Tag Archives: Edmonton Fringe Theatre

On the street where she lived, stories from childhood: Morningside Road, a new Celtic musical, premieres at Shadow

Posted on October 13, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The through-line of Mhairi Berg’s childhood was stories — fascinating, first-hand stories told to her by her Scottish grandmother about growing up in Edinburgh. “I didn’t realize how important they were to me,” says Berg, “But … Continue reading →

Posted in Previews | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on On the street where she lived, stories from childhood: Morningside Road, a new Celtic musical, premieres at Shadow

The hopes and dreams of a raccoon existentialist: The Shiniest Piece of Trailer Trash, a review

Posted on September 11, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Aww, this is the life! I get to be here, for free!” declares the resourceful, scrappy character we meet in The Shiniest Piece of Trailer Trash. In Meegan Sweet’s imaginative solo show, the staff choice at … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on The hopes and dreams of a raccoon existentialist: The Shiniest Piece of Trailer Trash, a review

The season is underway, in dreams, aspirations, memories. A quick 12thnight survey of the week on Edmonton stages

Posted on September 10, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca •The star of The Shiniest Piece Of Trailer Trash, the solo show launching the Fringe Theatre season tonight, is a dreamer. The aspirational raccoon from the crummy trailer park on the wrong side of the tracks … Continue reading →

Posted in News/Views, Previews | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on The season is underway, in dreams, aspirations, memories. A quick 12thnight survey of the week on Edmonton stages

The curtain comes down on Fringe Full of Stars, with starshine stats and records broken

Posted on August 24, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca After 11 days and nights, Fringe Full of Stars, the 44th annual edition of our giant summer theatre festival, is poised to exit the stage (actually, its 40 stages) Sunday night. And by Sunday morning delighted … Continue reading →

Posted in Fringe 2025, News/Views | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on The curtain comes down on Fringe Full of Stars, with starshine stats and records broken

Focus, people! The Fringe rolls into its last weekend, already a record-busting edition

Posted on August 23, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Fringe Full of Stars goes into its final weekend with shiny news to share. As of Friday noon, the 11-day and night) 44th annual edition of our big 223-show summer theatre bash is already a record-buster. … Continue reading →

Posted in Fringe 2025, News/Views | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Focus, people! The Fringe rolls into its last weekend, already a record-busting edition

Wait, there’s more…. Fringe holdovers next week

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Did it just dawn on you that Fringe Full of Stars ends Sunday night? And your big plans to navigate your way to the Fringe and its 223-show galaxy of possibilities just haven’t materialized so far? … Continue reading →

Posted in Fringe 2025, News/Views | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on Wait, there’s more…. Fringe holdovers next week

‘Everybody has a right to their dreams’: Sondheim’s Assassins, a Fringe review

Posted on August 21, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

Assassins (Stage 36, ArtsHub Ortona) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “All you have to do is move your little finger and you can change the world,” sings the disaffected actor John Wilkes Booth in Assassins. And he did just that in … Continue reading →

Posted in Fringe 2025, Reviews | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on ‘Everybody has a right to their dreams’: Sondheim’s Assassins, a Fringe review

In the beginning was … writer’s block. Genesis, a Fringe review

Posted on August 20, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

Genesis (Stage 2, The Next Act Backstage Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There are plenty of plays cavorting through the back catalogues of the repertoire (with ‘meta’ stickers on their backs) where wayward characters are searching for an author to … Continue reading →

Posted in Fringe 2025, Reviews | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on In the beginning was … writer’s block. Genesis, a Fringe review

A shocker from the Greeks: blistering three-actor A Kind of Electra, a Fringe review

Posted on August 20, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

A Kind of Electra (Stage 4, MacEwan Fine Arts Walterdale Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca When we meet the title character (Caitlin Stasey) in this lacerating three-actor account of the Greek myth of Electra, she is a shocking sight, shrieking … Continue reading →

Posted in Fringe 2025, Reviews | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on A shocker from the Greeks: blistering three-actor A Kind of Electra, a Fringe review

A strange new Trevor Schmidt play for Whizgiggling: Paloma & Joy, a Fringe review

Posted on August 20, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

Paloma & Joy (Stage 8, Gateway Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The double set of opening sequences, the best part of this very odd new Trevor Schmidt comedy/drama for Whizgiggling Productions, are a kind of performance art. They’re a graphic … Continue reading →

Posted in Fringe 2025, Reviews | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on A strange new Trevor Schmidt play for Whizgiggling: Paloma & Joy, a Fringe review