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A new (and all-Canadian) season at L’UniThéâtre launches with Le Palier

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the play that launches the new, all-Canadian season tonight at L’UniThéâtre, Alberta’s only professional francophone theatre company, an unlikely friendship blossoms, fast, in an unlikely place. As director Steve Jodoin explains, Le Palier opens with … Continue reading

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Lost dreams restored in theatre magic: Michel(le) at L’UniThéâtre

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Dramatic, tragic, eventful, and very singular.” That’s how Joey Lespérance describes the real-life story that inspired his first-ever solo play Michel(le). The L’Unithéâtre season finale opens Thursday at La Cité francophone (in French with English surtitles), … Continue reading

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Bienvenue: a new artistic director and a new season for L’UniThéâtre

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I’m pretty stoked!” declares Steve Jodoin, the (perfectly bilingual) new artistic director of L’UniThéâtre, Edmonton’s only professional francophone theatre company. In these post-pandemic times he has the sense that the venerable company has emerged into the … Continue reading

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