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Anahita’s Republic: a thriller takes us into the world of Iran and the struggle for women’s rights
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The thriller that gets its Alberta premiere Friday at the Backstage Theatre takes us to a tense world where “freedom” reverberates at a frequency very different from our own. The disparity between its application to men … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, 12thnight.cah, AuTash Productions, Backstage Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Iranian theatre, Stratford Festival, Tarragon Theatre, Walterdale Theatre
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Jane Eyre steps off the page and onto the Citadel stage, in a new Erin Shields adaptation
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.” — Jane Eyre In the new play getting its world premiere at the Citadel Thursday … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Charlotte Brontë, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Erin Shields, Jane Eyre, Shaw Festival, Soulpepper, Stratford Festival, theatrical adaptations
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Happy Valentine’s weekend: have some theatre with your champagne
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Let’s try to ignore for the moment the origins of Valentine’s Day as a feast day in honour of a martyr, and, more recently, a massacre. Or the source of a bottomless supply of gummy limericks, … Continue reading
Posted in News/Views, Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Angels in America, Calgary theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Comedy Theatre and Bistro, High Performance Rodeo, Mile Zero Dance, National Theatre, One Yellow Rabbit, Stratford Festival, The Alberta Queer Calendar Project
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Remembering the enchantment: Brent Carver in Edmonton
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There was an unmistakeable magic about seeing Brent Carver onstage. People felt it; they remembered the enchantment. I was struck again by that with the many heartfelt responses that came my way with the terrible news … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Brent Carver, Broadway theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, John Neville, Robin Phillips, Stratford Festival, Tony Awards
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Live theatre: has it found a footing on a platform instead of a stage in Zoom-laden times?
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A lifetime ago (March 25, 2020 to be precise), Malachite Theatre’s resourceful artistic director Benjamin Blyth explained to me that the company had borrowed an interactive online platform from the business world for a new venture. … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Reviews
Tagged Amoris Productions, Citadel Theatre, Die-Nasty, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Edmonton theatre, Found Festival, Gender? I Hardly Know You, Girl Brain, Hit & Myth, Le Fixe Theatre, Lodestar Theatre, Malachite Theatre, Old Vic Theatre, Rapid Fire Theatre, RSC, Shakespeare By The Bow, Stratford Festival, Theatre Calgary, Zoom theatre
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Happy birthday Shakespeare: a pandemical celebration
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams.” — Hamlet No one ever said he was a repository of positive thinking, … Continue reading
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Tagged Donmar Warehouse, Edmonton theatre, Folger Library, National Theatre At Home, Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Globe, Stratford Festival
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