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Four decades of playing without a script: the Rapid Fire Theatre story is now a book
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The thing you’ve just got to love about Rapid Fire Theatre is that everything that makes you anxious (if not out and out crazy) in life is delightful to them. It’s their high-octane fuel, their motivation, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton improv, Edmonton theatre, Patti Stiles, Rapid Fire Theatre, Theatre Network, Varscona Theatre
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A home of their own, in the entertainment ‘hood: Rapid Fire Theatre at 41
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca They’ve dreamed it for years. Now, at age 41, Rapid Fire Theatre finally has a home of their own. And it’s in the ‘hood that’s their traditional home base, Old Strathcona. Edmonton’s premier improv company is … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton improv, Edmonton theatre, Group2, Old Strathcona, Old Strathcona Business Association, Rapid Fire Theatre, Roxy on Gateway, Strathcona Exchange Building
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Rapid Fire Theatre: back live, and back on their home turf in Old Strathcona
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Rapid Fire Theatre has a new home for the new year. The agile Edmonton improv company, 41 seasons old (but young at heart), de-camped this week from downtown and moved back to their traditional stomping ground, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton improv, Edmonton theatre, improv comedy, Old Strathcona, Rapid Fire Theatre, Roxy on Gateway, Theatresports
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A bona fide hit with Jason in the title? Say, what? The second, third, and fourth wave of Jason Kenney’s Hot Boy Summer
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca C’mon, who could have predicted that the hottest ticket in the first half of the Edmonton theatre season would be a show with “Jason Kenney” in the title? Jason Kenney’s Hot Boy Summer is a bona … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton improv, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre
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The killer comedy of Die-Nasty, a Fringe review (or thought for the day or discussion point or whatever)
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Die-Nasty (Varscona Theatre) Well, this is a bit awkward. I finally caught up mid-week with Die-Nasty, the improvised serial soap with the late-night Fringe edition that’s actually set at the Fringe and about the Fringe (and … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2021, Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Die-Nasty, Edmonton Fringe 2021, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton improv, Varscona Theatre
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The impossible, pulled off brilliantly: Gordon’s Big Bald Head in MasterThief Theatre, a Fringe review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Gordon’s Big Bald Head: MasterThief Theatre (Varscona Theatre) If there ever was a way to celebrate the return of live fringing to our summer — and simultaneously gloat that Edmonton has something no one else has … Continue reading
The Grindstone is ready to crack you up: the Comedy Fest is back
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In a laughter-parched land, there is hope. After a year of set-backs, re-sets, contortionist pivots and ingenious work-arounds involving the great outdoors in all kinds of weather, the Grindstone Theatre in Old Strathcona launches … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton improv, Edmonton sketch comedy, Edmonton theatre, Girl Brain, Grindstone Theatre and Bistro, John Dore
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New faces in theatre: smile, here’s sketch and improv star Sydney Campbell
They’re young, bright, and unstoppably creative. And, pandemic be damned, their adaptable, flexible talents are already lighting up the Edmonton theatre scene. In this 12thnight series you’ll meet some of E-town’s sought-after up-and-comers, artists whose work, on- and backstage, is … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton improv, Edmonton theatre, Elena Belyea, Gender? We Hardly Know Them, Rapid Fire Theatre, Tiny Bear Jaws, U of A drama department
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Off the cuff and on the spot: Gordon’s Big Bald Head makes (up) a movie
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Hey, tonight I was in the virtual audience at the Grindstone, i.e. the invisible sweatpants brigade online at home. And I was watching an amazingly dexterous improv duo onstage do, off the cuff, something that is … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton improv, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Comedy Theatre and Bistro, improv comedy, Mark Meer, Ron Pederson
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Gordon’s Big Bald Head infiltrates movie history in Good Head, at the Grindstone
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca They are smart. And they are funny. But there is nothing cautious, or predictable, or even sane about the entertainment proposition that the deluxe improv troupe Gordon’s Big Bald Head offers the world. They own a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton improv, Edmonton theatre, Gordon's Big Bald Head, Grindstone Comedy Theatre and Bistro, improv comedy, Mark Meer, Ron Pederson
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