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The gift of belief: unmissable Wonderful Joe, The Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes at Theatre Network
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Something wonderful, and wonder-filled, happened last night at Theatre Network. We found ourselves on Eileen Street, in a miniature urban neighbourhood on the wrong side of the tracks. Where the homeless are home, and the misfits … Continue reading
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With Bells On! A new musical dons its gay apparel for the festive season, at Theatre Network. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Ask not for whom the bells toll, my festive-seeking friends. They toll for thee in the spirited new holiday musical getting its premiere in an elevator at Theatre Network. The elevator, which has a Grinchian mind … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Devanand Janki, Edmonton theatre, Guys in Disguise, Live & In Color, Mary J. Davis, MBL Productions, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network
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Cosmic time-travelling into history: Black Alberta at Nextfest
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It started with history: the story of Black civil rights in Alberta, and leading players in a real-life narrative of which Albertans are woefully ignorant. And from that writer/historian Bashir Mohamed has opened a door into … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alberta black history, Edmonton theatre, Nextfest 2023, Nextfest Arts Company, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network
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African mythology and the immigrant experience: meet the creator of Hyena’s Trail at Nextfest
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca For every hyena in the world there’s a witch. It’s a uneasy pairing that powers a new play premiering at Nextfest 2023. At the centre of Hyena’s Trail, by actor-turned-playwright Kijo Gatama, are dark, powerful, mischievous … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Nextfest 2023, Nextfest Arts Company, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network, U of A drama department
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How do you change people’s minds? In She/They Nextfest playwright Madi May wants to know
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The thorny question of how you change people’s minds is at the heart of a new comedy about serious things, premiering on the Nextfest 2023 mainstage. In She/They, a famed feminist author, cancelled and doxed, and … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe 2023, Edmonton theatre, National Theatre School, Nextfest 2023, Nextfest Arts Company, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network
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What is a guilty pleasure anyhow? Is it bad to like popular things? Meet the creators of (Taylor’s Version) at Nextfest
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Anyone who’s ever looked a bit furtive while ordering a pumpkin spice latte knows this: you don’t get credit for liking what’s popular or ‘girly’. Au contraire. Cayley Wreggit and Samantha Ketsa, the engaging Calgary-based creators … Continue reading
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Tagged #yegdance, 12thnight.ca, Calgary theatre, Edmonton theatre, Nextfest, Roxy Theatre, Swifties, Taylor Swift, Theatre Network
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So, what’s new? Come to Nextfest 2023, and find out
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca What’s new? What’s next? What are our up-and-coming artists thinking about anyhow? You’re in a position to find out for yourself since the 28th annual edition of Nextfest, the multi-disciplinary 11-day (and night) festival dreamed up … Continue reading
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What possessed him? Hannah Moscovitch’s clever Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes wonders about that. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The man we meet in Sexual Misconduct in the Middle Classes has a lot going for him. At 42, Jon is a talented professor who gives good class. He’s a famous author. He has celebrity, good … Continue reading
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‘I sing my sorrow and I paint my joy’. Joni Mitchell: Songs of a Prairie Girl at Theatre Network, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I’m not a weeper, I’m a snarler,” Joni Mitchell in old age tells us in the “theatrical collage” in her honour at Theatre Network. “I put the weeping in the songs…. I sing my sorrow, and … Continue reading
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