Tag Archives: Edmonton Fringe 2023

Feeling better in a time of feeling bad: This Won’t Hurt, I Promise You. A Fringe review

Posted on August 22, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

This Won’t Hurt, I Promise (Stage 8, Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre) By Liz Nicholls. 12thnight.ca “I’m sorry about, you know…. says Elena Belyea, trailing off and gesturing vaguely towards, well, everything. “There is a lot to be mad about.” … Continue reading →

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‘It was a fine night for murder’. The FAMILY CROW: A Murder Mystery. A Fringe review

Posted on August 22, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

The FAMILY CROW: A Murder Mystery (Stage 14) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Think about it: there’s a certain improbable ambition about any solo murder mystery onstage: the narration, the detective, the suspects, the planting of clues, the withholding of clues, … Continue reading →

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In this comic gem, meet the ultimate outsiders: Rat Academy, a Fringe review

Posted on August 22, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

Rat Academy (Stage 23, Holy Trinity Anglican Church) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Face it, cats have had their day (and night and decades) onstage, ingratiating themselves with the public. What of the rat, the ultimate outsider, marginalized, up against a … Continue reading →

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Is there such a thing as feminist porn? Lady Porn, a Fringe review

Posted on August 22, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

Lady Porn (Stage 2, Backstage Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Is there such a thing as feminist porn? That’s a tricky question put to us by Lady Porn. And here’s a couple of soft lobs that Trevor Schmidt’s new play … Continue reading →

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The calming effect of drawing, conversation, and silence: the unique experiment of Muse, a Fringe review

Posted on August 21, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

muse: an experiment in storytelling and life drawing (Stage 5, Acacia Hall) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s a uniquely welcoming show at the Fringe that’s actually about audience participation, an experiment in experimenting … with yourself. As a non-artist whose … Continue reading →

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Teasing ‘High Art’ into submission: The Merkin Sisters: Deux, a Fringe review

Posted on August 21, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

The Merkin Sisters: Deux (Stage 13, Service Credit Union Theatre, La Cité francophone) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca But is it Art? The Merkin Sisters, that sibling duo of hirsute avant-gardistes, are back at the Fringe after six years to tease … Continue reading →

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Wanna be in a movie by a legendary director? The Method Prix, a Fringe review

Posted on August 21, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

The Method Prix (Stage 17, Grindstone Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “People ask me all the time what it’s like to be a genius artist,” says the legendary Hollywood auteur-director Vincent Prix (Deanna Fleysher), flinging himself into a selection of … Continue reading →

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An Old Testament skit: Bathsheba and the Books, a Fringe review

Posted on August 20, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

Bathsheba and the Books (Stage 1, Westbury Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Bathsheba and the Books is a rare example of serious Old Testament scholarship, a sadly neglected field at the Fringe. JUST KIDDING. It’s more like an SNL sketch … Continue reading →

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More than a Scooby snack: SCOOBIE DOOSICAL, a new Dammitammy musical. A Fringe review

Posted on August 20, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

SCOOBIE DOOSICAL (Stage 4, Walterdale Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Well gang, looks like we have another mystery on our hands (a couple, actually). One (a Fringe specialty) is the mystery of inspiration. With their new musical, Dammitammy Productions’ resident … Continue reading →

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The hunger for human connection: Fiji, a Fringe review

Posted on August 19, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

Fiji (Stage 6, Gateway Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Isn’t it what everyone hungers for in the end? Human connection at the deepest, most visceral, level? A soul mate? That universal quest for an all-consuming, all-consumable passion is at the … Continue reading →

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