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Hanging our obsessions on the tannenbaum: Oh! Christmas Tree. A guest review by Todd Babiak
By Todd Babiak Those who love Christmas tend to have trouble empathizing with those who — for no solid religious or cultural reasons — don’t feel it. From Charlie Brown and The Grinch to Ebenezer Scrooge and the incontinent drunk … Continue reading
What A Young Wife Ought To Know: a 20s love story with a modern reverb opens the Theatre Network season:
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Ladies, you’ve come by it, have you? Can I ask, do you tell your Husbands…that you’ve come by it, or…do you….keep it from them….?” — Sophie in What A Young Wife Ought To Know, Hannah Moscovitch In … Continue reading
Moonshine at Nextfest: a journey for identity in stories and music
The mainstage theatre lineup at Nextfest 2018 includes four productions of strikingly diverse inspirations and theatrical styles. 12thnight.ca talked to the playwrights. First, meet Larissa Pohoreski, creator and star of Moonshine. By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “It’s a celebration of my … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Larissa Pohoreski, Nextfest, Roxy on Gateway, Theatre Network, Ukrainian-Canadian heritage
Beware the Jabberwock: the Old Trout Puppet Workshop is back
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Beware the Jabberwock, my son!/ The jaws that bite, the claws that catch…. You can’t help noticing. There’s a storybook rabbit on a chair, head only and larger than life, gazing balefully into the mid-distance. His body … Continue reading
Music, stories, cabaret, ‘infotainment’, opera, and plays: a weekend of trick and treat on Edmonton stages
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s a musical journey that cuts to the soul of a turbulent history. In Freedom Singer, which arrives at the Citadel Club starting tonight as part of a cross-country tour, the Detroit-born Canadian musician Khari Wendell … Continue reading
Theatre Network’s 43rd season opens with a Trout premiere
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Beware the Jabberwock, my son!/ The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun/ The frumious Bandersnatch!” — Through The Looking Glass And What Alice Found Theatre Network ventures through the looking glass … Continue reading
Get splashed by the new wave of artists: Nextfest is back Thursday
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “OMG, it’s the best part of the year!” — Stuart McDougall of In Arms Collective, creators of Nest Hold that thought. It’s the eve of the innovative arts festival that tosses the leading question “so, what’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton theatre, Ellen Chorley, L'UniThéâtre, Nextfest, Roxy on Gateway, Theatre Network
