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Yippee-ki-yay, you’ll get a kick out of Die Harsh: The Christmas Musical, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Christmas show is the natural home of the flashback, ’tis true. (I give you Scrooge’s night course in how to not be a relentless jerk). But it’s a special kind of Christmas show that opens … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Christmas musicals, Die Hard, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, Orange Hub
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Play into opera: Darrin Hagen turns his hand to writing a libretto. And the rest is Silence, premiering at NUOVA Vocal Arts
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Darrin Hagen has written plays, songs, stories, essays, queer histories, a memoir, an award-winning film documentary. He’s created drag cabarets (and sometimes starred in them too), devised queer tours, hosted web series, created music videos. He’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, new Canadian opera, NUOVa Vocal Arts, Orange Hub
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An ogre and a donkey hit the road: Shrek The Musical at NUOVA. Meet two of the stars.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca They say that you never really know someone till you travel (or, eek, go camping) with them. A grouchy green ogre and a sassy big-mouth donkey, travelling companions in the Broadway musical that opens Wednesday at … Continue reading
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The fun of not one but two redemption stories. Die Harsh: The Christmas Musical at the Orange Hub, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Nothing says Christmas like a villain redemption story, I think we can all agree. Die Harsh: The Christmas Musical, Grindstone Theatre’s very funny contribution to seasonal cheer, has two. And, in this original creation by the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, A Christmas Carol, Die Hard, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, holiday musicals, Orange Hub
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A holiday show update! There’s more, if you get your act together
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Release your inner elf, part two. An update! More holiday shows are opening this week. You’ve got a big choice on Edmonton stages, and your time, like Scrooge’s, is running low. •It’s A Wonderful Christmas Carol … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitol Theatre Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, Girl Brain, Grindstone Theatre, NUOVa Vocal Arts, Orange Hub, Rapid Fire Theatre, Straight Edge Theatre, Theatre Network, Thou Art Here Theatre, Varscona Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Die Harsh the Christmas Musical, a festive holiday tradition from Grindstone, goes bigger at the Orange Hub
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca This is the week that two original bona fide homegrown holiday musicals return to the stage — both unconventional, both expanded and enhanced from their 2023 editions — to deck the hall (well, two different halls). … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Die Hard, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre and Bistro, holiday musicals, Orange Hub, Straight Edge Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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Two off-centre homegrown holiday musicals return, bigger and fancier, this week! First, Grindstone’s Die Harsh. A preview
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca This is the week that two original bona fide homegrown holiday musicals return to the stage — both unconventional, both expanded and enhanced from their 2023 editions — to deck the hall (well, two different halls). … Continue reading
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Tagged Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Comedy Theatre and Bistro, Orange Hub, Varscona Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Let’s do the Time Warp again: on being Dr Frank-N-Furter in Grindstone’s cult classic season opener
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s time warp time. Picture this: a little kid in the single-digit age bracket, with Halloween insomnia, sneaks downstairs way past his bedtime and turns on the TV. He flips through the channels; he stumbles on … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe 2024, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, MacEwan University theatre arts, Orange Hub, Rocky Horror Show
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A first for Grindstone: a mainstage subscription season of big musicals at the Orange Hub
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The little comedy theatre that never sleeps just got bigger. The little theatre with the insomniac energy has announced their first mainstage subscription season, three big musicals, two from Broadway and one original. With a big … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Comedy Festival, Grindstone Theatre, MacEwan University theatre arts, Orange Hub
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