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Theatrical thrills in Life of Pi, launching the Citadel’s 60th anniversary season. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A boy. A tiger. The vast Pacific. Onstage. How can it be? A sense of wonder — in both the fantastical story and the thrilling theatricality of its telling — is the currency of the Life … Continue reading
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Boy, tiger, sea journey … and the magic of puppets. Life of Pi at the Citadel: meet puppet designer/creator Brendan James Boyd
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It would seem to define the impossible: the page-to-live stage adventure of Life of Pi, Yann Martel’s 2001 Booker Prize-winning novel. A story about an Indian teenager lost at sea for 227 days? Afloat on a … Continue reading
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Little Dickens: Ronnie Burkett’s marionettes return to Theatre Network to upend a Christmas classic
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “It’s the old puppeteer joke,” says Ronnie Burkett who has a lifetime supply of same. “Build a holiday show, and you know what you’re doing every December.” Which brings us to Little Dickens, opening Thursday at … Continue reading
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Close encounters of the puppet kind: Puppet Pub Crawl at Found Festival 2021
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca For its 10th anniversary edition (and return to live) this weekend, the Found Festival has found … puppets. Seven of them, actually, each with an original tale to tell. We’ll meet them in a Found tour … Continue reading
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And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? A haunting new show from The Old Trouts at Theatre Network: a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca At the start of Jabberwocky there’s a momentous drum roll, and a classic old-school red velvet theatre curtain parts — to reveal another. Which parts to reveal … another. Which…. Ah yes, layers of anticipation and further … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Calgary theatre, Edmonton theatre, Jabberwocky, Lewis Carroll, puppet theatre, The Old Trout Puppet Workshop, Through The Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There
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