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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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Live theatre: has it found a footing on a platform instead of a stage in Zoom-laden times?
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A lifetime ago (March 25, 2020 to be precise), Malachite Theatre’s resourceful artistic director Benjamin Blyth explained to me that the company had borrowed an interactive online platform from the business world for a new venture. … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Reviews
Tagged Amoris Productions, Citadel Theatre, Die-Nasty, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Edmonton theatre, Found Festival, Gender? I Hardly Know You, Girl Brain, Hit & Myth, Le Fixe Theatre, Lodestar Theatre, Malachite Theatre, Old Vic Theatre, Rapid Fire Theatre, RSC, Shakespeare By The Bow, Stratford Festival, Theatre Calgary, Zoom theatre
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Girl Brain goes the (social) distance in a new series of online comedy sketches
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Proposition: there is a funny side to everything. If you approach from oblique angles. While Ellie Heath was spending a month in quarantine at her mom’s place, she overheard a rambunctious maternal Zoom cocktail get-together. “Mom … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Catapult Pictures, Edmonton theatre, Girl Brain, sketch comedy
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“Embrace your weirdness”: the world as seen by Girl Brain, coming to the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Overheard out in the real world — a cafe maybe, or a wine bar: Three women at the next table are laughing uproariously. “That’s a sketch!” floats your way through the air, like a winged mantra. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton theatre, Girl Brain, House Series, Roxy Performance Series, sketch comedy
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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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