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The season in Edmonton theatre, part 2

Posted on June 20, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2022-2023 in Edmonton theatre (post-Fringe) was the season of … … a new home: Rapid Fire Theatre, Edmonton’s longest-running improv comedy, moved into spiffy, beautifully located, new place in Strathcona, the Exchange on 83rd Ave. … … Continue reading →

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The season in Edmonton theatre, part 1

Posted on June 19, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2022-2023. It’s been a complicated season on Edmonton stages. That Destination Fringe last summer sold 95,000 tickets to shows was a tip-off that live theatre was gradually getting its mojo back. And in the fall, post-Fringe … Continue reading →

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The year in Edmonton theatre: the Sterling Award nominations led by The Royale

Posted on June 5, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A vintage boxing story with a stinging right hook proved the top choices of jurors, as the the 35th annual Sterling Award nominations were announced Monday at Fringe Theatre headquarters. The Royale, Marco Ramirez’s highly theatrical … Continue reading →

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An all-star weekend of choices in Edmonton theatre

Posted on May 5, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

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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An incandescent performance in the kingdom of ice: A Hundred Words For Snow, a review

Posted on April 23, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

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

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

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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By the light of the moon: Northern Light Theatre announces its upcoming 48th season

Posted on March 28, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

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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Enough, the aerial view of a mysterious dread, at Northern Light. A review

Posted on January 29, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

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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I feel the earth move under my feet … Enough gets its Canadian premiere at Northern Light Theatre

Posted on January 17, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

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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Wait, there’s more…. Act II of the theatre season is about to begin

Posted on January 4, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

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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