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Cleave, a sense of possibility in contradiction: a review of Tiny Bear Jaws’ latest
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca No wonder we’re screwed up. We’re looking for definitive clarity and judgment in a language full of unruly verbs — dust, sanction, screen, bolt, cleave — that contain their own opposites. Cleave: to hold together. Cleave: … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Elena Belyea, Fringe Theatre Adventures, intersex characters, Tiny Bear Jaws
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The Unrepentant Necrophile: the punk rock musical that’s a test case for female empowerment
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Brooklyn duo the Coldharts are undeniably into dark and shivery. Take their unnerving Fringe hit Edgar Allan, in which the terrifying young Poe is haunted by a doppelgänger he can’t shake. Or The Legend of … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Chinook Series, Edmonton theatre, Fringe Theatre Adventures, punk rock musicals, The Coldharts, The Unrepentant Necrophile
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Feel the breeze: Chinook blows through with cutting-edge live theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Chinook: finally, the moment in the deep midwinter when “cutting edge” doesn’t refer to the wind chill factor. Edmonton’s international multidisciplinary performance series blows through the winter theatre season again starting tonight. For this third annual … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Azimuth Theatre, Black Arts Matter, Canoe Festival Expanse Movement Arts Festival, Chinook Series, Edmonton theatre, Fringe Theatre Adventures, multi-disciplinary performance, Sound Off, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Out of the footnotes and onto the stage: the wild women of the Wild West get revealed in Send In The Girls’ new burlesque
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Wild West. Where men were men. And women were…. well, who were they anyhow, besides wearers of gingham or garters? That’s what Send In The Girls is for. They don’t just roll up their sleeves … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Backstage Theatre, burlesque, Edmonton theatre, Ellen Chorley, Fringe Theatre Adventures, Send in the Girls Burlesque, Wild West
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The reigning monarch of the long title is back with a dance theatre season: Toy Guns’s Jake Hastey
By Liz Nicholls. 12thnight.ca The titles of are a tip-off. They float through the air, free-associating in a long, whimsical, adventurous accumulations. They’re not shackled by mere practical considerations. They’re ample, to say the least. The titles of Toys Guns Dance … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, dance theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fringe Theatre Adventures, Jake Hastey, Toy Guns Dance Theatre, Westbury Theatre
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Dream on! A Midsummer Night’s Fringe has holdovers!
It’s not time to wake up yet. Some of the hottest shows at A Midsummer Night’s Fringe, the 36th annual edition of our summer theatre bash, are being held over. FRINGE THEATRE ADVENTURES: At Fringe headquarters, the ATB Financial … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2017
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Fringe holdovers, Fringe Theatre Adventures, Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Varscona Theatre
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As the crow flies: Nicole Moeller’s new play gets under your skin at Azimuth
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the first moments of The Preacher, The Princess, And A Crow, a man bursts headlong into a tower room above a street. He triple-locks the door behind him. Jasper is a man under siege. But … Continue reading
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Tagged 12tnight.ca, Azimuth Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fringe Theatre Adventures, Murray Utas, Nicole Moeller
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Exit, pursued by a crow: Nicole Moeller’s new play asks tough questions
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Jasper has to save the princess.” When Nicole Moeller follows the thread of her new play back back back to its birthplace, that’s the line she heard in her head. Intriguing, yes, and not just because … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Azimuth Theatre, Backstage Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fringe Theatre Adventures, iHuman Youth Society, Nicole Moeller, Steve Pirot
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