Tag Archives: Freewill Shakespeare Festival

Surprise! A holiday theatre quiz

Posted on December 31, 2017 by

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Curl up, wear thermal socks, check out our review of 2017 theatre highlights, and try our detoxifying winter theatre quiz.  What sport is studied, in detailed and scholarly fashion, in the Stewart Lemoine comedy Shocker’s Delight, … Continue reading →

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The women run the show: The Merry Wives of Windsor are having a blast in the park

Posted on June 27, 2017 by

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Dance party! You will never get a more spirited welcome into a play than you do at the start of the Tudor screwball currently hustling across the stage in the Freewill Shakespeare Festival’s summer season in … Continue reading →

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A world of casual bigotry darkens: Freewill Shakespeare Festival revisits The Merchant of Venice. A review

Posted on June 26, 2017 by

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Vivacious women, high-spirited men, spontaneous dancing, drinks and keep ‘em coming…. Venetian cafe society is in a festive mood at the start of the absorbing production currently bringing one of Shakespeare’s most troubling plays outdoors into … Continue reading →

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A festive spirit prevails in E-Town tonight: 2 festivals and a screwball comedy set to open

Posted on June 22, 2017 by

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!” And then let up later, for heaven’s sake! It’s opening night this very evening for not one but two of Edmonton’s summer arts festivals. AND Teatro La Quindicina’s new screwball … Continue reading →

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Once more unto the park dear friends: the 29th Freewill Shakespeare Festival draws nigh

Posted on June 20, 2017 by

  By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The love of summer Shakespeare runs deep in this town. One morning last week, the guest director at this year’s 29th annual Freewill Shakespeare Festival arrived for rehearsal at the Heritage Amphitheatre in Hawrelak Park. … Continue reading →

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A Sterling year onstage: nominations for Edmonton’s theatre awards

Posted on June 5, 2017 by

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A musical comedy in which a town and its citizens are transformed by putting on a show — a notion that Edmonton can enthusiastically get behind — proved the top choice of jurors as the 30th … Continue reading →

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