Tag Archives: Edmonton Fringe reviews

You’ll be swell, you’ll be great! Everything’s Coming Up Chickens, a Plain Janes revue. A Fringe review

Posted on August 20, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Everything’s Coming Up Chickens: A Revue (Stage 12, Varscona Theatre) This highly entertaining revue is what happens when you let a company of musical theatre experts roam through their specialty repertoire (the odd, the neglected, the … Continue reading →

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Taking holy orders, holy smoke: Bad Habits, a guest 12thnight Fringe review by Todd Babiak

Posted on August 19, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

Bad Habits(Stage 37, Auditorium at Campus Saint-Jean) Sister Florence welcomes us postulates in a gruff accent, with a hint of New Jersey. It comes with a warning: entering the convent isn’t easy. Becoming a bride of Christ is not for … Continue reading →

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The ultimate in home births: The Alien Baby Play, a Fringe review

Posted on August 19, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Alien Baby Play (Stage 3, Walterdale Theatre) “Thank you so much for coming!” beams the cordial, slightly breathless woman we meet in The Alien Baby Play, the latest from Impossible Mongoose. “It means a lot … Continue reading →

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Puzzling out the paradox of identity: Fetch, a 12thnight Fringe review

Posted on August 19, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Fetch (Stage 28, The Playhouse) Two women stand before us, in identical dresses, with identical hairdos, holding identical boxes. They are both named Hannah Morgan. And in Cat Walsh’s clever new mind-bender, which turns the mystery … Continue reading →

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And the plot thickens: The Real Inspector Hound, a Fringe review

Posted on August 18, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Real Inspector Hound (Stage 12, Varscona Theatre) In Tom Stoppard’s cunning 1968 comedy, you’re watching two theatre critics watch a hoary English country manor house whodunit à la Dame Agatha. “Has it started?” wonders one … Continue reading →

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God is back: An All New God Is A Scottish Drag Queen, a 12thnight guest Fringe review by Todd Babiak

Posted on August 18, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

An All New God is a Scottish Drag Queen (Stage 22, Garneau Theatre) “I don’t know if you’ve heard the news,” says God, a portly Scottish man in an 80s skirt and blazer combo, “but people don’t give a shit … Continue reading →

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