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Onstage: a weekend theatre update
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Your weekend could include a musical. There’s a couple to choose from, and though both are a challenge (for very different reasons) for the form, they’re at opposite ends of the musical spectrum •One of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, indigenous theatre, L'UniThéâtre, MacEwan University, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Wild Side Productions
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The theatre of the supernatural: Cat Walsh’s Do This In Memory Of Me, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Do This In Memory Of Me, a strange and captivating new coming-of-age comedy by Cat Walsh, takes us into the richly decorated, permeable mind of a highly imaginative 12-year-old Catholic girl. Geneviève’s is a mind with … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Cat Walsh, Edmonton theatre, L'UniThéâtre, Northern Light Theatre
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The dark mysteries of the world: Cat Walsh talks about her new play Do This In Memory Of Me
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Death. Blood. Dark mysteries laced with eerie hints of the supernatural. A smudgy frontier between waking and dreaming, the ambiguous nature of reality, black comedy of the shivery sort…. This is Cat Walsh’s native habitat as … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, bilingual theatre, Cat Walsh, Edmonton theatre, L'UniThéâtre, Northern Light Theatre
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And the theatre season continues: take your seats people, Act II is about to begin
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE.… The theatre season isn’t ending; that’s not how the calendar works. There’s still Act II, and it’s about to begin. It’s the moment to cast aside regrets and look forward. What looks … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Brian Webb Dance Company, Cardiac Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Actors Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Kill Your Television Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre Company, Shadow Theatre, Skirts AFire Festival, Teatro La Quindicina, Theatre Network
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Looking back: Edmonton theatre in 2017
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Shakespeare In Love, the playful, sumptuously romantic opening gambit of Daryl Cloran’s first season as the Citadel’s new artistic director, took us into the world of 17th century London theatre. Crazy deadlines, fraught rehearsals, fragile egos, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broken Toys Theatre, Cardiac Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Actors Theatre, Edmonton opera, Edmonton theatre, Hadestown, Hope and Hell Theatre, Impossible Mongoose, L'UniThéâtre, MacEwan University, MadFandango, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, The Old Trout Puppet Workshop, Theatre Network, Triffo Theatre, What It Is Theatre, Workshop West
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Another another side to the story: The Testament of Mary, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the absorbing Northern Light Theatre season opener, a woman peers out at us warily through the twinkling strands of a light-up fence. We’re close enough for her to eyeball us; this is the tiny PCL … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Colm Tóibín, Edmonton theatre, Holly Turner, Northern Light Theatre, The Testament of Mary
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It’s Jesus’s mom’s turn to speak: The Testament of Mary at Northern Light Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The star of the famous story gets top billing and a lot of press. And he always has, being the Son of God and starting a world-wide religion and all. But you don’t hear from his … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Colm Tóibín, Edmonton theatre, Holly Turner, Northern Light Theatre, The Testament of Mary
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Seasonal returns: High Tea and the Theatre 6-Pack
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Let no one argue that Firefly Theatre & Circus doesn’t take the high road. With the return of their annual High Tea Sunday, Firefly takes vertical integration literally, and tea-time to dizzy new heights. You can … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Firefly Theatre & Circus, L'UniThéâtre, Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Studio Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, Theatre 6-Pack, Walterdale Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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The new theatre season begins: hey, Edmonton has play dates!
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “And the wall keeps out the enemy/ And we build the wall to keep us free….” —Hadestown In Hadestown, the Broadway-bound musical whose out-of-town opening happens at Edmonton’s largest playhouse the Citadel (Nov. 11 to Dec. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Anaïs Mitchell, Cardiac Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Actors Theatre, Edmonton theatre, L'UniThéâtre, Northern Light Theatre, Rachel Chavkin, Shadow Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Teatro La Quindicina, Theatre Network, theatre season, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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