Tag Archives: Edmonton Fringe Theatre

Two sensational celebrity trials inspire two new plays at the Fringe: The Cult of the Clitoris and Cadaver Synod, a preview

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Both, in their way, were celebrity trials. And both trials, in separately sensational ways, 1,128 years apart, have inspired two new plays premiering at the Fringe. Like theatre, history can be weirdly generous that way. Witness … Continue reading →

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A dark absurdist comedy introduces us to contemporary Ukrainian theatre: Bomb. A Fringe preview

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Can you name a single Ukrainian playwright? Me neither. Fringe Full of Stars is about to change that.    When director Lianna Makuch got her hands on Bomb, a dark, absurdist comedy by the contemporary Ukrainian … Continue reading →

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Fringe Full of Stars: further thoughts from 12thnight on how to get intrigued, and what to see

Posted on August 11, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Starting Thursday you have the fun of launching yourself into the galaxy of Fringe Full of Stars, the 44th annual edition of the oldest and biggest of the continent’s Fringes (and the prototype for the rest). … Continue reading →

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Are you lost in the stars? What to see at Fringe Full Of Stars: a little survey to get you started

Posted on August 7, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Starting Thursday, Edmonton’s best idea ever is back in action to screw up your bedtime, and make life more exciting. The 44th annual edition of our 11 day-and-night theatre bash, the biggest and oldest Fringe on … Continue reading →

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Fringe Full Of Stars, the 44th annual edition of our big summer theatre bash. Tickets go on sale today

Posted on August 6, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Your star has risen, fellow Fringe travellers. It’s August, and Fringe Full Of Stars is yours for the exploring. Tickets and passes go on sale today at 10 a.m. (in person) and noon (online) for the … Continue reading →

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Toasting the season on Edmonton stages: the 37th annual Sterling Awards, led by Brick Shithouse

Posted on July 15, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A wave of indie creativity prevailed at the 36th annual Sterling Awards bash Monday night hosted by Luc Tellier and Nadien Chu, as the theatre community put on lipstick and dancing shoes at the Westbury Theatre … Continue reading →

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Putting the Find back in Found: the festival of unexpected encounters with art and artists is back

Posted on July 5, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca What will you Find at Found? Surprise! “Experiences you can’t find anywhere else,” says Whittyn Jason, the director of the festival of unexpected encounters with art and artists. Common Ground Arts Society’s Found Fest is back … Continue reading →

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Remembering the season in Edmonton theatre, highlights part 1

Posted on June 25, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In Goblin:Macbeth, the brilliant Spontaneous Theatre production that came to the Citadel’s Highwire Series this season, one of the goblin stars wonders aloud what the strange human ritual called theatre is actually for, anyhow. And he … Continue reading →

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The season in Edmonton theatre: the 2024-2025 Sterling Award nominations

Posted on June 16, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A large-scale jukebox musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s most popular comedy and a small-scale bruisingly physical indie production proved the top choices of jurors as the 36th annual Sterling Award nominations were announced Monday. Named for the … Continue reading →

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Your last crack at a couple of festivals and a screwball on E-town stages, a small 12thnight survey on a wet weekend

Posted on June 14, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Live theatre lives in the moment (not a new thought but one to consider this wet weekend in Edmonton) It’s your last chance… •… And also your first, to see Sprouts, Concrete Theatre’s annual festival of … Continue reading →

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