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We Had A Girl Before You: what happened to her? A new Gothic thriller opens the Northern Light season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca O no O no…. Don’t look through that keyhole. And don’t open that door. Trevor Schmidt’s new gothic thriller looks through that keyhole, and opens that door (and the Northern Light Theatre season), Friday. In We … Continue reading
Clowning around … online: the 5th annual Play The Fool Fest goes digital
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Clowns work as well as aspirin, but twice as fast.” –Groucho Marx And for the major migraine that is COVID, it’s high time we had some. Clowns, that is. The only thing is, clowns thrive on real … Continue reading
And back at the castle: a radio play version of Guys in Disguise’s Dragula
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It sounds like a sublime punchline: a drag show, in all its be-wigged glam-frocked glory, as a radio play? True, there’s a certain captivating perversity about the Guys in Disguise revival of their hit Fringe show … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Darrin Hagen, Edmonton theatre, Guys in Disguise, radio plays, Trevor Schmidt
Can the future be gender-free? Nick Green’s new comedy Happy Birthday Baby J wonders. Meet the playwright.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca When Nick Green moved to Toronto 10 years ago this month, Edmonton theatre sustained a double loss. There was Green the charismatic young actor (and U of A theatre grad) we’d seen in Catalyst’s Frankenstein musical … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Dora Awards, Edmonton theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, Guys in Disguise, John Hudson, Nick Green, Shadow Theatre
Don we now our gay apparel: With Bells On is back, in festive mode
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The glamorous lives of drag queens (to be cont’d….). It’s Sunday morning. And Darrin Hagen is in an unheated garage in Belgravia looking for a disco ball, the official Guys in Disguise disco ball. “We must … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Christmas shows, Darrin Hagen, Edmonton theatre, Guys in Disguise, Varscona Theatre
Back in the fairy ring: Flora & Fawna Have Beaver Fever (and so does Fleurette). A Fringe review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Flora & Fawna Have Beaver Fever (and so does Fleurette), Stage 12 (Varscona Theatre) “Thank you and welcome for coming,” says Fawna, gamely trying to overcome natural melancholy and achieve stage vivacity. She’s one of the … Continue reading
Put on your bridal face. Don’t Frown At The Gown, a Fringe review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Don’t Frown At The Gown (Stage 12, Varscona Theatre) A monster mother stands like a Colossus (in size 13 pumps) astride the latest from Guys in Disguise, Don’t Frown At The Gown, by the team of … Continue reading
The Tudor period: heads of state in wigs. 2 Queens & A Joker: A Fringe review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2 Queens & A Joker (Stage 17, The Roxy on Gateway) It’s been a while (OK, a decade) since Guys in Disguise, those flamboyant cultural historians, applied themselves to the Tudor period, famous for its strong … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2018, Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe 2018, Edmonton theatre, Fringe reviews, Guys in Disguise
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Puck Bunnies: a guest Fringe review by Marc Horton
Puck Bunnies (Stage 12, Varscona Theatre) By Marc Horton Do not confuse a puck bunny with a buckle bunny. The former is sexually obsessed with hockey players while the latter feels the same way about rodeo cowboys. Badge bunnies want to … Continue reading
