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An ode to bountiful Nature on the big stage: Bears at the Citadel. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “If there was one thing Floyd loved, it was bears,” says Floyd of himself near the outset of Matthew MacKenzie’s boldly weird and wonderful play. In the course of Bears, Floyd, a Métis oil patch worker … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Matthew MacKenzie, Punctuate! Theatre, Pyretic Productions, Trans Mountain Pipeline
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A journey of transformation into the heart of nature: Bears hits the big stage
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Six years ago, in a tiny theatre space deep inside the Arts Barn, we watched a man set forth on a journey from the city into the heart of Nature — through mountains to the sea … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, indigenous theatre, Métis Nation of Alberta, Punctuate! Theatre, Soulpepper Theatre, Trans Mountain Pipeline
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The call of the wild: Night is live ‘drive-by’ theatre from Major Matt Mason
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Dusk is shading into dark, the break-out time. And the wilderness is encroaching. The solo play that opens late twilight Thursday in Rundle Park invites us into the mind of a person who feels themself straining … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Backstage Theatre, Calgary theatre, Common Ground Arts Society, Edmonton theatre, Geoffrey Simon Brown, Major Matt Mason Collective, Punctuate! Theatre, Rundle Park
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Transformations: what would it take to change the world? Catalyst Theatre enlisted three artists to ask the question
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “When you sign ‘new’ it means ‘to grow’.” — Chris Dodd, The Transformers: Regrowth Can something positive, something transforming emerge from a year of devastation? To imagine a better future for the world, who better to consult … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Previews
Tagged #NotYourInspiration, 12thnight.ca, Azimuth Theatre, Catalyst Theatre, CRIPSiE, deaf theatre, Edmonton theatre, Good Women Dance Collective, Mile Zero Dance, Nextfest, Punctuate! Theatre, SOUND OFF Festival, Tamarra Lessard, The National Transformations Project, The Transformers
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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
Posted in Features, Previews
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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Looking forward to 2021 in Edmonton theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca I know what you’re thinking.… The world has been so chaotic and unpredictable this past year that you’d have to be crazy to ink in a calendar of upcoming theatre events. But one thing … Continue reading
Posted in Features, News/Views
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Azimuth Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Concrete Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Nextfest, Northern Light Theatre, Punctuate! Theatre, Roxy Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Teatro La Quindicina, Theatre Network, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Meet nine exciting artists at The Virtual Indigenous Artist Hub
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca This month you’ll get to meet and mingle with some of the country’s most exciting creators — nine Indigenous artists from Alberta, across Canada and beyond. The meeting place: The Virtual Indigenous Artist Hub. The Hub … Continue reading
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Tagged Citadel Theatre, Dreamspeakers Film Festival, Edmonton theatre, Punctuate! Theatre, The Virtual Indigenous Artist Hub
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Looking to the future: the Citadel moves its season to 2021
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight “I used to be the good news guy,” sighs Daryl Cloran. “I got to call people to tell them ‘hey we’re gonna do your show’ and ‘hey, you’re in the cast’….” COVID has changed all that. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alberta phase 2, Citadel Theatre, Citadel [esc] series, Daryl Cloran, Dreamspeakers Film Festival, Edmonton theatre, Punctuate! Theatre, Stuck-In-The-House Series, Vancouver Arts Club Theatre
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The Citadel’s upcoming “Season of the Rebel”: here’s the lineup
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it any more.” It’s from a TV anchor’s famous exhortation to his viewers in Network — rise up, lean out your windows, and yell — that … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, ACT, Citadel Theatre, Dreamspeakers, Edmonton theatre, Hadestown, Punctuate! Theatre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, The Maggie Tree, The Sound of Music, Theatre Calgary
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Welcome back! Act II of the Edmonton theatre season is about to begin
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca I know what you’re thinking — post-festivity regret, punishing resolutions, the sense of finale. But cast off these thoughts: the theatre season isn’t ending. It’s only intermission. And intermission is over. Welcome back; Act II is … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberta Aboriginal Arts, Broadway Across Canada, Catalyst Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, Impossible Mongoose, Malachite Theatre, Mayfield Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Punctuate! Theatre, Shadow Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Stonemarrow Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, Theatre Network, Todd Babiak, Wild Side Productions
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