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What makes the theatre magical? An Oak Tree at Theatre Yes, a preview
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There is nothing predictable, run-of-the-mill (or run-of-deMille for that matter) about the Theatre Yes production that opens a short run Wednesday. Just for starters, An Oak Tree happens in a venue where you’ve probably never seen … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, The Aviary, Theatre Yes, Tim Crouch
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Intermission’s over, take your seats: Act II of the theatre season is about to begin (prospects to intrigue you).
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Wait…. There’s more. Act II of the theatre season is about to begin. And rehearsals are underway all over town. Goblin: Macbeth, a Spontaneous Theatre Creation, starts previews next week in the Citadel’s Highwire Series. How … Continue reading
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Tagged Citadel Theatre, Common Ground Arts Society, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, MacEwan University theatre arts, Mayfield Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, NUOVa Vocal Arts, Shadow Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Spontaneous Theatre Creation, Teatro Live!, Theatre Yes, U of A drama department, Varscona Theatre, 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
Onstage in Edmonton this weekend, choices! A survey
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Your biggest problem this weekend in this theatre town is … choice. That, and the moment of truth for procrastinators. And the possibilities are high-contrast, to put it mildly, from companies of every size, aesthetic, and … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Rapid Fire Theatre, Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes, Theatre Network, Theatre Yes
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On the dark side of the fine art of storytelling: The Pillowman at Theatre Yes, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s a hooded figure, head bowed, waiting for us in a grim basement downtown. It’s a mysterious place we’ve never been before, and, ominously, it’s lined with plastic. Uh-oh. With Martin McDonagh’s 2003 The Pillowman, Theatre … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Martin McDonagh, Pendennis Building, Theatre Yes
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On the frontier between hilarity and horror: Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman at Theatre Yes, a preview
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Get your shudder muscles ready, Edmonton, for the (very) black and disturbing comedy that opens Thursday in a production from Theatre Yes. As in Yes, The Pillowman is coming for you. The 2003 play by the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Martin McDonagh, Theatre Yes
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What’s up, Edmonton? Act II of the theatre season is about to begin
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Lights up, Edmonton. Take your seats, friends; intermission is over. And Act II of the theatre season is about to begin. The tip-off? Next week, Farren Timoteo’s terrific (and much-travelled solo show Made In Italy returns … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, L'UniThéâtre, MacEwan University theatre arts, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre, Shadow Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Small Matters Productions, Teatro Live!, Theatre Network, Theatre Yes
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2023: The year in Edmonton theatre, part 2
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2023 (part 2). Here’s a small assortment (in no particular order) of highlights — moments, performances, bright ideas, experiences — of the year of live theatre on Edmonton stages. Home sweet home. 2023 was the year.… … Continue reading
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Tagged Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, In Arms Collective, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Punctuate! Theatre, RISER 2023, Shadow Theatre, Teatro Live!, Theatre Network, Theatre Yes, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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2023: The year in Edmonton theatre, part 1, the play’s the thing
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2023. It was the year a small Edmonton theatre company with new artistic directors and an affirmative declaration for a name, devised an original way to remind us of the remarkable breadth of the performance scene … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, In Arms Collective, Northern Light Theatre, Punctuate! Theatre, Teatro Live!, Theatre Network, Theatre Yes, U of A Studio Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Fun (really!) with Hamlet: The Play’s The Thing, an inspired Theatre Yes 2-night production
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Well, THAT was fun!. A word that is only rarely (I need hardly remind you) applied to productions of Hamlet. The first night of The Play’s The Thing, Theatre Yes’s two-night production of Shakespeare’s longest, most … Continue reading
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Tagged Batrabbit Collective, Catalyst Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, Guys in Disguise, L'UniThéâtre, Marv 'N Berry, Rapid Fire Theatre, Ready Go, Shadow Theatre, Theatre Yes, Workshop West
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