Tag Archives: Uniform Theatre

Tips for your final weekend fling with Fringe Unforgettable

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Fringe Unforgettable goes into its final weekend with news as sunny as the weather’s supposed to be. Mid-week, the 45th annual edition of our mighty summer theatre bash had sold 4,500 more tickets to its 209 … Continue reading

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Capturing the moment, and leaving the story to you: the fascinating strangeness of ’35mm: a musical exhibition’. A Fringe review

35mm: A Musical Exhibition (Stage 36, ArtsHub Ortona) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In “Stop Time,” the opening number in 35mm: a musical exhibition, the five-member Uniform Theatre ensemble directed by Jim Guedo sings of the capture of a moment in … Continue reading

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What to see at ‘Fringe Unforgettable’. A little survey of intriguing shows just to get you started. A venture into the as-yet-unseen

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Things are about to get a whole lot more exciting in these parts.  In one week, the Fringe is back, with a 45th annual edition. And the 209-show playground of Fringe Unforgettable is open for you … Continue reading

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Intermission’s over! Act II of the theatre season, and 10 shows too intriguing to miss

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Intermission’s over, and Act II of the theatre season is about to begin. Your nights out at the theatre are in progress. Rehearsals are happening in theatres across town. At Shadow (opening Jan. 22) Michael Peng … Continue reading

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Edmonton, it’s time to play: here are 10 intriguing prospects in the upcoming theatre season

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Hey Edmonton, it’s time to come out and play.    As always our mighty summer Fringe is the tip off. And the 44th annual edition sold a spirit-lifting 140,000-plus tickets to its 221 shows, hinting at … Continue reading

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‘Everybody has a right to their dreams’: Sondheim’s Assassins, a Fringe review

Assassins (Stage 36, ArtsHub Ortona) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “All you have to do is move your little finger and you can change the world,” sings the disaffected actor John Wilkes Booth in Assassins. And he did just that in … Continue reading

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Fringe Full of Stars: further thoughts from 12thnight on how to get intrigued, and what to see

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Starting Thursday you have the fun of launching yourself into the galaxy of Fringe Full of Stars, the 44th annual edition of the oldest and biggest of the continent’s Fringes (and the prototype for the rest). … Continue reading

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And the 2022-2023 Sterling Awards go to …

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The season on Edmonton stages was toasted live and in person Monday night at the 35th annual Sterling Awards gala, for the first time at Edmonton Fringe Theatre headquarters — directed by Kate Ryan and hosted … Continue reading

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It’s beginning to look a lot like … and other weekend possibilities on Edmonton stages

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca We’ll start with things of a wintry, possibly Yule-ish, tinge, and their antidotes. •If you’ve already had it up to here with the fa-la-la’s even though you’re still eating crappy leftover Halloween candy … If the … Continue reading

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