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What light through yonder window breaks? Shakespeare’s R & J is back, a 12thnight review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Directors with concept envy have always been hot to get their mitts on Romeo and Juliet. And you can see why. The defiance, the crazy courage, the valiance of hot-blooded young lovers up against generational hostilities … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Joe Calarco, Kevin Sutley, Kill Your Television Theatre, Romeo and Juliet, Roxy Performance Series, Theatre Network
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And the theatre season continues: take your seats people, Act II is about to begin
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE.… The theatre season isn’t ending; that’s not how the calendar works. There’s still Act II, and it’s about to begin. It’s the moment to cast aside regrets and look forward. What looks … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Brian Webb Dance Company, Cardiac Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Actors Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Kill Your Television Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre Company, Shadow Theatre, Skirts AFire Festival, Teatro La Quindicina, Theatre Network
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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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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broken Toys Theatre, Cardiac Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Actors Theatre, Edmonton opera, Edmonton theatre, Hadestown, Hope and Hell Theatre, Impossible Mongoose, L'UniThéâtre, MacEwan University, MadFandango, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, The Old Trout Puppet Workshop, Theatre Network, Triffo Theatre, What It Is Theatre, Workshop West
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“The hottest show in town”: the unmissable Burning Bluebeard brings its strange magic back for the holidays
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s playful, it’s dark, it’s magical. Dave Horak’s production of Burning Bluebeard is back on the Roxy stage. And what a strange and wonderful Christmas show it is. You won’t see anything like it anywhere. I … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Bluebeard, Christmas pantos, Dave Horak, Edmonton Actors Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Roxy Performance Series, The Neo-Futurists, Theatre Network
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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
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Calgary theatre, Edmonton theatre, Jabberwocky, Lewis Carroll, Roxy on Gateway, The Old Trout Puppet Workshop, Theatre Network, Through The Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There
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Music, stories, cabaret, ‘infotainment’, opera, and plays: a weekend of trick and treat on Edmonton stages
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s a musical journey that cuts to the soul of a turbulent history. In Freedom Singer, which arrives at the Citadel Club starting tonight as part of a cross-country tour, the Detroit-born Canadian musician Khari Wendell … Continue reading
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Tagged Citadel Club, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Khari Wendell McClelland, Roxy on Gateway, Roxy Performance Series, Theatre Network
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See “something Edmonton never gets to see” this week: Bibish de Kinshasa at L’UniThéâtre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Well, Edmonton, your theatre week is full of intriguing shows that “Edmonton never gets to see,” as L’UniThéâtre’s Brian Dooley puts it. *Starting Wednesday, L’UniThéâtre, our hospitable francophone theatre, is hosting a cabaret/play like no other. … Continue reading
Posted in Features, News/Views
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Annie Baker, Catch The Keys Productions, Citadel Theatre, Dead Centre of Town, Edmonton theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, L'UniThéâtre, La Cité francophone, Productions Hôtel-Motel, Roxy Performance Series, Studio Theatre, Theatre Network, ubuntu
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It’s the small stuff that counts: The Aliens, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca When stubbing out a cigarette or trying to bring on a sneeze count as flurries of activity, you’re in the brave theatrical world of Annie Baker. Kicking over a plastic chair? Downright revolutionary. The fallback term … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Annie Baker, Edmonton theatre, Roxy Performance Series, Theatre Network, What It Is Productions
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