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How did we get here? the question, the cabaret, the new play, the anniversary production
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Consider for a moment the question that’s been asked — in every tone of voice, every degree of exasperation or relief, bemusement or amazement, wonder or perplexity — by every one of us, especially in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Conwitz Productions, Die-Nasty, Edmnton theatre, Foote in the Door Productions, Grindstone Theatre, Script Salon, Theatre Network, Varscona Theatre
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Excitement in a theatre town: you have to be there. Theatre possibilities this week
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca More proof, as if you needed any, that Edmonton is a theatre town: A week of exciting possibilities for your nights out. A Quebec thriller. A musical about the struggle to write a musical about the … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Previews
Tagged Cardiac Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Dad's Garage, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, In Arms Theatre Collective, Larry Reese, MacEwan University theatre arts, Metro Cinema, Rapid Fire Theatre, Script Salon, Theatre Network, Trinity Gallery, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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The dark glitter of a dream cruise on the River Styx: Pochsy IV. A new Karen Hines satire at Theatre Network. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s an unnerving glitter and queasy hilarity to the satire that launches the season at Theatre Network. “I dreamed you, I manifested you,” proposes the figure who appears before us — a tarnished angel? a wicked … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Calgary theatre, Edmonton theatre, High Performance Rodeo, Karen Hines, Mump and Smoot, Theatre Network
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Couch dwellers arise! It’s a crazy week in Edmonton theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s a week in Edmonton theatre that’s crazy with possibilities. Which is to say this is no time to be thinking of staying home, much less renewing your dibs on the couch. Two Edmonton theatres launch their … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Previews
Tagged Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Girl Brain, Karen Hines, Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Theatre Network, U of A Studio Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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She’s back! Karen Hines’s toxic pixie returns in Pochsy IV, to launch the Theatre Network season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca She’s back. We met Pochsy at the Fringe in 1992, a smudgy-eyed chalky-faced kewpie with a lethal mixture of charm and vitriol coursing through her veins — and that sweet Clara Bow smile. In Pochsy’s Lip … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, High Performance Rodeo, Karen Hines, Mump and Smoot, Theatre Network
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Play time! Prospects to intrigue you in the new season on Edmonton stages
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Answer Is Fringe, the 42nd annual edition of our giant summer theatre bash, with its 114,000 or so tickets sold, was a sign. Theatre is getting its groove back, after three hard years that have … Continue reading
Posted in Features, News/Views, Previews
Tagged Broadway Across Canada, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, L'UniThéâtre, MacEwan University theatre arts, Northern Light Theatre, Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes, Shadow Theatre, Teatro Live!, Theatre Network, Theatre Yes, U of A Studio Theatre, Varscona Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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More to think about at The Answer Is Fringe
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Answer Is Fringe, as Edmonton has known for 42 summers, even before we knew we knew that. Here are some further thoughts on what you might see at The Answer Is Fringe. Don’t be daunted … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2023, Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Affair of Honor, Cuban Movements Dance Academy, Dammitammy Productions, DogHeart Theatre, Edmonton Fringe 2023, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, stage combat, The Coldharts, Theatre Network, THEATrePUBLIC
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The season in Edmonton theatre, part 2
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2022-2023 in Edmonton theatre (post-Fringe) was the season of … … a new home: Rapid Fire Theatre, Edmonton’s longest-running improv comedy, moved into spiffy, beautifully located, new place in Strathcona, the Exchange on 83rd Ave. … … Continue reading
Posted in Features
Tagged AuTash Productions, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Expanse Festival, Gender? I Hardly Know Them, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre Company, Pyretic Productions, RISER 2023, Shadow Theatre, SOUND OFF Festival, Theatre Network, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Cosmic time-travelling into history: Black Alberta at Nextfest
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It started with history: the story of Black civil rights in Alberta, and leading players in a real-life narrative of which Albertans are woefully ignorant. And from that writer/historian Bashir Mohamed has opened a door into … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alberta black history, Edmonton theatre, Nextfest 2023, Nextfest Arts Company, Roxy Theatre, Theatre Network
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