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Two years and 51 servings later … The Butter Chicken Odyssey at Springboards New Play Festival, a preview
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s a vision quest. It’s a challenge. It’s a journey of discovery beyond the menu and into a South-Asian cultural inheritance. It’s an expedition into the woods (well, Mill Woods) to satisfy a hunger, to re-discover … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Punjabi cuisine, Punjabi restaurants in Mill Woods, Ram's Food Reviews, Ramneek Singh, Springboards New Play Festival, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Expanse, the festival that celebrates bodies in motion, is back
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It starts with bodies, all bodies, in motion, and moves onward and outward from there. Azimuth Theatre’s ever-expanding Expanse, their signature movement arts festival, is back Friday, with a 10-day edition dubbed Intersections. Community engagement, “the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Azimuth Theatre, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Expanse Festival, Moment Discovery, movement-based theatre, Thou Art Here Theatre
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Snow, whatever. Get yourself to a theatre this weekend: a wealth of choices
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A great weekend to be in Edmonton if you’re at the theatre. So many choices, so little time…. A celebratory occasion at Teatro Live!. I Meant What I Said is Stewart Lemoine’s first new full-length comedy … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Theatre Live!, Theatre Network
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Falling in love with a show: Countries Shaped Like Stars, in a new production at Fringe Theatre. A preview
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Nearly 15 years ago, in the chaotic excitement of reviewing Fringe shows, I found myself in a nondescript church basement in Strathcona: musty church basement smell, sullen lighting, inauspicious wooden church chairs. What happened after that … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Mi Casa Theatre
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Edmonton’s on it! For Valentine’s weekend, an evening at the theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It is the moment to jettison all residual thoughts of Valentine’s Day as a martyrdom, or more recently a massacre, or an epidemic of Hallmark rhymes. And let’s just not even get into the dismal vision … Continue reading
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Tagged Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, Mayfield Theatre, Rapid Fire Theatre, U of A drama department, Walterdale, Workshop West Theatre
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A Valentine from two Fringe stars: ‘Evie and Alfie: A Very British Love Story’ at Edmonton Fringe
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Evie and Alfie, an older retired couple, sit in their house. Nothing happens for some time.” That was the inspiration (and the initial stage direction), of Evie and Alfie: A Very British Love Story. The unusual … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Canadian Fringe circuit, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Sensible Footwear
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Intermission’s over! Act II of the theatre season, and 10 shows too intriguing to miss
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Intermission’s over, and Act II of the theatre season is about to begin. Your nights out at the theatre are in progress. Rehearsals are happening in theatres across town. At Shadow (opening Jan. 22) Michael Peng … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadway Across Canada, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, L'UniThéâtre, MacEwan University theatre arts, Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Teatro Live!, U of A Studio Theatre, Uniform Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Brainwaves galore: a (temporary) finale for our fave sketch comedy trio. ‘Girl Brain, Actually’ at the Roxy
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The show that opens Thursday in Theatre Network’s season at the Roxy puts holiday sparkles and Santa hats on a double milestone in Edmonton theatre. After eight dizzying years of laughing, sold-out houses the hit sketch … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton sketch comedy, Edmonton theatre, Girl Brain, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network
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How tough do you have to be? Surviving trauma: Tough Guy gets a visceral premiere production, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In Tough Guy, an exhilarating new play by Hayley Moorhouse, a queer up-and-coming filmmaker tries to justify turning their camera on their friends, survivors of a shooting in queer nightclub mere days before, and reeling from … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton indie theatre, Edmonton theatre, Persistent Myth Productions
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