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An all-star weekend of choices in Edmonton theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca An all-star weekend of choices in Edmonton theatre. Here’s a selection. •At the Citadel, First Métis Man of Odesa, created by and starring real-life husband and wife theatre artists Matthew MacKenzie and Mariya Khomutova, is a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Collider Festival, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Theatre Network, Walterdale Theatre
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An incandescent performance in the kingdom of ice: A Hundred Words For Snow, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca We surround an ice floe that seems to float in a sea of white. It’s overhung by translucent icicles. And there on a pillar of ice, lit from within, is an urn. Alison Yanota’s design for … Continue reading
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Coming of age in a warming world: meet Dayna Lea Hoffmann, the star of A Hundred Words For Snow
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “It doesn’t feel that long ago since I was 15,” says Dayna Lea Hoffmann. “I look back and it was nearly 10 years ago….” “This is me kissing my youth goodbye,” she says at the advanced … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Nextfest, Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre
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By the light of the moon: Northern Light Theatre announces its upcoming 48th season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The moon, in all its feminine mystery, figures prominently in the trio of plays — one British, one American, one Canadian — announced by Northern Light Theatre Monday for their upcoming 48th season. “Under The Same … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Christopher Fry, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Studio Theatre
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Enough, the aerial view of a mysterious dread, at Northern Light. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I am the image of escape,” says one of the two globe-trotting flight attendant characters in Enough, getting its Canadian premiere in the Northern Light Theatre season. There they are, trim and calm and smiling, 30,000 … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Stef Smith, Traverse Theatre
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I feel the earth move under my feet … Enough gets its Canadian premiere at Northern Light Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “In every season there’s one show that scares me,” says Trevor Schmidt. “One show that challenges me as a director or designer. And this is the one.” Northern Light Theatre’s artistic director is talking about Enough, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edinburgh Fringe, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Traverse Theatre
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Wait, there’s more…. Act II of the theatre season is about to begin
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Stay tuned; face forward. There’s more! Intermission’s over, my friends, and Act II of the Edmonton theatre season is about to begin. Freaky Green Eyes, Emma Houghton’s original adaptation of the Joyce Carol Oates novel, premieres … Continue reading
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Tagged Citadel Theatre, Common Ground Arts Society, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Ground Zero Productions, Invisible Practice, Nextfest, Northern Light Theatre, Punctuate! Theatre, RISER Edmonton, Shadow Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Teatro Live!, Theatre Network, Theatre Yes, Thou Art Here Theatre, Varscona Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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2022: the year in Edmonton theatre, part 2
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Here’s a small sampling, in no particular order, of assorted highlights from a year when live theatre on Edmonton stages rose to the occasion, and did what theatre can do best, conjure worlds through other eyes, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, AI theatre, Catch The Keys Productions, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Pyretic Productions, Rapid Fire Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Straight Edge Theatre, Teatro Live!, The Maggie Tree, Theatre Network, Tiny Bear Jaws, Tom Peacocke, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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2022: the year in Edmonton theatre, part 1
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2022: it was a year in theatre that started with a calendar dotted with hopeful pencilled-in dates. After a complicated 2021 of cancellations and postponements (and a late-summer re-Pivot of The Pivot), audiences were, cautiously, ready … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre Company, Pyretic Productions, RISER Edmonton 2022, Teatro Live!, theatre highlights in Edmonton 2022, U of A Studio Theatre, Wild Side Productions
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Face the dusk: off the couch everyone, and into the theatre this weekend
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Our outdoor colour scheme has gone monochromatic; something weird has happened to the evening lighting. There is an obvious fix: face the gathering darkness, arise from the couch and go to the theatre. There’s been a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Concordia University, Edmonton theatre, GAL Productions, Hit & Myth, Mayfield Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Thousand Faces Festival, Varscona Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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