Tag Archives: Rapid Fire Theatre

SWAN? returns home, to the festival where it hatched, to celebrate its hundredth performance

Posted on August 27, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca SWAN? has flown the world.  Lauren Brady’s dark bouffon/ballet clown comedy has alighted at the world’s biggest fringe festivals, in Edinburgh and Adelaide, twice, and won awards from the High Commission of Canada and the Beaverbrook … Continue reading →

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It’s a record-breaker! The curtain comes down on Fringe Unforgettable, the 45th annual edition of our big crazy summer theatre festival

Posted on August 23, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca After 11 days and nights Fringe Unforgettable, the 45th annual edition of our big insomniac summer theatre binge, will exit the stage (all 38 of its stages, to be precise) Sunday night. And it will take … Continue reading →

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An update: Hang on, there’s more! Fringe holdovers next week in three locations

Posted on August 21, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Did you forget? I have to break it to you: the curtain will come down on Fringe Unforgettable Sunday night after 11 days and nights. Your grand plan to cut a swath through the 209-show Fringe … Continue reading →

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Playing around in the 209-show universe: further thoughts on what to see at this year’s Fringe

Posted on August 7, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Take a chance! The 209-show Fringe universe is yours to play around in, starting Thursday. And this is no time to be daunted by the choice. Be tickled instead, and curious. Did you peek at 12thnight’s … Continue reading →

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A three-festival weekend in Edmonton theatre: improv, Shakespeare, musical theatre…

Posted on June 26, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Real people together, artists and audiences, getting festive: what a concept! It’s an AI-proof three-festival weekend on Edmonton stages. •No one can really know what will happen at Improvaganza, Rapid Fire Theatre’s annual excursion into the … Continue reading →

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A weekend to be in the theatre! So many choices, so little time. A 12thnight survey

Posted on May 8, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Put down your rakes, and your clickers, people. There’s a veritable explosion of theatre happening on Edmonton stages this weekend. A surfeit of possibilities: so many choices, so little time. At Shadow, it’s a comedy of … Continue reading →

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Rat-free? No way. Fingers and Shrimp are back in a Rat Academy double-feature: a big week of openings in E-town

Posted on April 8, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In a self-proclaimed rat-free province they’re scrappy outliers, up against it in a hostile world. But the rat underground persists (call it a rodent infestation but only if you’re classist). In an unusual cross-town double-feature Batrabbit … Continue reading →

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A weekend at the theatre, with heroines aplenty

Posted on March 7, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Can it be coincidence on this, the weekend of International Women’s Day, that it’s your last chance to see … … I Meant What I Said, Stewart Lemoine’s first new full-length comedy in seven years, premiering … Continue reading →

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Edmonton’s on it! For Valentine’s weekend, an evening at the theatre

Posted on February 11, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It is the moment to jettison all residual thoughts of Valentine’s Day as a martyrdom, or more recently a massacre, or an epidemic of Hallmark rhymes. And let’s just not even get into the dismal vision … Continue reading →

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2025: the year in Edmonton theatre, part 2

Posted on January 5, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2025: here’s a small selection of performances, design inspirations, moments, experiences, bright ideas (in no particular order) that have stayed with me. You will have your own personal assortment (feel free to let your mind wander … Continue reading →

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