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It’s Fringe Eve, the moment to consider intriguing prospects in a year to experiment
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s Fringe Eve (the night the green onion fairy leaves a special stay-awake pill under your pillow). And lordie lordie, our giant summer alternative theatre extravaganza is turning 40. The big four-oh? During a pandemic? A … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2021, Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton Fringe 2021, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, Frent Collective, Garneau Theatre, Grindstone Theatre, MAA and PAA Theatre, Old Strathcona, péhonán, Rapid Fire Theatre, Varscona Theatre, Whizgiggling Productions
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Adventures in pandemic theatre: a mystery box, a romantic comedy, a (very) short film fest, and more
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Theatre’s strange, circuitous and sometimes wonderful route through the pandemic, chapter umpteen. Let me tell you about my week. •For three days the mystery box sat on the dining room table, wrapped in silver. Light, but … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Factory Theatre, L'UniThéâtre, Matthew MacKenzie, Musical Theatreworks, Play The Fool International Short Film Festival, Rapid Fire Theatre, SOUND OFF Festival
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Bonfire: the festival of new and flammable improv ideas, from Rapid Fire Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca How crazy is this? What if … you were quarantined in a room, and you had to improvise all by yourself — for an entire show? And you didn’t know whether anyone was watching or not? … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Bonfire Festival, Edmonton improv comedy, Edmonton theatre, Rapid Fire Theatre
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SOUND OFF gathers Deaf artists from across the country and beyond for its online 2021 edition
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In an age of probing questions about inclusivity in theatre, here’s a model of accessibility — forged in the fire of experience, years of it, of being marginalized, and finding alternate pathways to communicating. SOUND OFF, Canada’s … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Chris Dodd, Deaf Antlers Improv, Deaf Spirit Theatre, deaf theatre, Edmonton theatre, Follow the Signs Theatre, Outside The March, Playwrights Canada Press, Rapid Fire Theatre, Sound Off: A Deaf Theatre Festival, SummerWorks, The Two Natashas
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New faces in theatre: smile, here’s sketch and improv star Sydney Campbell
They’re young, bright, and unstoppably creative. And, pandemic be damned, their adaptable, flexible talents are already lighting up the Edmonton theatre scene. In this 12thnight series you’ll meet some of E-town’s sought-after up-and-comers, artists whose work, on- and backstage, is … Continue reading
Posted in Features
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton improv, Edmonton theatre, Elena Belyea, Gender? We Hardly Know Them, Rapid Fire Theatre, Tiny Bear Jaws, U of A drama department
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The experimental spirit lives on in Edmonton theatre, live and in unusual hybrids
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Calling the pandemic an “obstacle” to live theatre, or maybe a “challenge,” is a bit like saying COVID is the flu. The pandemic has had a devastating effect on an art whose raison d’être is the … Continue reading
Posted in News/Views
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Catalyst Theatre, Catch The Keys Productions, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, Girl Brain, Grindstone Comedy Theatre and Bistro, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre, Rapid Fire Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, The Fox Den Collective, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Portrait of an Indigenous artist in a Fringe-less summer: Todd Houseman
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A summer without Fringes? Without real live audiences to test new material? “It’s been a deeply reflective time,” says Todd Houseman thoughtfully, of the four months-plus since in-person performances suddenly vanished from the land. “A time … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Theatre Festival, Edmonton theatre, Rapid Fire Theatre, Todd Houseman
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Live theatre: has it found a footing on a platform instead of a stage in Zoom-laden times?
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A lifetime ago (March 25, 2020 to be precise), Malachite Theatre’s resourceful artistic director Benjamin Blyth explained to me that the company had borrowed an interactive online platform from the business world for a new venture. … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Reviews
Tagged Amoris Productions, Citadel Theatre, Die-Nasty, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Edmonton theatre, Found Festival, Gender? I Hardly Know You, Girl Brain, Hit & Myth, Le Fixe Theatre, Lodestar Theatre, Malachite Theatre, Old Vic Theatre, Rapid Fire Theatre, RSC, Shakespeare By The Bow, Stratford Festival, Theatre Calgary, Zoom theatre
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Gender? I Hardly Know Them: the queer sketch comedy duo zooms back with a new online show
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca How do you capture a sense of humour in words? On the eve of their new (mostly) live web series httpeepee, launching Tuesday, the queer sketch comedy duo Gender? I Hardly Know Them is brainstorming on … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton sketch comedy, Edmonton theatre, Gender? I Hardly Know Them, Rapid Fire Theatre, Storyhive, Tiny Bear Jaws, Toronto Sketch Festival, Zoom theatre
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