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Facing the fall-out: A Doll’s House Part 2 launches the season at the Varscona. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The stage is dominated by a door, a giant door. The room has the outlines of wainscoting and six sealed windows — all bleached out, painted over, uninhabited. There’s no human clutter: a couple of chairs, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Henrik Ibsen, Varscona Theatre, Wild Side Productions
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Knock knock who’s there? Nora’s back, A Doll’s House Part 2
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “And it’s crucial there be a door. A very prominent door to the outside….” playwright stage directions, A Doll’s House Part 2 by Lucas Hnath It’s the door that Nora Helmer slammed as she walks out … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Azimuth Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, MacEwan University theatre arts, Moment Discovery, RBC Horizon Emerging Artist Program, Varscona Theatre, Wild Side Productions
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It’s time to play: a peek at the new Edmonton theatre season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Destination Fringe, with its 95,000 or so tickets sold, was a hint (we deal in big hints here in #yeg. People know what they’ve been missing; they want live in-person theatre experience and the sharing that … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Gordon's Big Bald Head, MacEwan University theatre arts, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre Company, Play The Fool Festival, Punctuate! Theatre, Pyretic Productions, Shadow Theatre, Teatro Live!, The Maggie Tree, U of A Studio Theatre, Wild Side Productions
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Kiss the cod: Come From Away at the Jube, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Come From Away wasn’t Away long, in real time. And yet, the world has changed in such unmistakeable ways since March 2019, when the American touring production arrived here, bringing a story of Canadian-ness back to … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadway Across Canada, Canadian Musical Theatre Project, Come From Away, Edmonton theatre, Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
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Teatro Live! new season, new calendar, new name
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Ya turn 40, ya make changes…. Teatro La Quindicina goes into its new decade with a newly streamlined moniker (with a built-in exclamation point), a new logo, a new and Fringe-less yearly calendar, and an expanding … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Stewart Lemoine, Teatro Live!, Varscona Theatre
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Playful and teasing, absurd and serious: White Guy On Stage Talking, a Fringe review
White Guy On Stage Talking (Stage 4, Walterdale Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Surprise! Here’s an entertainingly hyperactive, inventive performance piece that takes live theatre at its word. C’mon, there’s is no known way to predict what will happen next … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2022, Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe 2022, Edmonton Fringe reviews, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, Edmonton theatre
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The quest for the inner goddess: Guys in Disguise’s Crack in the Mirror, a Fringe review
Crack in the Mirror (Stage 11, Varscona Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In honour of their 35th year at the Fringe, Guys in Disguise, who cast their sharp-eyed long-lashed gaze on women’s roles, make a return to suburbia, the traditional … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe 2022, Edmonton Fringe reviews, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, Edmonton theatre, Guys in Disguise
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Once upon a time, in a galaxy far far away: Fags in Space, a Fringe review
Fags in Space (Stage 4, Walterdale Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Once upon a time, in a galaxy far far away, two gays messaged each other…. In this charmer of a rom-com by Liam Salmon, Luca and Todd (Sheldon Stockdale … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe 2022, Edmonton Fringe reviews, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, Edmonton theatre, Low Hanging Fruits Theatre
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Hello theatre friends! Did we just imagine the last two years? Suddenly, magically, it’s the opening day of the Fringe. Edmonton’s mighty summer theatre festival, the oldest on the continent, is back — not epic in size but BIG. And … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, Edmonton theatre
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Where do new musicals come from? Meet the creators of The Erlking and Conjoined at the Fringe
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Where do new musicals come from anyhow? The 2022 Fringe has a surprising number. What sort of theatre artists are moved to complicate their lives immeasurably by channelling their storytelling through music and lyrics? 12thnight caught … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, Edmonton theatre, Scona Alumni Theatre Col, Straight Edge Theatre
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