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Romeo and Juliet … A Fringe review by Marc Horton
Romeo and Juliet: The greatest love story ever to be misunderstood in a junior high English class, mildly redeemed by Leonardo DiCaprio before finally coalescing upon middle aged reflection of a passionate early adulthood mistake (Stage 1, Westbury Theatre) By … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Edmonton theatre, Jake Hastey, Romeo and Juliet, Toy Guns Dance Theatre
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The Exquisite Hour: a 12thnight.ca Fringe review by Todd Babiak
By Todd Babiak The Exquisite Hour (Stage 12, Varscona Theatre) Stewart Lemoine has written wilder comedies, with more intricate plots. His dialogue is sometimes more sparkling, more self-consciously ingenious. In other Lemoine plays, there are more laugh-out loud scenes. Lemoine … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Edmonton theatre, Stewart Lemoine, Teatro La Quindicina
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Puck Bunnies: a guest Fringe review by Marc Horton
Puck Bunnies (Stage 12, Varscona Theatre) By Marc Horton Do not confuse a puck bunny with a buckle bunny. The former is sexually obsessed with hockey players while the latter feels the same way about rodeo cowboys. Badge bunnies want to … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Darrin Hagen, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Edmonton theatre, Guys in Disguise, Jason Hardwick, Trevor Schmidt
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Review: Slack Tide
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Slack Tide (Stage 8, Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre) In the mysterious first moments of Slack Tide, a man (the excellent Chris W. Cook) arrives on a rocky ocean beach clutching a bouquet of roses. He … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Bevin Dooley, Blarney Productions, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Edmonton theatre, Wayne Paquette
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Fringe review: Myth of the Ostrich
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Myth of the Ostrich (Stage 8, Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre) Weird, when you think about it, how much farces, roommate comedies, bonding sitcoms depend on strict, rigid conservatives. There’s got to be a reason for … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Edmonton theatre, Kendra Connor, Matt Murray, Praise Doris Productions, sitcom
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For kids and the people they take to the Fringe: Onions and Garlic. A guest Fringe review by Todd Babiak and his daughters
By Todd Babiak (with help from his daughters, Avia and Esmé Onions and Garlic (Stage 11, Studio Theatre) It isn’t easy to be an onion seller in a town full of onions. Our hero pushes his cart of aromatic root … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Celia Taylor, children's theatre, Dave Clarke, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Edmonton theatre, Empress of Blandings, Paula Simons, Todd Babiak, Yiddish folk tales
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Review: To Be Moved
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “What’s one thing you couldn’t live without?” Anna (Zoe Glassman) asks Jeff (Kristian Stec) as their attraction blossoms before our very eyes — and ears. “Music!” he says instantly. Jeff is in the right show. There … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Braydon Dowler Coltman, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Edmonton theatre
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Random thoughts for your Edmonton Fringe adventure
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Hard to imagine now, but there was a time (I’m pretty sure) when this fair hinterland burg was Fringe-free, Strathcona had greasy spoons and parking spaces, and theatre companies didn’t have names like SquirrelSuit, Moose Bite, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Bash'd: A Gay Rap Opera, Campus Saint-Jean Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Festival, French Quarter, Ghostwriter Theatre, Gordon's Big Bald Head, La Cité francophone, magic shows, Orson Welles
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