Tag Archives: Firefly Theatre and Circus

And now for something completely different: Edmonton artists in a vintage spiegeltent at K-Days

Posted on July 23, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Magic, as magician Billy Kidd tells us, lives in surprises, in the “not knowing what’s going to happen next.” Now, here’s something unexpected (in a good way). Of all the things you might conceivably be doing … Continue reading →

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K-Days re-imagined: local artists in a vintage spiegeltent at the EXPO Centre

Posted on July 19, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A beautiful 75-year-old “tent” has magically touched down in a parking lot at the Edmonton EXPO Centre. With the arrival of the vintage hand-crafted “Cristal Palace” spiegeltent and the entertainment it will house this summer starting … Continue reading →

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All things circus, a musical comedy, and a new play: Edmonton onstage this weekend

Posted on June 21, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Your chance to run away and join the circus is at hand. Thanks to Firefly Theatre and Circus, we have a whole festival for all things circus. The Alberta Circus Arts Festival returns Thursday for a … Continue reading →

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A theatre to-do list for the week, including a bread and circus combo, kid stuff, costume and video installations, shows to stream

Posted on April 29, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In week ten thousand of the pandemic, before you actually melt into Netflix and disappear, clicker in hand, put a couple of suggestions on your theatre to-do list. The word ‘fun’ does not go amiss, I … Continue reading →

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Hey, the theatre season has landed: a weekend on E-town stages

Posted on October 4, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You may have noticed: the stars have aligned; the E-town theatre season is underway. This week there are musicals, plays, an original screwball comedy. There’s a staged reading of a play that’ll open on a stage … Continue reading →

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On, and above, the stages in Edmonton: a week of possibilities

Posted on June 4, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The week on, and above, the stages in Edmonton. Consider the possibilities. •Firefly refuses to stay put, in either time or space. Edmonton’s pioneer theatre/ circus company and academy, devoted to defying gravity, is having an … Continue reading →

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The week on, and above, Edmonton stages

Posted on June 4, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The week on, and above, the stage in E-town. Consider the possibilities. •Firefly refuses to stay put, in either time or space. Edmonton’s pioneer theatre/ circus company and academy, devoted to defying gravity, is having an … Continue reading →

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Nun but the brave: for your theatre habit, a grand assortment on E-town stages this weekes this week

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

  By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca What is it with all the nuns on Edmonton stages this week? It’s a bumper crop, second to nun. In The Candidate at the Citadel, you will see two different heavenly examples, (in a sense … Continue reading →

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