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The secret lives of women, out loud: Shannon Calcutt brings her new show Things I Shouldn’t Tell You to SkirtsAfire
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The last time we saw Shannan Calcutt on a stage in Edmonton, she was wearing a red nose, a wedding dress, and an irresistible air of hopefulness. That’s how the engaging Izzy shows up for a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Cirque du Soleil, clown shows, Edmonton theatre, Las Vegas theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Spiegelworld
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A weekend at the theatre, with heroines aplenty
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Can it be coincidence on this, the weekend of International Women’s Day, that it’s your last chance to see … … I Meant What I Said, Stewart Lemoine’s first new full-length comedy in seven years, premiering … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, L'UniThéâtre, NUOVa Vocal Arts, Rapid Fire Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Teatro Live!
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Celebrating the work of women in the arts: what’s on at SkirtsAfire 2026
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca SkirtsAfire, Edmonton’s 10-day multi-disciplinary festival devoted to celebrating the work of women in the arts, is back Thursday for a 14th annual edition, dubbed ‘The Maps We Make’. And as usual the festivities are an A-line … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, ArtsHub Ortona, Common Ground Arts Society, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival
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Intermission’s over! Act II of the theatre season, and 10 shows too intriguing to miss
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Intermission’s over, and Act II of the theatre season is about to begin. Your nights out at the theatre are in progress. Rehearsals are happening in theatres across town. At Shadow (opening Jan. 22) Michael Peng … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadway Across Canada, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, L'UniThéâtre, MacEwan University theatre arts, Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Teatro Live!, U of A Studio Theatre, Uniform Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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2025, and live theatre as the prize human connector: the year in Edmonton theatre, part 1
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2025: What a crazy, scary year it’s been. The world seems impossibly fractious, incoherent, unrecognizable. Can anyone really say they feel at home there? But the full-throttle invasion of screens of every size by A.I. has … Continue reading
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Tagged best of theatre 2025, Cardiac Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Common Ground Arts Society, Edmonton Repertory Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Found Festival, Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Spontaneous Theatrete, Teatro Live!, Theatre Network, Workshop West Theatre
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Edmonton, it’s time to play: here are 10 intriguing prospects in the upcoming theatre season
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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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Common Ground Arts Society, Edmonton theatre, Mayfield Theatre, Mile Zero Dance, Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Teatro Live!, Theatre Network, Uniform Theatre
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Toasting the season on Edmonton stages: the 37th annual Sterling Awards, led by Brick Shithouse
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A wave of indie creativity prevailed at the 36th annual Sterling Awards bash Monday night hosted by Luc Tellier and Nadien Chu, as the theatre community put on lipstick and dancing shoes at the Westbury Theatre … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberta Musical Theatre Company, Common Ground Arts Society, Defiance Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Silver Skate Festival, SkirtsaFire Festival, Sterling Awards, Straight Edge Theatre, Thou Art Here Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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The season on Edmonton stages, highlights part 2
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Remembering the 2024-2025 theatre season — in its performances, its design inspirations, its risky experiments, its moments of magic (and/or crazy live-ness) — and its saddest, most irreplaceable losses. Start with those. The passing of wonderful … Continue reading
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Tagged Citadel Theatre, Common Ground Arts Society, Edmonton theatre, fenceless theatre, Grindstone Theatre, Mayfield Theatre, NUOVa Vocal Arts, Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes, SkirtsaFire Festival, Spontaneous Theatre, Teatro Live!, Theatre Network, Theatre Yes, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Remembering the season in Edmonton theatre, highlights part 1
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In Goblin:Macbeth, the brilliant Spontaneous Theatre production that came to the Citadel’s Highwire Series this season, one of the goblin stars wonders aloud what the strange human ritual called theatre is actually for, anyhow. And he … Continue reading
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Tagged Citadel Theatre, Common Ground Arts Society, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Spontaneous Theatre, Teatro Live!, Theatre Network, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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