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The rats are back in a new show! Rat Academy 2: Gnaw and Order at Nextfest, a preview
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Here’s a way to have yourself an existential crisis (or at least an emotional breakdown): be a rat, in Alberta. When we last met the stars of Rat Academy, a pair of rats on the lam … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Batrabbit Collective, clown shows, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton theatre, Nextfest 2025, Nextfest Arts Company, Theatre Network
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An intriguing week in Edmonton theatre: go see a show
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s an intriguing week in Edmonton theatre. An influential festival that’s all about getting splashed by the next wave. Not one but two productions, from two vastly different companies, that tap into the rich and weird … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, ArtsHub Ortona, Cardiac Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton opera, Edmonton theatre, Nextfest 2025, Rising Sun Theatre, Teatro Live!, Theatre Network
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What’s next? Nextfest at 30: three decades of celebrating emerging artists
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Where did the time go? Yes, Edmonton’s innovative, free-wheeling cross-pollinating multi-disciplinary festival of emerging artists, is hitting the big 3-OH, all grown up and still asking “What’s next?” It’s the eve of the 2025 anniversary edition, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Nextfest 2025, Nextfest Arts Co., Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network
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Getting our Canadian stories, our voices, our dreams off the page and onto the stage: meet director Jan Selman
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You could call it “retirement.” After a quarter century at the U of A, in which she has directed every sort of play, taught acting and directing, encouraged young playwrights, commissioned new Canadian plays, sat on … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, ArtSpace Theatre, Catalyst Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Jabulani Arts Festival, Small Matters Productions, Studio Theatre, Theatre Network, U of A drama department, Workshop West
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A family haunting: Jupiter, Colleen Murphy’s new Canadian epic at Theatre Network. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “The future doesn’t happen ahead of time,” says a character in Jupiter, clinging to shards of hope for change. But the baleful grandeur, and dark vivid theatricality, of this new multi-generational family epic from the dauntless … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Colleen Murphy, Edmonton theatre, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network
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A family, a living room, a dog, and, yes, conflict! Colleen Murphy’s new play Jupiter premieres at Theatre Network
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The last time a Colleen Murphy play was onstage in this town, a Theatre Network production five years ago, the gore flew so enthusiastically that the front rows of the audience were equipped with splatter shields … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Arts Club Theatre Company, Colleen Murphy, Edmonton theatre, Theatre Network
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‘A wonder of an actor’: with the death of Julien Arnold, we’ve lost one of our best, and most loved, theatre artists
In honour of the late Julien Arnold, I’m re-posting my 12thnight tribute of Nov. 25. Thursday night at the Citadel (7:30 p.m. in the Maclab Theatre) we celebrate the life of this exceptional theatre artist. If you can’t make it … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlas Theatre Collective, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, Punctuate! Theatre, Teatro Live!, Theatre Network, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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2024: the year in Edmonton theatre, part 1
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In a chaotic, incoherent year in the world, live theatre, which has itself been under every kind of duress in 2024, stepped up to offer us other perspectives, other visions, characters on personal quests for meaning, … Continue reading
A holiday show update! There’s more, if you get your act together
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Release your inner elf, part two. An update! More holiday shows are opening this week. You’ve got a big choice on Edmonton stages, and your time, like Scrooge’s, is running low. •It’s A Wonderful Christmas Carol … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitol Theatre Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, Girl Brain, Grindstone Theatre, NUOVa Vocal Arts, Orange Hub, Rapid Fire Theatre, Straight Edge Theatre, Theatre Network, Thou Art Here Theatre, Varscona Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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