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Amazing but true: mind-exploding synchronicity from the brain inside Gordon’s Big Bald Head
Amazing but true. A quick sidenote to Monster Theatre’s Erika The Red (my review is here). By a mind-exploding Fringe synchronicity, on Wednesday I saw improv virtuosos Gordon’s Big Bald Head, actually improvise on the Varscona Theatre stage (Stage 11) an … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2024, Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton improv comedy, Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, Edmonton theatre, Gordon's Big Bald Head
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Some things I learned at the Sterlings
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Here are some things I learned at the sold-out 35th annual Sterling Awards bash Monday night, celebrating the season just past in Edmonton theatre. Written by April Banigan with co-hosts Matt Schuurman and Sue Goberdhan, directed by … Continue reading
Posted in Features
Tagged 2023 Sterling Awards, Azimuth Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Gordon's Big Bald Head, Grindstone Theatre, Guys in Disguise, Northern Light Theatre, Rapid Fire Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Tiny Bear Jaws, U of A drama department, Varscona Theatre
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Improv comes to the Mayfield for the first time, and it’s the best there is: Gordon’s Big Bald Head in Clusterflick
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Something historic, and riotously funny, is happening at the Mayfield. For the first time ever at this adventurous dinner theatre, a blockbuster movie is premiering on the Mayfield stage. In itself this pretty much nails high-grade … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton improv, Edmonton theatre, Gordon's Big Bald Head, Mayfield Dinner Theatre
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‘Musicians gone wild’: the Mayfield’s upcoming five-show season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The air of creative nostalgia floats over the upcoming 2023-2024 season at the Mayfield Theatre announced by artistic director Van Wilmott Tuesday. The five-show line-up capitalizes on the strength, stylistic versatility, and expertise of the theatre’s … Continue reading
Posted in News/Views, Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Elvis, Gordon's Big Bald Head, Grease, improv comedy, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Rock of Ages
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It’s time to play: a peek at the new Edmonton theatre season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Destination Fringe, with its 95,000 or so tickets sold, was a hint (we deal in big hints here in #yeg. People know what they’ve been missing; they want live in-person theatre experience and the sharing that … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Gordon's Big Bald Head, MacEwan University theatre arts, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre Company, Play The Fool Festival, Punctuate! Theatre, Pyretic Productions, Shadow Theatre, Teatro Live!, The Maggie Tree, U of A Studio Theatre, Wild Side Productions
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The impossible, pulled off brilliantly: Gordon’s Big Bald Head in MasterThief Theatre, a Fringe review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Gordon’s Big Bald Head: MasterThief Theatre (Varscona Theatre) If there ever was a way to celebrate the return of live fringing to our summer — and simultaneously gloat that Edmonton has something no one else has … Continue reading
Gordon’s Big Bald Head infiltrates movie history in Good Head, at the Grindstone
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca They are smart. And they are funny. But there is nothing cautious, or predictable, or even sane about the entertainment proposition that the deluxe improv troupe Gordon’s Big Bald Head offers the world. They own a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton improv, Edmonton theatre, Gordon's Big Bald Head, Grindstone Comedy Theatre and Bistro, improv comedy, Mark Meer, Ron Pederson
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Held Over at the Varscona: hit Fringe shows continue con brio next week!
The Varscona Theatre (aka Stage 12) is holding over four of its hot-ticket shows next week, Tuesday through Saturday. There’s Stewart Lemoine’s A Lesson in Brio, of course; it’s part of Teatro La Quindicina’s summer season. There’s also Gordon’s Big … Continue reading