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Edmonton’s on it! For Valentine’s weekend, an evening at the theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It is the moment to jettison all residual thoughts of Valentine’s Day as a martyrdom, or more recently a massacre, or an epidemic of Hallmark rhymes. And let’s just not even get into the dismal vision … Continue reading
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Tagged Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, Mayfield Theatre, Rapid Fire Theatre, U of A drama department, Walterdale, Workshop West Theatre
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A Valentine from two Fringe stars: ‘Evie and Alfie: A Very British Love Story’ at Edmonton Fringe
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Evie and Alfie, an older retired couple, sit in their house. Nothing happens for some time.” That was the inspiration (and the initial stage direction), of Evie and Alfie: A Very British Love Story. The unusual … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Canadian Fringe circuit, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Sensible Footwear
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‘Whaaat? You want to go where?!’ Taking the wheel of a grand adventure: Burning Mom at the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca From destination to itinerary to vehicle, there is nothing usual, or even likely, about the road trip in Mieko Ouchi’s Burning Mom, the solo play that starts previews Saturday at the Citadel. A grief-shattered 63-year-old widow … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Arts Club Theatre Company, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre
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The man with the voice and the songs: One Night With Roy Orbison at the Mayfield, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Early in the vintage hit-studded revue currently on the Mayfield stage, the narrator tells us that before his career really took off, an aspiring young Texas singer-songwriter named Roy Orbison pitched an original song to Elvis. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Roy Orbison, The Travelling Wilburys
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Greg MacArthur walks the mysterious frontier between fact and fiction: My Testimonial at Workshop West, a preview
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Hi, I’m Greg MacArthur. And I’m going to tell you about something that happened to me a while ago….” That’s the conversational opener to My Testimonial. And what happens after that, in this latest from Greg … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Lee Playwright In Residence, University of Alberta drama department, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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The Citadel announces a new 10-show season: the 2026/27 lineup
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca At the centre of the upcoming 10-show 2026-2027 season at the Citadel, announced Monday night by artistic director Daryl Cloran, are two world premiere stage adaptations by notable Canadian playwrights, and an original production of a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, 2026-2027 theatre season, Citadel Theatre, Come From Away, Edmonton theatre, Indian Ink, National Arts Centre Indigenous Theatre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Theatre Calgary
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Attention must be paid: Death of a Salesman at the Citadel, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The first sight we have of the most indelible character in the 20th century theatre is a man alone, trudging wearily towards us in the murk of an empty stage. He’s a man with baggage, lugging … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Arthur Miller, Citadel Theatre, Death of a Salesman, Edmonton theatre
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John Ullyatt takes up the suitcase and the iconic mantle in Death of a Salesman, at the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Sixty seasons ago, a worn-out travelling salesman feeling his mileage and dispossessed from the “smile and a shoe shine” world he’s always known arrived on the stage of a former Sally Ann citadel in downtown Edmonton. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Arthur Miller, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Willy Loman
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Why do we keep making war anyhow? The addiction to rage: An Iliad at Shadow Theatre, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Every time I sing this song, I hope it’s the last time,” says the man before us, a travelling storyteller with a gift of the gab, who’s arrived on crutches (not a prop, Michael Peng has … Continue reading
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Tagged Edmonton theatre, 12thnight.ca, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre, anti-war plays, The Iliad, Homer
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Doomed to tell and re-tell the story of the Trojan War: Michael Peng stars as the Poet in An Iliad, at Shadow Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A traveller arrives onstage Thursday at the Varscona Theatre, suitcase in hand, with a story to tell. He’s been telling it for, oh, about three thousand years. “And every time he tells it he hopes he … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, anti-war plays, Edmonton theatre, Shadow Theatre, The Iliad, Varscona Theatre
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