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No week to stay home: festivals, musicals, plays, improv … E-town stages are full of possibilities
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca This is no week to stay home, my theatre-loving friends. For one thing, the summer festival season really begins: the 38th annual Kids’ Fest Tuesday, Nextfest Thursday. The 28th Die-Nasty season, Lord of Thrones, reaches its … Continue reading
Looking back: Edmonton theatre in 2017
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Shakespeare In Love, the playful, sumptuously romantic opening gambit of Daryl Cloran’s first season as the Citadel’s new artistic director, took us into the world of 17th century London theatre. Crazy deadlines, fraught rehearsals, fragile egos, … Continue reading
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And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? A haunting new show from The Old Trouts at Theatre Network: a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca At the start of Jabberwocky there’s a momentous drum roll, and a classic old-school red velvet theatre curtain parts — to reveal another. Which parts to reveal … another. Which…. Ah yes, layers of anticipation and further … Continue reading
Beware the Jabberwock: the Old Trout Puppet Workshop is back
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Beware the Jabberwock, my son!/ The jaws that bite, the claws that catch…. You can’t help noticing. There’s a storybook rabbit on a chair, head only and larger than life, gazing balefully into the mid-distance. His body … Continue reading
Theatre Network’s 43rd season opens with a Trout premiere
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Beware the Jabberwock, my son!/ The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun/ The frumious Bandersnatch!” — Through The Looking Glass And What Alice Found Theatre Network ventures through the looking glass … Continue reading
