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Off the cuff and on the spot: Gordon’s Big Bald Head makes (up) a movie
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Hey, tonight I was in the virtual audience at the Grindstone, i.e. the invisible sweatpants brigade online at home. And I was watching an amazingly dexterous improv duo onstage do, off the cuff, something that is … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton improv, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Comedy Theatre and Bistro, improv comedy, Mark Meer, Ron Pederson
Gordon’s Big Bald Head infiltrates movie history in Good Head, at the Grindstone
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca They are smart. And they are funny. But there is nothing cautious, or predictable, or even sane about the entertainment proposition that the deluxe improv troupe Gordon’s Big Bald Head offers the world. They own a … Continue reading
The Desperate Izmores: portrait of a marriage in crisis. Don’t you dare laugh.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca She’s bored — with a chaser of exasperation and an adenoidal voice that makes your fillings hurt. He’s a sad-sack sulker, a dimwit who’d be a poster boy for morosity (if that ever becomes an actual … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Belinda Cornish, Die-Nasty, Die-Nasty Soap-A-Thon, Edmonton theatre, improv comedy, Ron Pederson, The Izmores, YouTube comedy
Best in the biz: Ron & Wayne, a guest 12thnight Fringe review by Alan Kellogg
Ron & Wayne Venue 2 (Big Rock Backstage Theatre) By Alan Kellogg Many yuks, hoots etc. here from two absolute masters of improv comedy with impeccable credentials, Ron Pederson and Wayne Jones. In classic fashion, they ask for a patron … Continue reading
Leona Brausen plays Lady B: The Importance of Being Earnest at Teatro La Quindicina
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There will be a moment this evening when an actor who has spent a great deal of time in her career providing perfectly vintage handbags to the casts of period comedies will get the ultimate pay-off. … Continue reading
A funny and wistful season finale at Teatro La Quindicina: Shocker’s Delight!, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I’m concerned about our ability to function outside the academic world,” says Julia, a ballroom dance major at the University of Continental North America, to her childhood friend Markus, who’s in philosophy. The college pals are … Continue reading
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Tagged 12tnight.ca, Biedermeier, comedy, Edmonton theatre, Ron Pederson, Stewart Lemoine, Teatro La Quindicina, Varscona Theatre
Shocker’s Delight! Ron Pederson directs his favourite play at Teatro La Quindicina
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In 1993, a kid named Ron Pederson fell deeply in love. With a play. The object of his affection struck him as funny and wistful, complicated but simple, and sad, a highly unusual kind of comedy. … Continue reading
