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What dark secrets lurk under the small town idyll? Rapid Fire Walk With Me improvises a mystery series a la David Lynch
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Through the darkness of future past/ the magician longs to see/ one chants out between two worlds/ fire walk with me….“ In the 1992 David Lynch horror film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me — a prequel to the … Continue reading
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Shocker’s Delight! Ron Pederson directs his favourite play at Teatro La Quindicina
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In 1993, a kid named Ron Pederson fell deeply in love. With a play. The object of his affection struck him as funny and wistful, complicated but simple, and sad, a highly unusual kind of comedy. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, improv comedy, MADtv, Ron Pederson, Stewart Lemoine, Teatro La Quindicina, The National Theatre of the World
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The 25th anniversary edition of the Die-Nasty Soap-A-Thon is sudsing up
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Welcome to Dystopia! The 25th annual edition of Edmonton’s venerable improv comedy tradition, the Die-Nasty Soap-A-Thon, is at hand. Starting this very evening, 7 p.m. at the Varscona Theatre, the forces of the improv elite — the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Die-Nasty, Dirty Laundry, Edmonton theatre, improv comedy, Rapid Fire Theatre, School of Night, Soapocalypse 2025, Varscona Theatre
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The fine art of the spontaneous: Improvaganza invites the world
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca True fact about the big wide world of improv comedy: it’s smaller than you think. It’s the eve of an international comedy festival that will demonstrate this, in ways you didn’t see coming. Rapid … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broke Gravy, CBC Radio's The Irrelevant Show, Citadel Club, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton theatre, IGLU Theatre, improv comedy, K&M, One Lions, Rapid Fire Theatre, Speechless, Zeidler Hall
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Lighting a (bon)fire under improv
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Wrap your mind around this terrifying idea for an improv show: What if an improviser found himself onstage in a fully rehearsed, costumed, blocked 30-minute play he knows nothing about — without a script, as a … Continue reading
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