reaction theatre handbook. If not, consider this clever, very funny solo play by and starring Leif Oleson-Cormack to … Continue reading →

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The wave, in free-flow dance form: Water, a Fringe review

Posted on August 19, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Water (Westbury Theatre) The creator and the destroyer, the enigmatic element that makes us who we are, floats our boats, and drowns our hopes…. Water is the inspiration (and title) of an imaginative, free-flow new contemporary … Continue reading →

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Finding your place in the world: The ADHD Project, a Fringe review

Posted on August 18, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The ADHD Project (La Cité francophone Auditorium) The woman before us onstage is her own best evidence that having ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) has its up sides. The energy of Carlyn Rhamey’s solo show is … Continue reading →

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The impossible, pulled off brilliantly: Gordon’s Big Bald Head in MasterThief Theatre, a Fringe review

Posted on August 18, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Gordon’s Big Bald Head: MasterThief Theatre (Varscona Theatre) If there ever was a way to celebrate the return of live fringing to our summer — and simultaneously gloat that Edmonton has something no one else has … Continue reading →

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Off the page and onto the stage, with murderous intent: Murder He Wrote, a Fringe review

Posted on August 18, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Murder He Wrote: A Dickens Of An Hour (La Cité francophone theatre) The stories are vividly dramatic, ’tis true. But the translation of Charles Dickens’s rich, descriptive prose style, and his gallery of vivid characters, into … Continue reading →

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What are friends for? Everything Is Beautiful, a Fringe review

Posted on August 17, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Everything is Beautiful (La Cité francophone theatre) Two old guys on a park bench: a study in contrast. One is a gloomy gus scowler; one is a determinedly chipper smiler. One accuses restaurant servers of purposely … Continue reading →

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