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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

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Edmonton’s biggest opening night: the Fringe starts tonight

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Tonight’s the night!  Edmonton’s biggest opening night. Do not be dismayed, or paralyzed, by the 216-show 38-venue dimensions of the 43rd annual incarnation of our big summer theatre bash. Gordon’s Big Bald Head, the stunningly expert … Continue reading

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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

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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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‘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

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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

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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

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The Fringe returns to its experimental roots: tickets go on sale Wednesday at noon

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The name of this year’s edition of the Edmonton Fringe is itself is a spirit-lifter, par excellence: Together We Fringe. It’s a salute to live gathering — in a nutshell exactly what we’ve been missing in … Continue reading

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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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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

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