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The world is on fire and there’s silence in the land of dreams: Patina, a Fringe review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Patina (Old Strathcona Performing Arts) What in the world is happening to the world? It’s on fire. It’s drowning. It’s melting. Its axis is slipping. Patina Bellweather (Rebecca Starr), the official child minder in Smaland, “the … Continue reading
A fizzy offshore reunion: Destination Wedding, a Fringe review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Destination Wedding (Westbury Theatre) Like the drinks at a tropical all-inclusive — where you have no serious cultural obligations except buying jewelry with seashells in it and having fun — the clues keep coming in this … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2021, Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Trevor Schmidt, Whizgiggling Productions
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The body-shaming knot unravelled, in a cunning little play: Woman Caught Unaware, a Fringe review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Woman Caught Unaware (Varscona Theatre) In this surprising, cunningly written little 2018 play by the Brit writer Annie Fox, an older woman (a woman of a certain age, the delicate way of saying over 50 and … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Annie Fox, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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It’s Fringe Eve, the moment to consider intriguing prospects in a year to experiment
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s Fringe Eve (the night the green onion fairy leaves a special stay-awake pill under your pillow). And lordie lordie, our giant summer alternative theatre extravaganza is turning 40. The big four-oh? During a pandemic? A … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2021, Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton Fringe 2021, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, Frent Collective, Garneau Theatre, Grindstone Theatre, MAA and PAA Theatre, Old Strathcona, péhonán, Rapid Fire Theatre, Varscona Theatre, Whizgiggling Productions
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Together We Fringe: the second annual live Telethon happens Friday
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Last year about this time, we were still reeling from the woulda/coulda been’s — and the heartbreak that the 39th annual Fringe was cancelled. That was a first. And so was the telethon that The Fringe … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2021, News/Views
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, EPCOR, Fringe Telethon, Heart and Soul Fund
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Thoughts on the Plain Janes’ Scenes From The Sidewalk the sequel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You have to hand it to the catastrophe that is the pandemic: it’s impossible now to take for granted the “live” in live theatre. “Going out to the theatre,” a phrase to be tossed off expectantly … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton Musical Theatre, Edmonton theatre, MacEwan University, The Plain Jane Theatre Company, Varscona Theatre
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‘A Fringe Event’: what to expect as the Fringe goes back to its roots
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Solstice … yeah whatever. It’s impossible to think of summer without visions of the Fringe, dancing in the outskirts of your brain and gradually moving in for full occupancy. In the four decades they’ve been entwined, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre
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Follow the ‘once upon a time’ through the fairy tale world: The Secret in the Wings at Studio Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Don’t let the ‘happily-ever-after’s fool you. Fairy tales are not, contrary to popular belief, a Disney invention, the have-a-great-life tag to rom-coms on a roll. The production that opens today online, in the Studio Theatre season, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Brothers Grimm, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton theatre, fairy tales, Mary Zimmerman, Studio Theatre, U of A drama department
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