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The gift of belief: unmissable Wonderful Joe, The Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes at Theatre Network
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Something wonderful, and wonder-filled, happened last night at Theatre Network. We found ourselves on Eileen Street, in a miniature urban neighbourhood on the wrong side of the tracks. Where the homeless are home, and the misfits … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network
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Humanizing a hero in a mysterious encounter: The Mountaintop at the Citadel, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A road-weary man with a cough and holes in his socks arrives back in an undistinguished Memphis motel on a stormy night in April 1968, dying for a cigarette and checking for hidden microphones before he … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Martin Luther King, Shadow Theatre
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Playing in the unfiltered world of kids: meet Jayce McKenzie, star of Robot Girls and Candy & The Beast
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Double vision. By day Jayce McKenzie has been rehearsing a new Trevor Schmidt play that premieres Friday in a Northern Light Theatre production. By night she has been regaling and touching audiences in … a new … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Trevor Schmidt
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An old man and his dog, a tale for a broken world: Ronnie Burkett’s Wonderful Joe premieres at Theatre Network
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The old man we meet in Wonderful Joe, the new Ronnie Burnett Theatre of Marionettes play getting its much anticipated world premiere Thursday at Theatre Network, has a magical gift (and a dog). Call it vision. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, marionette theatre, Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes, Theatre Network
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‘Let the whole world melt away!’ Nuova Vocal Arts goes to The Prom
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I just wanna dance with you/ Let the whole world melt away/ And dance with you/ Who cares what other people say?” — The Prom In The Prom, the double-sided Broadway musical comedy/ satire that opens … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Capitol Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Concordia University of Edmonton, Edmonton theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, NUOVa Vocal Arts, Varscona Theatre
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The long weekend in a theatre town
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca What happens on a long weekend in a theatre town? For starters, a new indie puppet musical and a musical theatre classic, an insightful and captivating comedy about teenage girls, a musical revue, a new play … Continue reading
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Tagged Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Expanse Festival 2024, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, So.Glad Arts, Springboards New Play Festival, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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The Expanse Fest is back for a 19th annual edition, ‘re-framed’
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Expanse, Azimuth Theatre’s 19-year-old movement arts festival, a “celebration of ALL bodies onstage,” is back, March 28 through April 4. And, says Azimuth’s co-artistic director Morgan Yamada, it’s been “re-framed” for the hard-edged realities of our … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Aeris Körper, Azimuth Theatre, Edmonton dance, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Expanse Movement Arts Festival, So.Glad Arts
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‘My love letter to queer and trans kids’: The Adventure of Young Turtle launches Expanse Festival 2024
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca One morning this week, I went on an undersea excursion backstage at the Westbury Theatre, and I met an apprehensive moray eel. Their body was once an air compressor hose, their eyes Gatorade bottle lids, and … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Azimuth Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Expanse Festival, Fringe theatre, Saskatoon theatre, So.Glad Arts
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Back-combing the ’60s: Hairspray at the Jube, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Something has happened to the light-hold flexible Hairspray we’ve always known. It’s gone Ultra-Clutch. In a world of chronic downsizing — of prospects, budgets, the polar ice cap … — there’s something reassuring, in theory, about … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway Across Canada touring, Broadway musicals, Edmonton theatre, Hairspray, Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
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Springboards, Workshop West’s signature new play festival, is back
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Springboards is back this week. And with it, our annual backstage pass to the world of artistic creation, where new plays get born and develop. Workshop West Playwrights Theatre’s new play festival, which returned after a … Continue reading
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