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Let the experts make you laugh: TEDxRFT, a guest 12thnight Fringe review by Todd Babiak
TEDxRFT(Stage 11, Nordic Studio Theatre) A TED talk, if you have escaped the phenomenon, is an opportunity for someone who knows a lot about something to talk about it for twenty minutes, usually without notes, usually with slides. These are … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Festival 2018, Edmonton Fringe reviews, Julian Faid, Kory Mathewson, Rapid Fire Theatre, TED, TEDxRFT, Todd Babiak
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A gentle, playful musical folktale for little kids: Fossegrim & Nøkk, a guest 12thnight Fringe review by Todd Babiak
Fossegrim & Nøkk (Stage 6, Strathcona Community League) An adventurous little girl named Saga is burdened by an unadventurous mother. All Saga can do is sing to herself, at night, about the magical world outside her bedroom window. Until a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alberta Opera, Edmonton Fringe Festival 2018, Edmonton Fringe reviews, Leif Ingebrigtsen, Megan Dart, Sierra Noble, Todd Babiak
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“Ludicrously entertaining” and at the heart of Fringehood: Gordon’s Big Bald Head, a guest 12thnight Fringe review by Todd Babiak
Gordon’s Big Bald Head: New World Hors d’oeuvres (Stage 12, Nordic Studio Theatre) It’s mysterious why Edmonton and its promotional machines have not sold the Fringe Festival more passionately outside the city’s borders. This local invention is the biggest and … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Festival 2018, Edmonton Fringe reviews, Gordon's Big Bald Head, improv comedy, Todd Babiak
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Fun in roommate hell: Terms and Conditions, a guest 12thnight Fringe review by Todd Babiak
Terms & Conditions (Stage 18, Sugar Swing Ballroom — Main Floor) It is terribly awkward to move in with a stranger. They don’t have the same taste in music, the same interest in cleaning, the same attitude toward houseplants. We … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Festival 2018, Terms and Conditions, Todd Babiak
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The weird world of WASP: A 2thnight Fringe guest review by Todd Babiak
WASP (Stage 5, King Edward Elementary School) By Todd Babiak The white protestant family has a lot to answer for and much of it is on display in WASP, Steve Martin’s 1990s take on the 1950s. Dad is cruel, sexist, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Festival 2018, Le Fixe, Michael Bradley, Steve Martin, Todd Babiak, WASP
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With Glowing Hearts: uncorseting Canadian feminist history. A guest Fringe review by Todd Babiak
With Glowing Hearts: A Canadian Burlesque Revue (Stage 22, Garneau Theatre) by Todd Babiak Nellie McClung, played by Ellen Chorley, is a hyper-aware woman. Yes, she helped change the lives of millions of women in Canada and around the world. … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2017
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Edmonton Grads, Edmonton theatre, Ellen Chorley, Klondike Kate, Laura Secord, Roberta Bondar, Send in the Girls Burlesque, Todd Babiak
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Fringe guest review: Beau and Aero: Crash Landing
Beau & Aero: Crash Landing (Stage 3, Walterdale Theatre) by Todd Babiak An airplane crashes on the stage. Beau (David Cantor) helps his co-pilot Aero (Amica Hunter) to her feet and they do what any incompetent aviators would do. They … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2017
Tagged 12thnight.ca, A Little Bit Off, Beau and Aero, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Todd Babiak
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Fringe review: My Love Lies Frozen In The Ice
My Love Lies Frozen in the Ice (Stage 3, Walterdale Theatre) by Todd Babiak Of all the stories to bring to life on a small stage consider this one: it is 1897 and Salomon Andrée is off to the North … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2017
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Dead Rabbits Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Todd Babiak
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For kids and the people they take to the Fringe: Onions and Garlic. A guest Fringe review by Todd Babiak and his daughters
By Todd Babiak (with help from his daughters, Avia and Esmé Onions and Garlic (Stage 11, Studio Theatre) It isn’t easy to be an onion seller in a town full of onions. Our hero pushes his cart of aromatic root … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2017
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Celia Taylor, children's theatre, Dave Clarke, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Edmonton theatre, Empress of Blandings, Paula Simons, Todd Babiak, Yiddish folk tales
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