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Women in their 50s get sitcom Botox: The Roommate opens the Shadow season. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s impossible to know anything about the season-opening two-hander comedy at Shadow Theatre — including its title — without thinking of Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple (female version). The Roommate, by the young (and multi-award-winning) American playwright … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Jen Silverman, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre
Writing for women of a certain age: meet Jen Silverman, the author of The Roommate
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Jen Silverman is the New York-based playwright/ screenwriter/ novelist who wrote the comedy The Roommate. Last produced at Chicago’s Steppenwolf in 2018, it’s the season-opener at Shadow Theatre. She made time in her schedule for some … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Jen Silverman, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre
It’s show time in Edmonton theatre: what to not miss this season on E-town stages
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “That was what had been missing from his life all these years. His career, his city, this bonehead province. Mythic Power.” — The Garneau Block. In Todd Babiak’s wry and funny novel The Garneau Block, reborn … Continue reading
Posted in News/Views, Previews
Tagged 2019-2020 theatre season, Azimuth Theatre, Blarney Productions, Bright Young Things, Broadway Across Canada, Catalyst Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fringe theatre, Impossible Mongoose, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Theatre Network, Theatre Yes, Todd Babiak, Varscona Theatre Ensemble, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre, You Are Here Theatre
A weekend at the theatre in E-town: happy birthday Varscona, A Likely Story, Improvaganza…
By Liz Nicholls 12thnight.ca It’s the weekend in E-Town. So obviously you need to be in a theatre. Have a peek at some of your options. You could… •Go to a theatre party. Three years ago, something dramatic happened to … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, improv comedy, Rapid Fire Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, Varscona Theatre
A kickstart for Chekhovian ennui: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at Shadow. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Oh let’s not talk. I’ll keep my sadness to myself,” says a mopey sister to a melancholy brother near the start of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. Yeah, right. Like that’s gonna happen. As … Continue reading
The Shadow knows: putting the comedy back into Chekhov, and the new season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “If everyone took anti-depressants, Chekhov would have had nothing to write about….” The playwright himself called it “Chekhov in a blender.” But Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, by the raucous American absurdist Christopher Durang … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Chekhov, Christopher Durang, Edmonton theatre, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre
Lungfuls of anxiety: Lungs at Shadow Theatre. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Times being what they are, are you still “good people” if you decide to become parents? To bring another being into a world that’s already over-crammed with beings? A kid leaves a carbon footprint that’s bigger … Continue reading
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Tagged Edmonton theatre, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre
Miss Teen premieres at Shadow Theatre: game actors, tired script. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In Miss Teen a strapped, single mother enters her awkward, bookish daughter in a local teen pageant. “It’ll be good practice … for life,” argues Coco brightly, undeterred by Margaret’s reaction, a mixture of appalled and … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, beauty pageants, Canadian sitcoms, Edmonton theatre, Michele Riml, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre
Song-and-dance con men, two World War I plays, and more… a theatre weekend in E-town
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A con game (with song and dance) is one of your options for a night out at live theatre this weekend. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, a larky musical by the team of David Yazbek (The Band’s Visit, … Continue reading
Theatre takes to the trenches: Neil Grahn’s The Comedy Company. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “And make it funny!” barks the Major at the soldier. And so it starts, the remarkable true Canadian story that comes to life in Neil Grahn’s The Comedy Company. The new play by a writer … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, First World War music, Neil Grahn, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre
