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The Look, from Northern Light: “for the many women you are.” A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s not enough to have the look, the former face of Estelle Cosmetics tells her audience of trainees, emphatically, near the outset of The Look. “You have to live the look.” Which is exactly what Marilyn … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, streaming theatre, Trevor Schmidt
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We Had A Girl Before You: what happened to her? A new Gothic thriller opens the Northern Light season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca O no O no…. Don’t look through that keyhole. And don’t open that door. Trevor Schmidt’s new gothic thriller looks through that keyhole, and opens that door (and the Northern Light Theatre season), Friday. In We … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Fringe theatre, gothic thrillers, Guys in Disguise, Northern Light Theatre, Trevor Schmidt, Westbury Theatre
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And back at the castle: a radio play version of Guys in Disguise’s Dragula
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It sounds like a sublime punchline: a drag show, in all its be-wigged glam-frocked glory, as a radio play? True, there’s a certain captivating perversity about the Guys in Disguise revival of their hit Fringe show … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Darrin Hagen, Edmonton theatre, Guys in Disguise, radio plays, Trevor Schmidt
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Bring on the women: Northern Light Theatre’s 45th anniversary season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s a certain wincing irony attached to cancelling the run of a play called Confessions of a Reluctant Caregiver, to be sure. And that’s what happened, sadly, in the case of Northern Light Theatre’s season finale, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, 2020-2021 season, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Trevor Schmidt
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The modest dreams of the grocery cashier: Check Me Out, a Fringe review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Check Me Out (Stage 15, Holy Trinity Anglican Church) In his new comedy, premiering in a NextGen Theatre production, Trevor Schmidt, who has written so often and so well for women, sets about capturing the dynamics … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2019, Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe 2019, Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, NextGen Theatre, Trevor Schmidt
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A new Ellen Chorley play is the centrepiece of the upcoming Northern Light season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The centrepiece of Northern Light Theatre’s upcoming season, announced Saturday, is a new play by one of Edmonton’s most unusual artists. Ellen Chorley, the director of Nextfest since 2016, is an award-winning playwright, actor, director, dramaturg, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Ellen Chorley, Northern Light Theatre, Trevor Schmidt
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The Cardiac Shadow, a multi-disciplinary exploration of human resilience at Northern Light
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “We were the thermometers of these men. The mercury was in our veins, rising and falling with every heartbeat. Our bodies measured the temperature of death.” The Cardiac Shadow, Clay McLeod Chapman In the play the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Ravensbruck concentration camp, The Good Women Dance Collective, Trevor Schmidt
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A great leap forward, by excavating the past: Origin of the Species opens the NLT season. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Archaeology, says an elderly member of that profession in Origin of the Species, is “simply knowing where to look.” It would seem to have that at least in common with theatre, judging by the mysterious discoveries … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Bryony Lavery, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Studio Theatre, Trevor Schmidt
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The dystopian vision of Trevor Schmidt: a new season at Northern Light Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Frankly, I’ve always been more interested in women’s stories than men’s,” says Trevor Schmidt, his dander up on a break last week from rehearsals for Origin of the Species. The highly unusual feminist two-hander comedy by … Continue reading
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Tagged Bryony Lavery, Clay McLeod Chapman, Edmonton theatre, Emily Steel, Good Women Dance Collective, Northern Light Theatre, Trevor Schmidt
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