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Why is Donna so angry? Trevor Schmidt talks about Northern Light Theatre’s Donna Orbits The Moon, a preview

Posted on January 18, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Something weird is happening to the woman we meet in the solo play that opens Friday at Northern Light Theatre, starring Patricia Darbasie. What’s going on with Donna, loving wife, mother, and bake sale celeb? With … Continue reading →

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Meet Paul-Ford Manguelle, the multi-talented newcomer who joins two veterans in The Drawer Boy at Shadow Theatre

Posted on January 14, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “We’re here to get your history and give it back to you.” — The Drawer Boy In Michael Healey’s 1999 play The Drawer Boy, a naive young actor from a Toronto theatre company ventures into rural … Continue reading →

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What’s up, Edmonton? Act II of the theatre season is about to begin

Posted on January 5, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Lights up, Edmonton. Take your seats, friends; intermission is over. And Act II of the theatre season is about to begin. The tip-off? Next week, Farren Timoteo’s terrific (and much-travelled solo show Made In Italy returns … Continue reading →

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2023: The year in Edmonton theatre, part 2

Posted on December 22, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2023 (part 2). Here’s a small assortment (in no particular order) of highlights — moments, performances, bright ideas, experiences — of the year of live theatre on Edmonton stages. Home sweet home. 2023 was the year.… … Continue reading →

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Finding harmony: stories from inside the choir. Crescendo! at Shadow Theatre, a review

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca What exactly is it about singing, and especially singing with other people, that lures people into choirs to make music together? That’s the question at the heart of Sandy Paddick’s Crescendo!. And not only is it … Continue reading →

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Couch dwellers arise! It’s a crazy week in Edmonton theatre

Posted on October 18, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s a week in Edmonton theatre that’s crazy with possibilities. Which is to say this is no time to be thinking of staying home, much less renewing your dibs on the couch. Two Edmonton theatres launch their … Continue reading →

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Crescendo!, Shadow Theatre’s first-ever musical, opens the 30th anniversary season

Posted on October 16, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the last three decades Shadow Theatre has produced plays of every size, shape, tone, and sensibility, often contemporary but not always. Shakespeare, Chekhov, Noel Coward have Shadow credits; so do American big-shots like Paula Vogel, … Continue reading →

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Fun (really!) with Hamlet: The Play’s The Thing, an inspired Theatre Yes 2-night production

Posted on October 8, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Well, THAT was fun!. A word that is only rarely (I need hardly remind you) applied to productions of Hamlet. The first night of The Play’s The Thing, Theatre Yes’s two-night production of Shakespeare’s longest, most … Continue reading →

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Play time! Prospects to intrigue you in the new season on Edmonton stages

Posted on September 5, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Answer Is Fringe, the 42nd annual edition of our giant summer theatre bash, with its 114,000 or so tickets sold, was a sign. Theatre is getting its groove back, after three hard years that have … Continue reading →

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Some things I learned at the Sterlings

Posted on June 28, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Here are some things I learned at the sold-out 35th annual Sterling Awards bash Monday night, celebrating the season just past in Edmonton theatre. Written by April Banigan with co-hosts Matt Schuurman and Sue Goberdhan, directed by … Continue reading →

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