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Fringe FOMO: House of Hush burlesque goes live
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Take it off! No, wait…. In the age of COVID, burlesque, a teasing vaudeville involving the playful progressive doffing of apparel, can remove just about everything — everything, that is, but the mask. Masked showgirls: now, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, burlesque, Edmonton theatre, Garneau Theatre, House of Hush Burlesque, Metro Cinema, Nextfest, Send in the Girls
The “what’s next?” comes to you: the 2020 Nextfest goes online
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “O my gosh!” declares Nextfest director Ellen Chorley, who has a great and natural talent for celebration. “I’m absolutely blown away by how special and magical it is! I’m so thrilled!” The playwright/ actor/ director/ mentor/ … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Nextfest, Nextfest Arts Company, Theatre Network
Tracks: choose your route in an online theatre adventure from Amoris Projects
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It started out as an ambulatory theatre adventure. Tracks let its audiences loose to wander in an unexpected assortment of rooms and spaces — a theatre box office, dressing rooms, bathrooms, the playwright’s car — to … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Amoris Projects, Catch The Keys Productions, Edmonton theatre, Fringe theatre, Nextfest
New faces in theatre: behind the scenes with stage manager Isabel Bergquist
They’re young. They shine brightly. And their talents are already lighting up the Edmonton theatre scene. 12thnight talked to six starry and sought-after up-and-comers, artists whose work, on- and backstage, will have a big impact on theatre here when the … Continue reading
The year in podcast dramas: The Alberta Queer Calendar Project
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Lately I feel like I’m constantly on the edge of a vortex. Swimming. Trying to keep my head above water.” — Local Diva, Liam Salmon In January when his “one-person drag queen drama” premiered in podcast … Continue reading
Who am I? Where do I belong? A couple of theatre kids in love in Ellen Chorley’s Everybody Loves Robbie, at Northern Light
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the comedy that premieres Friday at Northern Light Theatre, a starry high school couple, drama kids who live and breathe the oxygenated air of musical theatre, come up against doubts. The kind of doubts that … Continue reading
What are they up to? Celebrate the next generation of artists at Nextfest
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca So, what’s happening? What’s new? What’s next? There’s a festival in Edmonton that’s all about the answers. Yes, Nextfest is back in Old Strathcona Thursday for 11 days (and nights) of showcasing and celebrating the next … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Backstage Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Ellen Chorley, Nextfest, Nextfest 2019, Roxy on Gateway, Theatre Network
An all-Canadian trio of mainstage productions for season 44 at Theatre Network
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca At the centre of Theatre Network’s all-Canadian upcoming three-production mainstage season announced this week is a new play inspired by a remarkable life — and a life-changing moment in our collective history. In The Empress & … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, 2b theatre company, Alberta Opera, Blunt Entertainment, Bradley Moss, Bumble Bear Productions, Crow's Theatre, Damien Atkins, Darrin Hagen, Edmonton theatre, Ghost Writer Theatre, Good Women Dance, Hannah Moscovitch, Hey Ladies!, Nextfest, Patricia Zentilli, Theatre Network, Wild Side Productions
A marriage and a dinner party: The Gooseberry at Nextfest
The mainstage theatre lineup at Nextfest 2018 includes four productions of strikingly diverse and unusual inspirations and theatrical styles. 12thnight.ca talked to the playwrights. Meet Juniper Wisniewski, creator of The Gooseberry, a black comedy in which a dinner party is the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Juniper Wisniewski, Moplip Theatre, Nextfest, Nextfest Arts Co.
A convergence of paths en route to healing: Where do we Begin? at Nextfest
The mainstage theatre lineup at Nextfest 2018 includes four productions of strikingly diverse and unusual inspirations and theatrical styles. 12thnight.ca talked to the playwrights. Meet Lady Vanessa Cardona, Joanna Simon, and Roya Yazdanmehr, creators (and stars) of Where do we Begin?, a … Continue reading
