Tag Archives: SkirtsaFire Festival
Fun with the macabre: two veteran actors together at last in Fly Me To The Moon at Shadow Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “We’re two caregivers, two nobodies,” says Frances to Loretta in the dark-hued Irish comedy that opens tonight on the Varscona stage. In Fly Me To The Moon, by the Belfast playwright Marie Jones, an initiative that … Continue reading
Romantic comedy turns spy thriller: The Romeo Initiative at SkirtsAfire
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Against the odds, it’s happening. He’s been a little late in his entrance but your leading man has appeared, finally. Yes, you’ll star in your own romance, finally. Your footing on the terra firma of being … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Annette Loiselle, Cold War drama, Edmonton theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, The Romeo Iniative, Trina Davies
A homecoming for playwright Trina Davies, at Concordia U, Walterdale and SkirtsAfire
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A couple of decades ago, an Edmonton kid found herself onstage, at a theatre festival where the plays were new, and specially designed for teen actors and their teen audiences. It was at the Citadel Teen … Continue reading
The new theatre season begins: hey, Edmonton has play dates!
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “And the wall keeps out the enemy/ And we build the wall to keep us free….” —Hadestown In Hadestown, the Broadway-bound musical whose out-of-town opening happens at Edmonton’s largest playhouse the Citadel (Nov. 11 to Dec. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Anaïs Mitchell, Cardiac Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Actors Theatre, Edmonton theatre, L'UniThéâtre, Northern Light Theatre, Rachel Chavkin, Shadow Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Teatro La Quindicina, Theatre Network, theatre season, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
