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Wait, there’s more…. Act II of the theatre season is about to begin
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Stay tuned; face forward. There’s more! Intermission’s over, my friends, and Act II of the Edmonton theatre season is about to begin. Freaky Green Eyes, Emma Houghton’s original adaptation of the Joyce Carol Oates novel, premieres … Continue reading
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Tagged Citadel Theatre, Common Ground Arts Society, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Ground Zero Productions, Invisible Practice, Nextfest, Northern Light Theatre, Punctuate! Theatre, RISER Edmonton, Shadow Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Teatro Live!, Theatre Network, Theatre Yes, Thou Art Here Theatre, Varscona Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Far From The Home I Love: a Fiddler on the Roof for our time. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the opening moments of the grand touring production of Fiddler on the Roof that’s arrived at the Jube, a solitary man in a modern red parka walks onto the stage under a weathered train station … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway Across Canada, Broadway musicals, Edmonton theatre, Fiddler on the Roof, Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
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2022: the year in Edmonton theatre, part 2
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Here’s a small sampling, in no particular order, of assorted highlights from a year when live theatre on Edmonton stages rose to the occasion, and did what theatre can do best, conjure worlds through other eyes, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, AI theatre, Catch The Keys Productions, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Pyretic Productions, Rapid Fire Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Straight Edge Theatre, Teatro Live!, The Maggie Tree, Theatre Network, Tiny Bear Jaws, Tom Peacocke, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Spirit of the Season: a new holiday/horror mashup, a one-night one-screen film premiere
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Five friends in full flight mode escape to a remote cabin in the woods. That always works, right? In Spirit of the Season, the indie holiday/ horror mash-up comedy film getting a one-night premiere screening Wednesday … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Azimuth Theatre, Christmas movies, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton film, Edmonton theatre, Lazy Kitten Productions, The Debutantes
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2022: the year in Edmonton theatre, part 1
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2022: it was a year in theatre that started with a calendar dotted with hopeful pencilled-in dates. After a complicated 2021 of cancellations and postponements (and a late-summer re-Pivot of The Pivot), audiences were, cautiously, ready … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre Company, Pyretic Productions, RISER Edmonton 2022, Teatro Live!, theatre highlights in Edmonton 2022, U of A Studio Theatre, Wild Side Productions
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An update on E-town holiday shows: overcoming grinch-itude and getting festive, part 2
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Lighten up everyone. If stress and/or seasonal ennui have overtaken your festive spirit and malled it beyond recognition, it’s obvious that you need a holiday show booster. And, like sweaters with antlers and shameless pom-poms on … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Capitol Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, Gateway Theatre, Girl Brain, Rapid Fire Theatre, Theatre Network, Walterdale Theatre, Whizgiggling Productions
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So what happens next? Die-Nasty does A Christmas Carol part 2
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca So what happens to the Cratchits, the Fezziwigs, and Old Scratch himself after that fateful make-over Christmas, anyhow? Don’t tell me the question has never crossed your mind. Tonight at the Varscona Theatre is your only … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, A Christmas Carol, Die-Nasty, Edmonton holiday shows, Edmonton improv comedy, Edmonton theatre
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Die Harsh, a new Christmas musical satire from the Hot Boy Summer team
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca No wonder Byron Martin and Simon Abbott write musical comedies together. It was a partnership meant to be. In a case of extreme showbiz (and seasonal) compatibility, their favourite Christmas movie of all time is … … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Die Hard, Edmonton holiday shows, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, musical satire
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year: A Christmas Carol at the Citadel, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The ‘hap-happiest season of all,’ as the familiar song has it, can officially begin. A Christmas Carol is back onstage at the Citadel for the 23rd year. Daryl Cloran’s production is thrillingly big, bigger than last … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Citadel Theatre, David van Belle, Edmonton theatre
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