Tag Archives: Twelfth Night

You’ve got the music in you: a joyful new Twelfth Night at Freewill Shakespeare Festival

Posted on August 12, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “O spirit of love! How quick and fresh art thou,” declares a love-struck Duke, glancing heavenward in the early moments of Twelfth Night, the first of the two alternating plays (along with Romeo and Juliet) in … Continue reading →

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The Freewill Shakespeare Festival’s new home for the summer: a vintage spiegeltent at Edmonton EXPO Centre

Posted on April 24, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca For their resident playwright, it’s the big 4-5-9. For the Freewill Shakespeare Festival, it’s season 34, and full of mid-play dramatic developments. Evicted from their home stage by the lunatic City plan of a three-YEAR closure … Continue reading →

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12thnight goes to Twelfth Night: a review

Posted on January 7, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Wonder and confusion, sadness and joy, thread their way through a comedy that’s always catching you a little off-guard, like the post-Christmas (hangover) season of the year itself. So in a way, the built-in contradictions of … Continue reading →

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From melancholy to mirth: The Malachites are back with Twelfth Night

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “What country, friends, is this?” This is Canada, lady — as someone in these parts might have informed Viola, the shipwrecked heroine of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night who asks the question near the outset. But The Malachites … Continue reading →

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