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On a journey through the universe: The Space Between Stars headlines SkirtsAfire 2023
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “You — you alone will have stars as no one else has them.” — The Little Prince, Saint-Exupéry And the space between them is yours to claim, too, as theatre artist Christine Lesiak has discovered in … Continue reading
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Tagged clown theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Play The Fool Festival, SkirtsAfire Festival 2023, Small Matters Theatre
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It’s time to play: a peek at the new Edmonton theatre season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Destination Fringe, with its 95,000 or so tickets sold, was a hint (we deal in big hints here in #yeg. People know what they’ve been missing; they want live in-person theatre experience and the sharing that … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Gordon's Big Bald Head, MacEwan University theatre arts, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre Company, Play The Fool Festival, Punctuate! Theatre, Pyretic Productions, Shadow Theatre, Teatro Live!, The Maggie Tree, U of A Studio Theatre, Wild Side Productions
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Celebrating the Edmonton theatre season that returned to live, part one
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It began in some trepidation, cautiously, experimentally, with complicated logistics, under constant threat of delays and cancellations. But this was the season that live theatre actually returned to live and in-person. Yes, the pivot pivoted. We … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Catch The Keys Productions, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Comedy Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Play The Fool Festival, Punctuate! Theatre, Pyretic Productions, Rapid Fire Theatre, RISER Edmonton, Roxy Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, Theatre Network, Tiny Bear Jaws, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Awwright! Hanging with the guy who can walk on water, and other lessons at the Play The Fool Fest
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca So, how was your Monday? Me? I went to a festival (online) and met Jesus. It was a learning experience. “The man who can walk on water,” as billed (for, like, forever), turned out to be … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton theatre, Fringe TV, Hit That Jive Productions, Play The Fool Festival
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Sending in the clowns (online): Play The Fool Fest is back
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Clowns: it takes all kinds. And we have the festival to prove it. At Play the Fool, returning Thursday (online again) for a sixth annual edition, you’ll meet “the world’s first German Nihilist life coach,” for … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Backstage Theatre, bouffon, clown theatre, Edmonton theatre, EPCOR Heart + Soul, Fringe TV, Play The Fool Festival, Play The Fool Two-Minute Film Festival, Shannan Calcutt, Small Matters Theatre
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Got a couple of minutes? catch a film at the Play The Fool International Short (very short) Film Festival
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Psst.… Wanna have fun, fast, on a blowy pandemic Sunday? I went to an international film festival this morning. And I saw all 12 jury selections, in their entirety, before my second coffee. Surely the world’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, clown theatre, Edmonton theatre, Play The Fool Festival, Play The Fool International Short Film Festival
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The Situation We Find Ourselves In, and other theatrical possibilities for your weekend
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca And for your cold winter weekend … theatre to the rescue. Yes, there are plays, two-minute films, a new book club — all online, from Punctuate! Theatre, Northern Light, Theatre Network, Play The Fool Festival, Catalyst. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Daniel MacIvor, Edmonton theatre, Matthew MacKenzie, Northern Light Theatre, Play The Fool Festival, Punctuate! Theatre, St. Ann's Warehouse, Theatre Network
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Clowning around … online: the 5th annual Play The Fool Fest goes digital
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Clowns work as well as aspirin, but twice as fast.” –Groucho Marx And for the major migraine that is COVID, it’s high time we had some. Clowns, that is. The only thing is, clowns thrive on real … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Christine Lesiak, clowning, Edmonton theatre, Folk Lordz, Guys in Disguise, Jan Henderson, Morro and Jasp, physical comedy, Play The Fool Festival, The Great Balanzo, Ugly Bucket Theatre, Uncle Junior Project
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The fine art of foolery: the return of Play The Fool, E-Town’s “festival of clown and physical comedy”
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Foolery, sir, doth walk about the orb like the sun; it shines everywhere.” – Twelfth Night III, i. Edmonton, we are about to have an outbreak — an eruption? an infiltration? invasion? effervescence? collision? conflagration? — … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, bouffon, Christine Lesiak, clown theatre, Edmonton theatre, physical theatre, Play The Fool Festival
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