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2023: The year in Edmonton theatre, part 1, the play’s the thing
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2023. It was the year a small Edmonton theatre company with new artistic directors and an affirmative declaration for a name, devised an original way to remind us of the remarkable breadth of the performance scene … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, In Arms Collective, Northern Light Theatre, Punctuate! Theatre, Teatro Live!, Theatre Network, Theatre Yes, U of A Studio Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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The corrected version: The art of the thriller and what not to tell you about Mob, opening the Workshop West season. Meet star Kristin Johnston
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There are many things you can’t, mustn’t, know in advance about Mob. For your own good. So many, in fact, that it’s tricky for Kristin Johnston to talk about the hit Quebec thriller that opens the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Catherine-Anne Toupin, Dammitammy Productions, Edmonton theatre, Gateway Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Quebec theatre, Teatro Live!, Théâtre La Licorne, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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The art of the thriller and what not to tell you about Mob, opening the Workshop West season. Meet star Kristin Johnston
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There are many things you can’t, mustn’t, know in advance about Mob. For your own good. So many, in fact, that it’s tricky for Kristin Johnston to talk about the hit Quebec thriller that opens the … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Canadian thrillers, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Gateway Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Teatro Live!, Théâtre La Licorne, Walterdale Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Couch dwellers arise! It’s a crazy week in Edmonton theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s a week in Edmonton theatre that’s crazy with possibilities. Which is to say this is no time to be thinking of staying home, much less renewing your dibs on the couch. Two Edmonton theatres launch their … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Previews
Tagged Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Girl Brain, Karen Hines, Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Theatre Network, U of A Studio Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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A matter of death (and life): a quirky rom-com en route to the Underworld: A Phoenix Too Frequent at Northern Light, a review
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Christopher Fry, Edmonton theatre, Edmonton theatre season, Northern Light Theatre, verse drama
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Multi-faceted theatre artist Ellen Chorley returns to the stage in A Phoenix Too Frequent, the Northern Light season-opener
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The production that launches the Northern Light Theatre season Friday, returns a company known for its edgy contemporary choices to a play — a vintage post-war romantic comedy, in verse — it produced 45 years ago. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Christopher Fry, Edmonton theatre, Nextfest Arts Co., Northern Light Theatre, Promise Productions, Send in the Girls Burlesque, verse drama
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‘Celebrate amazingness!’ The Play’s The Thing has 20 Edmonton stage companies do Hamlet
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Talk about a hold on the collective consciousness. For 400-plus years the world has been wondering, and arguing, analyzing and thinking about Hamlet, the most celebrated and mysterious of plays by history’s most celebrated and mysterious … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Catalyst, Catalyst Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, Girl Brain, Good Women Dance Collective, Guys in Disguise, House of Hush Burlesque, Marv 'N Berry, Mile Zero Dance, Northern Light Theatre, Ready Go Theatre, Teatro Live! Batrabbit Collective, Theatre Prospero, Theatre Yes, Thou Art Here Theatre
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Play time! Prospects to intrigue you in the new season on Edmonton stages
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Answer Is Fringe, the 42nd annual edition of our giant summer theatre bash, with its 114,000 or so tickets sold, was a sign. Theatre is getting its groove back, after three hard years that have … Continue reading
Posted in Features, News/Views, Previews
Tagged Broadway Across Canada, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, L'UniThéâtre, MacEwan University theatre arts, Northern Light Theatre, Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes, Shadow Theatre, Teatro Live!, Theatre Network, Theatre Yes, U of A Studio Theatre, Varscona Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Some things I learned at the Sterlings
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Here are some things I learned at the sold-out 35th annual Sterling Awards bash Monday night, celebrating the season just past in Edmonton theatre. Written by April Banigan with co-hosts Matt Schuurman and Sue Goberdhan, directed by … Continue reading
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Tagged 2023 Sterling Awards, Azimuth Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Gordon's Big Bald Head, Grindstone Theatre, Guys in Disguise, Northern Light Theatre, Rapid Fire Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Tiny Bear Jaws, U of A drama department, Varscona Theatre
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And the 2022-2023 Sterling Awards go to …
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The season on Edmonton stages was toasted live and in person Monday night at the 35th annual Sterling Awards gala, for the first time at Edmonton Fringe Theatre headquarters — directed by Kate Ryan and hosted … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, 2023 Sterling Awards, Citadel Theatre, Common Ground Arts Society, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre Company, Scona Alumni Theatre Company, Tiny Bear Jaws, Uniform Theatre
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