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The experimental spirit lives on in Edmonton theatre, live and in unusual hybrids
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Calling the pandemic an “obstacle” to live theatre, or maybe a “challenge,” is a bit like saying COVID is the flu. The pandemic has had a devastating effect on an art whose raison d’être is the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Catalyst Theatre, Catch The Keys Productions, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, Girl Brain, Grindstone Comedy Theatre and Bistro, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre, Rapid Fire Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, The Fox Den Collective, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Curio Shoppe: taking the nightmare home … to your place
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca For 12 years, the creators of Dead Centre of Town have invited us on nocturnal excursions into our own haunted past — the graveyard where our darkest local secrets lie buried. Which is why we’ve found … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Catch The Keys Productions, Dark 2020, Dead Centre of Town, Edmonton theatre, Fort Edmonton Park
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New faces in theatre: six up-and-comers you’ll be watching when the doors open. Here’s actor Josh Travnik
They’re young. They shine brightly. And their talents are already lighting up the Edmonton theatre scene. 12thnight talked to six starry and sought-after up-and-comers, artists whose work, on- and backstage, will have a big impact on theatre here when the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alberta Musical Theatre, Capitol Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, MacEwan University theatre arts, Straight Edge Theatre
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New faces in theatre: six bright newcomers. The series continues with triple-threat Bella King
They’re young. They shine brightly. And their talents are already lighting up the Edmonton theatre scene. 12thnight talked to six starry and sought-after up-and-comers, artists whose work, on- and backstage, will have a big impact on theatre here when the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Capitol Theatre, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, MacEwan University theatre arts, Plain Jane Theatre Company, Straight Edge Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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Can the future be gender-free? Nick Green’s new comedy Happy Birthday Baby J wonders. Meet the playwright.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca When Nick Green moved to Toronto 10 years ago this month, Edmonton theatre sustained a double loss. There was Green the charismatic young actor (and U of A theatre grad) we’d seen in Catalyst’s Frankenstein musical … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Dora Awards, Edmonton theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, Guys in Disguise, John Hudson, Nick Green, Shadow Theatre
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Dead Centre of Town unearths our dark civic secrets
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca We have a checkered past, my friends. You could say we’re haunted. For a dozen years now, in the season of ghostly chills, Catch The Keys Productions has been taking us on location, into the boneyard … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Catch The Keys Productions, Dead Centre of Town, Edmonton history, Edmonton theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, Halloween theatre
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Happy Valentine’s champagne and a show: where to take your date to celebrate
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Of all the high holidays, the one that shares a name with a variety of massacres and martyrdoms is coming up. It’s also the ultimate date night. So in order to celebrate romance, there are a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Capitol Theatre, Chinook Series, Citadel Club, Citadel Theatre, Damien Atkins, Edmonton theatre, Expanse Festival, Farren Timoteo, Fort Edmonton Park, Girl Brain, Grindstone Comedy Theatre and Bistro, Send in the Girls Burlesque, Studio Theatre, Theatre Network
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Abandon your grinch, all ye who enter here: holiday shows on E-town stages this week
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Give yourself a holiday treat this week. This week on E-town stages, you can feel the holiday spirit in a live radio play (It’s A Wonderful Life), a Christmas panto (Little Red Riding Hood), or a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Backstage Theatre, Blunt Entertainment, Capitol Theatre, Christmas pantos, Christmas shows, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, Grindstone Theatre, It's A Wonderful Life, live radio plays, Roxy on Gateway, Theatre Network, Theatre of the New Heart, Whizgiggling Productions
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