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‘Twas the nights before Christmas and all through the house(s)… a big opening night in Edmonton
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca ’Twas the nights before Christmas, and all through the house…. Shows. Yes, it’s a big opening night tonight, gift-wrapped, on Edmonton stages: •Kris Kringle is the guest of honour through Tuesday at the vintage Capitol Theatre … Continue reading
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Tagged Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Christmas shows, Edmonton theatre, Girl Brain, Grindstone Theatre, House of Hush Burlesque, LightningCloud Productions, NUOVa Vocal Arts, Rapid Fire Theatre, Shumka, Theatre Network
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Yippee-ki-yay, you’ll get a kick out of Die Harsh: The Christmas Musical, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Christmas show is the natural home of the flashback, ’tis true. (I give you Scrooge’s night course in how to not be a relentless jerk). But it’s a special kind of Christmas show that opens … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Christmas musicals, Die Hard, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, Orange Hub
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Calling all grinches: there’s a holiday show for you on an Edmonton stage this week to make you jolly
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If seasonal stress and/or ennui, or spending time in a mall parking lot have so far squashed your festive spirit beyond recognition it’s pretty obvious you need the booster shot of a live holiday show. And you’re … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, Girl Brain, Grindstone Theatre, LightningCloud Productions, Northern Light Theatre, Rapid Fire Theatre, Shumka, Theatre Network, Walterdale Theatre, Whizgiggling Productions
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There’ll be much mistletoe-ing and hearts will be glowing … the festive season begins on Edmonton stages
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Some day soon we all will be together….” This week, actually, the festive season onstage can now officially begin. •Ebenezer Scrooge (John Ullyatt), a misanthrope with a frozen heart will stride briskly onto the Citadel’s Maclab … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Previews
Tagged Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, Girl Brain, Grindstone Theatre, LightningCloud Productions, MacEwan University theatre arts, Mayfield Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Paper Crown Theatre, Puddle of Mud, Rapid Fire Theatre, Teatro Live!, Varscona Theatre, Vohon Ukrainian Dance Ensemble
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Re-imagining your inheritance: Morningside Road, a beautiful new Canadian Celtic musical, at Shadow
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca One of the haunting songs in Morningside Road, the “new Canadian Celtic musical” that blows open the Shadow Theatre season, wonders about the remarkable way the past is never black-and-white in memory. How does it get … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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On the street where she lived, stories from childhood: Morningside Road, a new Celtic musical, premieres at Shadow
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The through-line of Mhairi Berg’s childhood was stories — fascinating, first-hand stories told to her by her Scottish grandmother about growing up in Edinburgh. “I didn’t realize how important they were to me,” says Berg, “But … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, Grindstone Theatre, Shadow Theatre
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Fringe Full of Stars: further thoughts from 12thnight on how to get intrigued, and what to see
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Starting Thursday you have the fun of launching yourself into the galaxy of Fringe Full of Stars, the 44th annual edition of the oldest and biggest of the continent’s Fringes (and the prototype for the rest). … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Fringe 2025, Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broken Toys Theatre, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, Indiginized Indigenous Theatre, Pyretic Productions, RibbitRePublic Theatre, SNAFU Productions, Uniform Theatre
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Toasting the season on Edmonton stages: the 37th annual Sterling Awards, led by Brick Shithouse
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A wave of indie creativity prevailed at the 36th annual Sterling Awards bash Monday night hosted by Luc Tellier and Nadien Chu, as the theatre community put on lipstick and dancing shoes at the Westbury Theatre … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberta Musical Theatre Company, Common Ground Arts Society, Defiance Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Silver Skate Festival, SkirtsaFire Festival, Sterling Awards, Straight Edge Theatre, Thou Art Here Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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The season on Edmonton stages, highlights part 2
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Remembering the 2024-2025 theatre season — in its performances, its design inspirations, its risky experiments, its moments of magic (and/or crazy live-ness) — and its saddest, most irreplaceable losses. Start with those. The passing of wonderful … Continue reading
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Tagged Citadel Theatre, Common Ground Arts Society, Edmonton theatre, fenceless theatre, Grindstone Theatre, Mayfield Theatre, NUOVa Vocal Arts, Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes, SkirtsaFire Festival, Spontaneous Theatre, Teatro Live!, Theatre Network, Theatre Yes, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Remembering the season in Edmonton theatre, highlights part 1
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In Goblin:Macbeth, the brilliant Spontaneous Theatre production that came to the Citadel’s Highwire Series this season, one of the goblin stars wonders aloud what the strange human ritual called theatre is actually for, anyhow. And he … Continue reading
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Tagged Citadel Theatre, Common Ground Arts Society, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Spontaneous Theatre, Teatro Live!, Theatre Network, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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