Tag Archives: Edmonton theatre

The making of a (black) cowboy legend: John Ware Reimagined at Workshop West

Posted on November 8, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca He was a high rider, a figure carved from the X-large dimensions of Western mythology. A late 19th century Alberta cowboy of extraordinary  skill and savvy, capable of startling feats of agility, daring, horsemanship. What young … Continue reading →

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A homecoming for playwright Trina Davies, at Concordia U, Walterdale and SkirtsAfire

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A couple of decades ago, an Edmonton kid found herself onstage, at a theatre festival where the plays were new, and specially designed for teen actors and their teen audiences. It was at the Citadel Teen … Continue reading →

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Monday nite special: seductive looks, upward mobility in CAL-gry, as Die-Nasty soaps return

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Welcome to the archive of lingering glances and lip-quivering gazes: troubled, dreamy, steamy, wistful, reflective, yearning, sultry, moody, sultry-moody crossover. Yes, the new season of Die-Nasty — “Die-Nasty does Dynasty,” makes Edmonton’s award-winning live improvised weekly … Continue reading →

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Another another side to the story: The Testament of Mary, a review

Posted on October 29, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the absorbing Northern Light Theatre season opener, a woman peers out at us warily through the twinkling strands of a light-up fence. We’re close enough for her to eyeball us; this is the tiny PCL … Continue reading →

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The Boo! Revue: the new Varscona Theatre Ensemble says hello Sunday

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Three of Edmonton’s most inventive little indie theatre companies are forming a trio — in a new umbrella ensemble that will produce a subscription season of shows at the Varscona Theatre. Together, Plain Jane Theatre, Bright … Continue reading →

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Higher physics into rom-com: a review of Constellations at Shadow Theatre

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You’ve had this feeling, I know you have. You instinctively review your life to date (and maybe throw in your future prospects). And, like the heat-seeker you are, you can’t help thinking of the moments it … Continue reading →

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All for love: thoughts on Les Feluettes, Edmonton Opera’s season opener

Posted on October 26, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Love and death, jealousy and revenge, crime and punishment, repression and liberation, visions of fiery hell and fantastical apparitions who float down into the New World from the Old … there is nothing tentative, nothing cautious … Continue reading →

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It’s Jesus’s mom’s turn to speak: The Testament of Mary at Northern Light Theatre

Posted on October 26, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The star of the famous story gets top billing and a lot of press. And he always has, being the Son of God and starting a world-wide religion and all. But you don’t hear from his … Continue reading →

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Music, stories, cabaret, ‘infotainment’, opera, and plays: a weekend of trick and treat on Edmonton stages

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s a musical journey that cuts to the soul of a turbulent history. In Freedom Singer, which arrives at the Citadel Club starting tonight as part of a cross-country tour, the Detroit-born Canadian musician Khari Wendell … Continue reading →

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Quantum physics and the infinite possibilities of love: Constellations opens the Shadow Theatre season

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

Watch Constellations trailer By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the quantum multiverse, every choice, every decision you’ve ever and never made exists in an unimaginably vast ensemble of parallel universes. — Marianne in Constellations In the mind-bending love story that launches … Continue reading →

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