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Two-Headed/ Half-Hearted: the twinned urge to be joined and apart in Northern Light Theatre’s new musical. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There they sit, motionless under a rosy moon, a two-headed prairie oracle atop a body wrapped in mystery. They’re the centrepiece of an eerie altar: a bank of ghostly corn stalks, a gothic farmhouse facade, an … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, conjoined twins, Edmonton theatre, Fringe theatre, Kaeley Jade Wiebe, Northern Light Theatre, Rebecca Sadowski, Trevor Schmidt
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‘It makes us vibrate, makes us feel’: The Power of the Drum from the Cuban Movements Dance Academy. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s no coincidence that Afro-Cuban drumming doesn’t involve drumsticks. It’s hands-on, literally and metaphorically. The power of the drum, as the show of that name onstage at the Westbury Theatre tells us, is that it shares … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Afro-Cuban dance, Common Ground Arts Society, Cuban Movements Dance Academy, Edmonton theatre, Fringe theatre, RISER Edmonton
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Raising funds for Ukraine: theatre steps up. A play, a playwright, Pyretic Productions, and the Blyth Festival
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It started with the discovery of a hand-written diary, the journal in which Lianna Makuch’s grandmother recorded her flight, on foot, from war-ravaged Ukraine in 1944. That wrenching chronicle, and an anniversary of the full-scale Russian … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Blyth Festival, Canadian Red Cross, Canadian-Ukrainian Foundation, Edmonton theatre, Fringe theatre, Kyiv Pride, OutRight Action, Punctuate! Theatre, Pyretic Productions
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‘Who were we before life got hold of us?’ Thoughts on Ayita at the SkirtsAfire festival
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca To walk into the Westbury Theatre these days is to find yourself in a world that’s mysterious but familiar, calm but in perpetual motion. Whittyn Jason’s captivating design puts us in the centre of a wave … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Fringe theatre, indigenous theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival
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Together We Fringe: A Fringe Event. Our beloved summer theatre binge is back, live, and modified for 2021
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca This year the Fringe is not going to look and feel like the adrenalized, crazy, big-ass monster you and thousands of your closest friends hang out with day and night in August (you know the rampaging … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, Edmonton theatre, Fringe theatre
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Expanse 2021, the festival of bodies in motion, moves online
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Creating more space.” It’s a phrase that recurs like a mantra, and an invitation, when Azimuth Theatre’s two new co-artistic producers Sue Goberdhan and Morgan Yamada talk about this year’s Expanse Festival, opening tonight on an … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Article 11, Azimuth Theatre, Chinook Series, Cuban Movements Dance Academy, Downstage Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Expanse Festival, Fringe theatre, Good Women Dance Collective, Miwa Matreyek, Remix The Ritual, SOUND OFF Festival, Tara Beagan
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Making indie theatre just got less lonely: RISER goes national and comes to Edmonton
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Even at the best of times (which I think we can all agree this is not) It’s hard, high-risk work producing indie theatre. Bright creative innovative ideas that find their natural habitat in independent theatre arrive … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Azimuth Theatre, Backstage Theatre, Catalyst Theatre, Catch The Keys Productions, Citadel Theatre, Common Ground Arts Society, Edmonton theatre, Fringe theatre, RISER, Why Not Theatre
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Eager-beaver thespians at the manger: two Christmas shows from Dammitammy and Whizgiggling Productions
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Holiday shows come in all shapes and sizes (and degrees of fa-la-la-la-la and levity), as well you know. And since this year you’ll be home decking the halls (and not your irritating second-cousins, after 3 eggnogs), … Continue reading
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Tagged 12night.ca, Christmas shows, Dammitammy Productions, Edmonton theatre, Fringe theatre, Nativity Story. Whizgiggling Productions
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We Had A Girl Before You: what happened to her? A new Gothic thriller opens the Northern Light season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca O no O no…. Don’t look through that keyhole. And don’t open that door. Trevor Schmidt’s new gothic thriller looks through that keyhole, and opens that door (and the Northern Light Theatre season), Friday. In We … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Fringe theatre, gothic thrillers, Guys in Disguise, Northern Light Theatre, Trevor Schmidt, Westbury Theatre
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