Tag Archives: Springboards New Play Festival

The long weekend in a theatre town

Posted on March 29, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca What happens on a long weekend in a theatre town? For starters, a new indie puppet musical and a musical theatre classic, an insightful and captivating comedy about teenage girls, a musical revue, a new play … Continue reading →

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Springboards, Workshop West’s signature new play festival, is back

Posted on March 24, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Springboards is back this week. And with it, our annual backstage pass to the world of artistic creation, where new plays get born and develop. Workshop West Playwrights Theatre’s new play festival, which returned after a … Continue reading →

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Close encounters in the borderlands: Workshop West announces a new season

Posted on September 11, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s a cross-country vision to Workshop West Playwright Theatre’s upcoming 45th season, Borderlands, Encounters on the Outskirts, announced Monday from their Strathcona headquarters, the Gateway Theatre. The trio of 2023-2024 mainstage productions at Workshop West, a … Continue reading →

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Springboards, Workshop West’s new play festival, springs back

Posted on March 20, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca After its return last year for the first time in more than a decade, Springboards springs back this week. And with this edition of Workshop West Playwrights Theatre’s signature new play festival, works-in-progress by some 19 … Continue reading →

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Springboards: a signature new play festival returns home to Workshop West

Posted on March 16, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s a felicity of timing, an alignment of stars, that our first chance to visit Workshop West Playwrights Theatre in their new home in Old Strathcona is Springboards.   The festival of staged readings, workshops and … Continue reading →

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Workshop West: the playwrights’ theatre is back, live, with a new season

Posted on October 8, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre turns 43 this season with a live, all-Canadian lineup, dubbed “Daring Greatly,” that includes two premieres by Edmonton playwrights, the return after a decade to a signature WWPT new play development festival, … Continue reading →

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