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The inheritance of war and the passion for freedom: Alina is a Ukrainian story
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In early 2015, a 19-year-old woman left Kyiv, and everything in her life there — and she went to the front line of the war zone in eastern Ukraine. Alina was not a soldier. She was … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Lianna Makuch, Matthew MacKenzie, Punctuate! Theatre, Pyretic Productions, Ukrainian diaspora
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An ode to bountiful Nature on the big stage: Bears at the Citadel. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “If there was one thing Floyd loved, it was bears,” says Floyd of himself near the outset of Matthew MacKenzie’s boldly weird and wonderful play. In the course of Bears, Floyd, a Métis oil patch worker … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Matthew MacKenzie, Punctuate! Theatre, Pyretic Productions, Trans Mountain Pipeline
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Adventures in pandemic theatre: a mystery box, a romantic comedy, a (very) short film fest, and more
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Theatre’s strange, circuitous and sometimes wonderful route through the pandemic, chapter umpteen. Let me tell you about my week. •For three days the mystery box sat on the dining room table, wrapped in silver. Light, but … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Factory Theatre, L'UniThéâtre, Matthew MacKenzie, Musical Theatreworks, Play The Fool International Short Film Festival, Rapid Fire Theatre, SOUND OFF Festival
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The Situation We Find Ourselves In, and other theatrical possibilities for your weekend
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca And for your cold winter weekend … theatre to the rescue. Yes, there are plays, two-minute films, a new book club — all online, from Punctuate! Theatre, Northern Light, Theatre Network, Play The Fool Festival, Catalyst. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Daniel MacIvor, Edmonton theatre, Matthew MacKenzie, Northern Light Theatre, Play The Fool Festival, Punctuate! Theatre, St. Ann's Warehouse, Theatre Network
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The Particulars: the invasion of the minutiae. Punctuate! is back in town
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Poor Gordon. He has a complicated problem. His life, an infestation of minutiae moment to moment, is driving him crazy. Especially at night. The scratching of vermin in the walls. The chewing of insects in his … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Matthew MacKenzie, Punctuate! Theatre, Pyretic Productions, The Theatre Centre
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Nature at risk: Bears, Matthew MacKenzie’s “dark comedy about pipelines” is back to provoke
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Three years ago Edmonton audiences found themselves in the presence of the season’s (make that the decade’s) only “multi-disciplinary comedy about the Northern Gateway Pipeline.” And they watched, spellbound, as a man on a flight through … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alberta Aboriginal Performing Arts, Christine Sokaymoh Frederick, Edmonton theatre, Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline, Matthew MacKenzie, Punctuate! Theatre, Rubaboo Festival, The Backstage Theatre
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O those dancing bones and the story of Alberta: The Bone Wars, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s something pretty wacky and exhilarating about catching a musical comedy about warring palaeontologists any time — but especially on Earth Day and the March For Science weekend. Take it as a sign of global heartwarming. But … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Badlands, dinosaurs, Edmonton theatre, Matthew MacKenzie, Punctuate! Theatre
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Battle of the bone hunters: The Bone Wars is Punctuate!’s biggest show yet
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Bone Wars wasn’t always going to be theatre for grown-ups to take kids to. Far from it. Punctuate! Theatre, after all, got its raison d’être, and exclamation point, tackling plays about the conflicted descendants … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alberta dinosaurs, Edmonton indie theatre, Edmonton theatre, Matthew MacKenzie, Punctuate! Theatre
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