Tag Archives: Rapid Fire Theatre

Hey, the theatre season has landed: a weekend on E-town stages

Posted on October 4, 2019 by

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You may have noticed: the stars have aligned; the E-town theatre season is underway. This week there are musicals, plays, an original screwball comedy. There’s a staged reading of a play that’ll open on a stage … Continue reading →

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The Wild Things aren’t done with you yet: Fringe holdovers next week in three locations

Posted on August 23, 2019 by

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Wild Things haven’t finished with you yet, my theatre-hungry friends. The 38th annual edition of our summer theatre bash might end Sunday night. But you get a reprieve on some of the Fringe hits you … Continue reading →

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Where the wild things fringe: what to see at the monster bash

Posted on August 10, 2019 by

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Amazing but true: starting Thursday the Fringe, Edmonton’s favourite summer festival, is back — back in the theatre town where the continent’s fringe phenom began (and “fringe” was reinvented as a verb). Where The Wild Things … Continue reading →

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A weekend at the theatre in E-town: happy birthday Varscona, A Likely Story, Improvaganza…

Posted on June 15, 2019 by

By Liz Nicholls 12thnight.ca It’s the weekend in E-Town. So obviously you need to be in a theatre. Have a peek at some of your options. You could… •Go to a theatre party. Three years ago, something dramatic happened to … Continue reading →

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Song-and-dance con men, two World War I plays, and more… a theatre weekend in E-town

Posted on November 1, 2018 by

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A con game (with song and dance) is one of your options for a night out at live theatre this weekend. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, a larky musical by the team of David Yazbek (The Band’s Visit, … Continue reading →

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Let the experts make you laugh: TEDxRFT, a guest 12thnight Fringe review by Todd Babiak

Posted on August 22, 2018 by

TEDxRFT(Stage 11, Nordic Studio Theatre) A TED talk, if you have escaped the phenomenon, is an opportunity for someone who knows a lot about something to talk about it for twenty minutes, usually without notes, usually with slides. These are … Continue reading →

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Things I learned at the Sterling Awards gala: a coda

Posted on June 26, 2018 by

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Thoughts from the Sterling gala (directed by Kate Ryan and written by Shannon Blanchet and Belinda Cornish). •For openers: Co-hosts Rachel Bowron and Hunter Cardinal were sparklers. They opened the show with Beauty, a witty and … Continue reading →

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What to see at Improvaganza: thoughts from sampler night

Posted on June 14, 2018 by

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Improvaganza is back — and with it the chance to be with people, onstage and off- who are making it up as they go along.  Rapid Fire Theatre’s 18th annual international extravaganza, which assembles top improv … Continue reading →

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The art of spontaneity enters a disturbing new dimension: The Society of Strange comes to Improvaganza 2018

Posted on June 13, 2018 by

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Unlikely. Improbable. Unpredictable. Improvaganza, the 10-day festival with bona fide global connections, expressly devoted to the adrenalized art of the spontaneous, is all of that. With The Society of Strange, arriving from across the pond for the … Continue reading →

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Secrets of the staff room revealed: Tales From The Teachers’ Lounge at Bonfire 2018

Posted on April 12, 2018 by

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Haven’t you always wanted to go backstage in the education system? Admit it. Haven’t you always wondered what goes on in the teachers’ lounge after the bell rings? What — and who — are the nation’s … Continue reading →

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