Tag Archives: Edmonton theatre

Finding your own story: Dana Wylie’s Makings of a Voice at SkirtsAfire

Posted on March 9, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I’m right here with you right now,” says Dana Wylie, looking intently right into our eyes at the outset of Makings of a Voice. Against the probabilities and across the screen (the defining demarcation of the … Continue reading →

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Makings of a Voice: the SkirtsAfire premiere brings Dana Wylie back to the theatre

Posted on March 7, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I don’t know who I am and where I fit into this world….”    It’s one of those thoughts that touches down universally, and comes with its own personal question mark. And for a creative artist … Continue reading →

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A concert for our time: UnCovered 2021 crosses the country on (digital) tour and arrives at Catalyst

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Your place. Saturday night. Drinks, snacks, songs. A cross-country meet-up between two of the country’s most distinctive theatre companies. One is Toronto’s Musical Stage Company, a company with a musical theatre heart and a remarkable blue-chip … Continue reading →

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A festival reimagined, over and over: SkirtsAfire 2021

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Reimagine. Repeat. Reimagine. Repeat…. What does it take to open a theatre and multidisciplinary, multi-location arts festival in the ever-shifting COVID-ian landscape of March 2021? The 9th annual edition of SkirtsAfire, Edmonton’s ever-expanding wide-embrace showcase of … Continue reading →

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New faces in theatre: meet creator/performer/producer/activist Sue Goberdhan

Posted on February 27, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

They’re young, bright, and unstoppably creative. And, pandemic be damned, their adaptable, flexible talents are already lighting up the Edmonton theatre scene. In this 12thnight series you’ll meet some of E-town’s sought-after up-and-comers, artists whose work, on- and backstage, is already … Continue reading →

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Préparez vous, mes amis: Lucy Darling is back — with a bilingual magic/comedy show livestreaming from L’UniThéâtre

Posted on February 25, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “What I love about magic as an art form,” declares magician Carisa Hendrix at a non-magical hour of the morning earlier this week, “what magic is really about, is the feeling that anything is possible.…” The … Continue reading →

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The Edmonton Fringe bids farewell to Executive Director Adam Mitchell

Posted on February 23, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Edmonton Fringe Theatre is bidding adieu to its Executive Director. After five years in the demanding administration job atop the company that presents Edmonton’s giant International Fringe Theatre Festival (the country’s oldest, largest, and most influential … Continue reading →

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The letters you wrote and never sent: Letters To No One, a new show from Dammitammy

Posted on February 20, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Everyone has a stash. You know, the letters you wrote and you didn’t send. Letters in which you confess your long-hidden love (possibly in free verse). Or your rage (likely in stinging prose). Or reveal your … Continue reading →

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New faces in theatre: meet playwright, dramaturge, theatre scholar Mūkonzi wā Mūsyoki

Posted on February 15, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

They’re young, bright, and unstoppably creative. And, pandemic be damned, their adaptable, flexible talents are already lighting up the Edmonton theatre scene. In this 12thnight series you’ll meet some of E-town’s sought-after up-and-comers, artists whose work, on- and backstage, is … Continue reading →

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Happy Valentine’s weekend: have some theatre with your champagne

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Let’s try to ignore for the moment the origins of Valentine’s Day as a feast day in honour of a martyr, and, more recently, a massacre. Or the source of a bottomless supply of gummy limericks, … Continue reading →

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