Tag Archives: Theatre Network
An all-Canadian trio of mainstage productions for season 44 at Theatre Network
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca At the centre of Theatre Network’s all-Canadian upcoming three-production mainstage season announced this week is a new play inspired by a remarkable life — and a life-changing moment in our collective history. In The Empress & … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, 2b theatre company, Alberta Opera, Blunt Entertainment, Bradley Moss, Bumble Bear Productions, Crow's Theatre, Damien Atkins, Darrin Hagen, Edmonton theatre, Ghost Writer Theatre, Good Women Dance, Hannah Moscovitch, Hey Ladies!, Nextfest, Patricia Zentilli, Theatre Network, Wild Side Productions
A season on Edmonton stages: a look back
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the opening scene of Jabberwocky, the latest from the Old Trout Puppet Workshop (at Theatre Network this past season), a drum roll announces the parting of a red velvet theatre curtain. Which opens to reveal … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Atlas Theatre, Bright Young Things, Canadian Stage, Catalyst Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Actors Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Edmonton theatre season, Fort Edmonton Park, Kill Your Television Theatre, L'UniThéâtre, Lewis Carroll, Northern Light Theatre, Old Trout Puppet Workshop, Punctuate! Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, The Plain Jane Theatre, Theatre Network, Tiny Bear Jaws, Vancouver Arts Club Theatre, Wild Side Productions, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
Moonshine at Nextfest: a journey for identity in stories and music
The mainstage theatre lineup at Nextfest 2018 includes four productions of strikingly diverse inspirations and theatrical styles. 12thnight.ca talked to the playwrights. First, meet Larissa Pohoreski, creator and star of Moonshine. By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “It’s a celebration of my … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Larissa Pohoreski, Nextfest, Roxy on Gateway, Theatre Network, Ukrainian-Canadian heritage
What’s next? Find out at Nextfest, the festival that celebrates the next generation of artists
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Prepare to be surprised. Starting today in Old Strathcona, two groups of five emerging artists from the whole spectrum of disciplines — playwrights, choreographers, visual artists, filmmakers, actors, musicians — will gather. Together they’ll spend the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Bradley Moss, Edmonton theatre, Ellen Chorley, Nextfest, Nextfest Arts Co., Theatre Network
Just in time: on Edmonton stages this weekend
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca •Last chance this weekend for the Theatre Network production of Hannah Moscovitch’s fascinating Infinity — a smart, accessible and strangely affecting play about time — the shortage of it, the meaning of it, the misuse of … Continue reading
“Changing time for you”: Infinity at Theatre Network, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The downside of infinity, as the odd comic has noted, is that it’s really long getting to the end. But when does infinity start? That’s one of the intriguing questions that engages us in the highly … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Hannah Moscovitch, Infinity, science and theatre, Theatre Network
Capturing time for the theatre: Hannah Moscovitch talks about Infinity
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Time. It surrounds us, envelopes us, embeds us in a present that’s gone before you know it. It accumulates when you don’t want it and dwindles to nothing when you do. It keeps the past and … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Hannah Moscovitch, Infinity, science and theatre, Theatre Network
Can life move forward after great trauma? Poison, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The unexpected thing about Poison isn’t its intensity. After all, its starting point is unimaginable loss. No, the unexpected thing about Poison, as you’ll see in this stunningly acted Wild Side production directed by Jim Guedo, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Jim Guedo, Lot Vekemans, Roxy Performance Series, Theatre Network, Wild Side Productions
Métis Mutt: Sheldon Elter’s journey beyond the punch lines
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Hello. My name is Sheldon Elter. And I’ll be your Native comedian for this evening.” Sheldon Elter, the startlingly multi-talented Métis actor/ playwright/ screenwriter/ musician/ director, shudders when he thinks of the jokes he told as … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Métis Mutt, Network, One Little Indian, Sheldon Elter, solo shows, Theatre Network
