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More theatre news: Expanse Fest is back and Grindstone’s hitting the road
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Generations” and “generational stories”: that’s the connective tissue of this year’s edition of Expanse, Azimuth Theatre’s annual “celebration of the body in motion.” For 2022 the agile festival with the Expanse-ive embrace returns to the live … Continue reading
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Tagged Azimuth Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Expanse Movement Arts Festival, Grindstone Theatre, musical satire
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2021: the year Edmonton theatre returned to live (part one)
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In theatre, 2021 is a year that isn’t ending as it began. It was more than half over when The Pivot pivoted. Live performance gradually, cautiously ventured out of its online exile, where it had creatively … Continue reading
Posted in Features, News/Views
Tagged 12thnight.ca, best of theatre 2021, Citadel Theatre, Dana Wylie, Edmonton theatre, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, Grindstone Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Punctuate! Theatre, Pyretic Productions, Skirts AFire Festival, Teatro La Quindicina, The Major Matt Mason Collective, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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A bona fide hit with Jason in the title? Say, what? The second, third, and fourth wave of Jason Kenney’s Hot Boy Summer
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca C’mon, who could have predicted that the hottest ticket in the first half of the Edmonton theatre season would be a show with “Jason Kenney” in the title? Jason Kenney’s Hot Boy Summer is a bona … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton improv, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre
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You’ll laugh (a lot) and wince: The Disney Delusion, a Fringe review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Disney Delusion (Grindstone Comedy Theatre) I don’t know if “wince-laughing” is a term yet in the audience reaction theatre handbook. If not, consider this clever, very funny solo play by and starring Leif Oleson-Cormack to … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2021, Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe 2021, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton stand-up comedy, Grindstone Theatre
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It’s Fringe Eve, the moment to consider intriguing prospects in a year to experiment
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s Fringe Eve (the night the green onion fairy leaves a special stay-awake pill under your pillow). And lordie lordie, our giant summer alternative theatre extravaganza is turning 40. The big four-oh? During a pandemic? A … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2021, Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton Fringe 2021, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, Frent Collective, Garneau Theatre, Grindstone Theatre, MAA and PAA Theatre, Old Strathcona, péhonán, Rapid Fire Theatre, Varscona Theatre, Whizgiggling Productions
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New faces in theatre: meet creator/performer/producer/activist Sue Goberdhan
They’re young, bright, and unstoppably creative. And, pandemic be damned, their adaptable, flexible talents are already lighting up the Edmonton theatre scene. In this 12thnight series you’ll meet some of E-town’s sought-after up-and-comers, artists whose work, on- and backstage, is already … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Azimuth Theatre, Could Be Cool Theatre, Edmonton podcasts, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre, Sue Goberdhan
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They rise again: The Malachites are back with Macbeth
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “When shall we three meet again/ In thunder, lightning, or in rain?” chant the Witches in the opening moment of Shakespeare’s fleet, dark, violent Macbeth. Or in snow? Yes, Malachite Theatre, a London/Canada collective whose mission … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Benjamin Blyth, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Macbeth, Malachite Theatre, Norns, William Shakespeare
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Abandon your grinch, all ye who enter here: holiday shows on E-town stages this week
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Give yourself a holiday treat this week. This week on E-town stages, you can feel the holiday spirit in a live radio play (It’s A Wonderful Life), a Christmas panto (Little Red Riding Hood), or a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Backstage Theatre, Blunt Entertainment, Capitol Theatre, Christmas pantos, Christmas shows, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, Grindstone Theatre, It's A Wonderful Life, live radio plays, Roxy on Gateway, Theatre Network, Theatre of the New Heart, Whizgiggling Productions
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Song-and-dance con men, two World War I plays, and more… a theatre weekend in E-town
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A con game (with song and dance) is one of your options for a night out at live theatre this weekend. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, a larky musical by the team of David Yazbek (The Band’s Visit, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Foote in the Door Productions, Grindstone Theatre, Neil Grahn, Rapid Fire Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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12thnight goes to Twelfth Night: a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Wonder and confusion, sadness and joy, thread their way through a comedy that’s always catching you a little off-guard, like the post-Christmas (hangover) season of the year itself. So in a way, the built-in contradictions of … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Malachite Theatre, Shakespeare comedy, Twelfth Night
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