Tag Archives: La Cité francophone

See “something Edmonton never gets to see” this week: Bibish de Kinshasa at L’UniThéâtre

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Well, Edmonton, your theatre week is full of intriguing shows that “Edmonton never gets to see,” as L’UniThéâtre’s Brian Dooley puts it.  *Starting Wednesday, L’UniThéâtre, our hospitable francophone theatre, is hosting a cabaret/play like no other. … Continue reading →

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Play the Fool sends in the clowns

Posted on September 28, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Those that are fools, let them use their talents….” — Shakespeare, Twelfth Night An outbreak of clowns is at hand in this theatre town. And, as you’ll see at Play The Fool, the “festival of clown … Continue reading →

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Random thoughts for your Edmonton Fringe adventure

Posted on August 16, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Hard to imagine now, but there was a time (I’m pretty sure) when this fair hinterland burg was Fringe-free, Strathcona had greasy spoons and parking spaces, and theatre companies didn’t have names like SquirrelSuit, Moose Bite, … Continue reading →

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Wakey Wakey! Fringe tickets go on sale today at noon!

Posted on August 9, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I have had a most rare dream….” –Bottom the stagestruck weaver, Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream Tickets go on sale at noon today for A Midsummer Night’s Fringe, the 36th annual edition of our summer theatre … Continue reading →

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June is bustin’ out all over (two Carousels spin onto the stage this month)

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It was never an easy musical — to cast, to act, to sing, to dance, to stage. And its dauntingly dark source, a 1909 play by the Hungarian Ferenc Molnár (Liliom), wasn’t exactly a natural for … Continue reading →

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La Raccourcie: a father/son confrontation at L’UniThéâtre

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There are mysteries at the heart of La Raccourcie, the 1991 two-hander by Quebec writer Jean-Rock Gaudreault that opens at L’UniThéâtre this week, in French with English surtitles. It’s a father-son confrontation in the woods that … Continue reading →

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