Tag Archives: Theatre Network

Couch dwellers arise! It’s a crazy week in Edmonton theatre

Posted on October 18, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

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 →

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She’s back! Karen Hines’s toxic pixie returns in Pochsy IV, to launch the Theatre Network season

Posted on October 14, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

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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Play time! Prospects to intrigue you in the new season on Edmonton stages

Posted on September 5, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

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 →

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More to think about at The Answer Is Fringe

Posted on August 15, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

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 →

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The season in Edmonton theatre, part 2

Posted on June 20, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

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 →

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A cabaret, an opera, a comedy, thriller, a festival: yup, a weekend of theatre in Edmonton

Posted on June 9, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca For your weekend entertainment, Edmonton theatres are standing by, and you shouldn’t miss your chance. You could experience … … the reinvention of cabaret. For one thing, there’s nothing like getting the scoop first-hand. In his … Continue reading →

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Cosmic time-travelling into history: Black Alberta at Nextfest

Posted on June 8, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

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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African mythology and the immigrant experience: meet the creator of Hyena’s Trail at Nextfest

Posted on June 6, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca For every hyena in the world there’s a witch. It’s a uneasy pairing that powers a new play premiering at Nextfest 2023. At the centre of Hyena’s Trail, by actor-turned-playwright Kijo Gatama, are dark, powerful, mischievous … Continue reading →

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How do you change people’s minds? In She/They Nextfest playwright Madi May wants to know

Posted on June 5, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The thorny question of how you change people’s minds is at the heart of a new comedy about serious things, premiering on the Nextfest 2023 mainstage. In She/They, a famed feminist author, cancelled and doxed, and … Continue reading →

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What is a guilty pleasure anyhow? Is it bad to like popular things? Meet the creators of (Taylor’s Version) at Nextfest

Posted on June 3, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Anyone who’s ever looked a bit furtive while ordering a pumpkin spice latte knows this: you don’t get credit for liking what’s popular or ‘girly’. Au contraire. Cayley Wreggit and Samantha Ketsa, the engaging Calgary-based creators … Continue reading →

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