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Makings of a Voice, Dana Wylie’s story about storytelling is back to live, at the Arden
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “We need to know we have a story…. We need to know we are a story.” — Makings of a Voice When Dana Wylie returned to the world of theatre last March from a decade as a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Arden Theatre, Dana Wylie, Edmonton theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival
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Real people reporting from the real world: COVID Collections, a short film online at SkirtsAfire
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca As the pandemic grinds on, don’t you find it becomes harder and harder to imagine watching the inevitable outbreak of solo confessional COVID-inspired monologue shows in our collective future? You can conjure them in your mind’s … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival
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Finding your own story: Dana Wylie’s Makings of a Voice at SkirtsAfire
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I’m right here with you right now,” says Dana Wylie, looking intently right into our eyes at the outset of Makings of a Voice. Against the probabilities and across the screen (the defining demarcation of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Dana Wylie, Edmonton theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival
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New faces in theatre: meet designer/scenographer Elise CM Jason in a new 12thnight series
They’re young, bright, and unstoppably creative. And, pandemic be damned, their adaptable, flexible talents are already lighting up the Edmonton theatre scene. In this 12thnight series you’ll meet some of E-town’s sought-after up-and-comers, artists whose work, on- and backstage, is … Continue reading
Posted in Features
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Amoris Productions, Azimuth Theatre, Catch The Keys Productions, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Found Festival, Mile Zero Dance, SkirtsaFire Festival
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Looking forward to 2021 in Edmonton theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca I know what you’re thinking.… The world has been so chaotic and unpredictable this past year that you’d have to be crazy to ink in a calendar of upcoming theatre events. But one thing … Continue reading
Posted in Features, News/Views
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Azimuth Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Concrete Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Nextfest, Northern Light Theatre, Punctuate! Theatre, Roxy Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Teatro La Quindicina, Theatre Network, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Celebrating an Edmonton theatre season like no other: the Sterling Awards (online), led by The Color Purple and Titus Bouffonius
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Edmonton theatre took its annual awards gala onto the digital stage Monday night for the first time ever, to celebrate a theatre season like no other. And a musical that chronicles the empowering four-decade journey of … Continue reading
Posted in News/Views
Tagged 12thnight.ca, 2020 Sterling Awards, Alberta Workers' Health Centre, Blarney Productions, Bustle & Beast Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton theatre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Shadow Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Theatre Network, You Are Here Theatre
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The strangest of seasons: a truncated year on Edmonton stages in Sterling Award nominations
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Two high-contrast shows, one a subterranean prairie slow-burn tragedy and the other a riotous blood-spattered revenge comedy of the Shakespearean persuasion, proved the top choices of jurors as the 33rd annual Sterling Award nominations were announced … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Blarney Productions, Catalyst Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards, Northern Light Theatre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Shadow Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Sterling Award nominations, Theatre Network, Vancouver Arts Club Theatre, Vena Amoris, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre, You Are Here Theatre
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New faces in theatre: six up-and-comers whose talents will have an impact on the scene. First, Helen Belay
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca They’re young. They shine brightly. And their talents are already lighting up the Edmonton theatre scene. 12thnight talked to six starry and sought-after up-and-comers, artists whose work, on- and backstage, will have a big impact on … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Die-Nasty, Edmonton theatre, new faces in Edmonton theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Studio Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, Theatre Network
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The Blue Hour: nobody writes ‘prairie plays’ like it these days. Some thoughts on the SkirtsAfire premiere
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Just in the nick of time I finally got a chance on the weekend to catch The Blue Hour. Named for the magical moment of ambiguity when light shades into darkness, Michele Vance Hehir’s new play … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Michele Vance Hehir, prairie naturalism, Roseglen Trilogy, SkirtsaFire Festival
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