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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
Posted in News/Views, Previews
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
Posted in Previews
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
Posted in Features, Previews
Tagged Bryony Lavery, Clay McLeod Chapman, Edmonton theatre, Emily Steel, Good Women Dance Collective, Northern Light Theatre, Trevor Schmidt
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Put on your bridal face. Don’t Frown At The Gown, a Fringe review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Don’t Frown At The Gown (Stage 12, Varscona Theatre) A monster mother stands like a Colossus (in size 13 pumps) astride the latest from Guys in Disguise, Don’t Frown At The Gown, by the team of … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2018, Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Darrin Hagen, Edmonton Fringe reviews, Edmonton Fringe Theatre Festival 2018, Guys in Disguise, Trevor Schmidt
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“Is it possible I just like sex?” Slut, at Northern Light Theatre: a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca S. L. U. T. The funniest set design of the season — and the only one (to my knowledge) that actually engages in smart-ass repartee with the character onstage — is to be found in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Brenda McFarlane, Edmonton theatre, Michelle Todd, Northern Light Theatre, PCL Studio Theatre, Trevor Schmidt
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Puck Bunnies: a guest Fringe review by Marc Horton
Puck Bunnies (Stage 12, Varscona Theatre) By Marc Horton Do not confuse a puck bunny with a buckle bunny. The former is sexually obsessed with hockey players while the latter feels the same way about rodeo cowboys. Badge bunnies want to … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2017, Uncategorized
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Darrin Hagen, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Edmonton theatre, Guys in Disguise, Jason Hardwick, Trevor Schmidt
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The Virgin, The Whore, Something In between: Northern Light announces a new season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Next season Northern Light Theatre and L’UniThéâtre will share the premiere of a new play by Edmonton’s Cat Walsh, a playwright who specializes in the dark-unto-macabre end of the comedy spectrum. Trevor Schmidt’s production of Do … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Brenda McFarlane, Cat Walsh, Colm Tóibín, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Trevor Schmidt
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