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A night walk through Strathcona: Workshop West launches season with ‘an adventure into the unknown’
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Workshop West Playwrights Theatre is back in action next week — live, on its feet, and in motion. And it’s with an original promenade adventure that takes you on a nocturnal walk through Old Strathcona. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Catalyst Theatre, Edmonton theatre, guerrilla theatre, Northern Light Theatre, promenade theatre, Theatre Network, Theatre Yes, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Celebrating an Edmonton theatre season like no other: the Sterling Awards (online), led by The Color Purple and Titus Bouffonius
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Edmonton theatre took its annual awards gala onto the digital stage Monday night for the first time ever, to celebrate a theatre season like no other. And a musical that chronicles the empowering four-decade journey of … Continue reading
Posted in News/Views
Tagged 12thnight.ca, 2020 Sterling Awards, Alberta Workers' Health Centre, Blarney Productions, Bustle & Beast Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton theatre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Shadow Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Theatre Network, You Are Here Theatre
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The “what’s next?” comes to you: the 2020 Nextfest goes online
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “O my gosh!” declares Nextfest director Ellen Chorley, who has a great and natural talent for celebration. “I’m absolutely blown away by how special and magical it is! I’m so thrilled!” The playwright/ actor/ director/ mentor/ … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Nextfest, Nextfest Arts Company, Theatre Network
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The strangest of seasons: a truncated year on Edmonton stages in Sterling Award nominations
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Two high-contrast shows, one a subterranean prairie slow-burn tragedy and the other a riotous blood-spattered revenge comedy of the Shakespearean persuasion, proved the top choices of jurors as the 33rd annual Sterling Award nominations were announced … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Blarney Productions, Catalyst Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards, Northern Light Theatre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Shadow Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Sterling Award nominations, Theatre Network, Vancouver Arts Club Theatre, Vena Amoris, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre, You Are Here Theatre
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Sandy Moser: mask-maker to the stars
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Live theatre gave Sandy Moser the big-M Moment that turned everything around for her. And she’s returning the favour, though she’d never put it that way in a million years. “What would I be doing otherwise?” … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Calgary theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton theatre, Shadow Theatre, Theatre Network, Wild Side Productions
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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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A time for dreaming: we asked theatre artists what roles and plays they’d love to do
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Live theatre hasn’t disappeared. It’s just on hold, suspended like time and probability, until we can all be together again in person: artists and their audiences, people sharing stories in a room. Along with the human … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Concrete Theatre, Edmonton actors, Edmonton Actors Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Plain Jane Theatre Company, Shadow Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, Theatre Network
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Wild Side Productions brings a hot-button ‘eco-thriller’ to the Roxy: The Children
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The wild side (to borrow the name of the indie theatre company) is where the questions live. The answers are conditional, elusive, to be discussed. “I’m drawn to plays that ask more questions than give answers,” … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, eco-thrillers, Edmonton theatre, Jim Guedo, Lucy Kirkwood, Roxy Performance Series, Theatre Network, Wild Side Productions
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A riotous black comedy from Colleen Murphy at Theatre Network: Titus Bouffonius is all good unwholesome fun. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s a rare evening at the theatre that gets you laughing out loud, gives you a good smack upside the head — and makes you wonder later whether you might have dreamed the whole thing. AND … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, bouffon clowns, Colleen Murphy, Edmonton theatre, revenge plays, Rumble Theatre, Theatre Network, Titus Andronicus
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