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We’ve lost a giant: Thomas Peacocke, the small-town kid who changed Canadian theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A giant is gone. With the passing of Thomas Peacocke last week at 89, we’ve lost at one go an actor/director/teacher/mentor/administrator/advocate who has played a leading, vivid role in building and shaping theatre here in this … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Canadian theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Genie Awards, National Theatre School, Studio Theatre, Thomas Peacocke, Torches Theatre, U of A drama department
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Follow the ‘once upon a time’ through the fairy tale world: The Secret in the Wings at Studio Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Don’t let the ‘happily-ever-after’s fool you. Fairy tales are not, contrary to popular belief, a Disney invention, the have-a-great-life tag to rom-coms on a roll. The production that opens today online, in the Studio Theatre season, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Brothers Grimm, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton theatre, fairy tales, Mary Zimmerman, Studio Theatre, U of A drama department
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2020: the strange year in Edmonton theatre (what just happened here? part 2)
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2020 was the year that a beaming singer arrived on the Varscona stage, draped herself in a chair centrestage to deliver a torchy number. And the host (Andrew MacDonald-Smith) calmly strode over and threw a sheet … Continue reading
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Tagged Amoris Projects, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Downstage Theatre, Edmonton theatre, EPCOR, Factory Theatre, Found Festival, Free Willies, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, Heat + Soul Fund, Northern Light Theatre, Steppenwolf Theater, Studio Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, The Coldharts, Theatre Calgary, U of A Arts, Workshop West Playwrights 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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Giving thanks for theatre: the long weekend on E-town stages
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s the moment to be thankful for Edmonton’s most captivating arts asset – our theatre scene. Many possibilities are waiting for you this weekend, including a macabre entertainment spun from our own neglected history. And … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Catch The Keys Productions, Citadel Theatre, Dead Centre of Town, Edmonton theatre, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Saint Maggie Productions, Studio Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, U of A drama department, Walterdale Theatre
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Happy Valentine’s champagne and a show: where to take your date to celebrate
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Of all the high holidays, the one that shares a name with a variety of massacres and martyrdoms is coming up. It’s also the ultimate date night. So in order to celebrate romance, there are a … Continue reading
Posted in News/Views, Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Capitol Theatre, Chinook Series, Citadel Club, Citadel Theatre, Damien Atkins, Edmonton theatre, Expanse Festival, Farren Timoteo, Fort Edmonton Park, Girl Brain, Grindstone Comedy Theatre and Bistro, Send in the Girls Burlesque, Studio Theatre, Theatre Network
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Is history spinning forwards or backwards? Shows at Studio and MacEwan wonder about that
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It is a disconcertingly à propos moment in the space-time continuum for both the plays opening this week at Edmonton’s biggest theatre schools. You can easily make yourself dizzy wondering whether history is catapulting forward or … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, 9 to 5, Allard Hall, Dolly Parton, Edmonton theatre, Eric Overmyer, MacEwan University theatre arts, On The Verge, Studio Theatre, Timms Centre for the Arts, Triffo Theatre, University of Alberta
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A great leap forward, by excavating the past: Origin of the Species opens the NLT season. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Archaeology, says an elderly member of that profession in Origin of the Species, is “simply knowing where to look.” It would seem to have that at least in common with theatre, judging by the mysterious discoveries … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Bryony Lavery, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Studio Theatre, Trevor Schmidt
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No one’s staying home this weekend: why would you? A wealth of choices on E-town stages
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca At the U of A’s Studio Theatre, it’s back in the USSR with Lenin’s Embalmers, Vern Thiessen’s black and absurdist 2008 tragicomedy (imagined from a true story) about two competing Jewish biochemists landing the unenviable joint … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Ainsley Hillyard, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Good Women Dance Collective, L'UniThéâtre, Northern Light Theatre, Roxy Performance Series, Studio Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, Theatre Network, U of A drama department, Vern Thiessen, Walterdale Theatre
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