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A week of bounty in Edmonton theatre, a 12thnight survey

Posted on October 29, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s a week of bounty in Edmonton theatre (your biggest problem is choice). Much-awaited new plays are premiering and so is a full-bodied multi-generational dance/theatre extravaganza. A gem of a new musical continues its run. Continuing … Continue reading →

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Re-imagining your inheritance: Morningside Road, a beautiful new Canadian Celtic musical, at Shadow

Posted on October 17, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca One of the haunting songs in Morningside Road, the “new Canadian Celtic musical” that blows open the Shadow Theatre season, wonders about the remarkable way the past is never black-and-white in memory. How does it get … Continue reading →

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On the street where she lived, stories from childhood: Morningside Road, a new Celtic musical, premieres at Shadow

Posted on October 13, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The through-line of Mhairi Berg’s childhood was stories — fascinating, first-hand stories told to her by her Scottish grandmother about growing up in Edinburgh. “I didn’t realize how important they were to me,” says Berg, “But … Continue reading →

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Edmonton, it’s time to play: here are 10 intriguing prospects in the upcoming theatre season

Posted on September 16, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Hey Edmonton, it’s time to come out and play.    As always our mighty summer Fringe is the tip off. And the 44th annual edition sold a spirit-lifting 140,000-plus tickets to its 221 shows, hinting at … Continue reading →

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A change in artistic leadership at Shadow Theatre: the multi-talented Lana Michelle Hughes will be the new artistic director

Posted on September 10, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca After 35 years, a torch is being passed at Shadow Theatre. At the end of the 2025-2026 season, John Hudson, a co-founder of the company and its artistic director from the start, is retiring. Stepping into … Continue reading →

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Hot theatre choices on Edmonton stages for your long weekend, a 12thnight survey

Posted on May 14, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You don’t lack for choices in Edmonton theatre as the long weekend approaches (Queen Victoria wouldn’t have it any other way). Consider some of your options: the premiere of a new Canadian play with a whimsical … Continue reading →

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Shadow Theatre announces a four-show upcoming season, launched by a new Canadian musical

Posted on May 6, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Shadow Theatre’s upcoming four-production 32nd season will launch with the premiere of a much-anticipated new Canadian musical. In Morningside Road, by the remarkably versatile Edmonton artists Mhairi Berg (book) and Simon Abbott (music), a girl connects … Continue reading →

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Family secrets and country air: Where You Are at Shadow, a review

Posted on May 3, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s no shortage of funny one-liners in Where You Are. And a lot of them happen in the opening scenes of the carefully constructed 2019 comedy by the Canadian playwright Kristen Da Silva. We meet two … Continue reading →

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Lots to see on Edmonton stages this week, a small survey of the landscape

Posted on April 29, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Hey, Edmonton. You have choices for your evenings out at the theatre this week: two Canadian comedies, a wicked Brit satire, a multi-disciplinary arts festival, a stage adaptation of a much-loved novel, a prairie love story, … Continue reading →

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New plays, revivals, festivals, cabarets, improv, genre switcheroos: we survey an intriguing week in Edmonton theatre

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A big opening by a premier Canadian playwright, an improbable steal by big-budget theatre, a powerful verbatim-theatre production, a musical by a new-ish company — and another two-festival week on Edmonton stages, one devoted to the body … Continue reading →

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