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And this just in … update on Fringe holdovers, in four locations including Grindstone Comedy Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The might-have-seen wistfulness that always accompanies the end of the Fringe (which comes Sunday night) is giving you some relief next week. As already announced (read about it here), some of the Fringe’s hot-ticket shows will … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fringe 2026, Fringe holdovers, Grindstone Comedy Theatre
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Hang on, there’s more! Fringe holdovers next week in three locations
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Did you forget? I have to break it to you: the curtain will come down on Fringe Unforgettable Sunday night after 11 days and nights. Your grand plan to cut a swath through the 209-show Fringe … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2026, News/Views
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatrem, Fringe 2026, Fringe holdovers, Varscona Theatre
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The clowns from corporate head office are here: GERALD, a Fringe review
Gerald (Stage 20, Mile Zero Dance Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The outreach department of Gerald Corp, one of the galaxy’s biggest energy companies, has sent two recruiters through space to find us humans. Please stand by. Lucky us! We’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight, Bad Knees Studios, clown theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fringe 2026, HEYwire Theatre
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The passing of the crown: the 30th anniversary revival of The Edmonton Queen, a Fringe review
The Edmonton Queen (Stage 31, Nancy Power Theatre at the Roxy) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Every once in a while a queen in born. Whether through osmosis or immaculate misconception is still mostly a mystery….” At 19, a gay kid … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton drag artists, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton queer history, Edmonton theatre, Fringe 2026, Guys in Disguise
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Dear mom, I’m fine, or I will be. The agony and the ecstasy of being someone’s mother, Parenthood: It’s A Mutha. A Fringe review
Parenthood: It’s A Mutha (Stage 32, Lorne Cardinal Theatre at the Roxy) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca This show by the warm, charismatic Michelle Todd isn’t really shaped like a play. It’s a free-form memoir, a personal confessional that starts in … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fringe 2026, METODD Productions, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network
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The remarkable origin story of a Canadian drag legend: Go West, Young Man, a Fringe review
Go West, Young Man (Stage 11, Varscona Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The sheer fabulosity of drag queens can dazzle you into assuming that they aren’t born and “emerge,” but somehow spring to life fully formed, be-gowned and sparkling. And … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Craig Russell, drag theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fringe 2026, Guys in Disguise, Mae West
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The scary funhouse of memory and identity: Fetch, a Fringe review
Fetch (Stage 5, Acacia Hall) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Two women, in identical dresses, stand before us with identical cardboard boxes in this unnerving, tightly wound little 2018 thriller by the Edmonton playwright Cat Walsh, whose muse runs to dark … Continue reading
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From history into a world of puppet poetry: the fascinating, elusive challenge of Object of Divinity
Object of Divinity (Stage 3, Nordic Studio Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Object of Divinity is a strangely timeless and timely story that underpins this enigmatic human/puppet show by actor/playwright Calla Wright, with an electro-industrial score, created and performed live … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fringe 2026, puppet theatre, SILKRØad
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Can these two connect in the darkness? Here’s a mysterious little gem that’s about that. Being Norwegian, a Fringe review
Being Norwegian (Stage 22, The de Villars Jones LLP Stage at Holy Trinity Church By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca This little gem of a two-hander by star Scottish playwright David Greig is something rare: a perfectly formed 45-minute rom-com where the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, David Greig, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fringe 2026, Trunk Theatre
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