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The Citadel announces its upcoming season of nine shows: here’s the lineup
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Opportunities for people to make theatre part of their lives again!” That’s the mantra under which Citadel Theatre artistic director Daryl Cloran unveiled the upcoming $13 million 2023-2024 lineup Monday night at Edmonton’s largest playhouse. “Our … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe, Edmonton theatre, Royal Manitobe Theatre Centre, Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, Vancouver Arts Club Theatre
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Doors will slam, towels will drop: Farren Timoteo goes farcical in A Grand Time in the Rapids at Teatro La Quindicina
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I love watching actors work hard,” says Farren Timoteo. “It’s one of my favourite things about theatre. I love it when you see them changing too much, running around too much, negotiating crazy entrances and exits … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alberta Musical Theatre Company, Edmonton theatre, farce, Stewart Lemoine, Teatro La Quindicina, Vancouver Arts Club Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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Shoring up the world against cosmic chaos: the fun of Peter Pan Goes Wrong, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “All the world is made of faith and trust and pixie dust.” True, J.M. Barrie, the creator of the boy who wouldn’t grow up, was not actually alluding to the world of live theatre in this … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Mischief Theatre, Peter Pan, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Vancouver Arts Club Theatre
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Making Mischief (and laughter) en route to Neverland: Peter Pan Goes Wrong at the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Funny how people laugh out loud (and maybe wince a little) when you casually mention the title of the production that arrives on and above the Citadel mainstage starting Thursday. Peter Pan Goes Wrong, after all, … Continue reading
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Tagged Citadel Theatre, Die-Nasty, Edmonton theatre, improv comedy, Improvaganza, Mischief Theatre, Peter Pan, Rapid Fire Theatre, Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, Soap-A-Thon, Vancouver Arts Club Theatre
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The comedy of excavation: Hiraeth at the Varscona in a Bright Young Things production. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In a visceral way, there’s nothing more gut-wrenching than hope. It puts your dreams into a never-ending spin cycle. You can’t get a grip on grief, or heartbreak. You can’t even grab onto sadness properly, much … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Bright Young Things, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Vancouver Arts Club Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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Finding comedy in deep places: Hiraeth premieres in a Bright Young Things production
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The play that premieres Friday on the Varscona stage in a Bright Young Things production, is a test case of sorts for the uncanny way comedy gets a special access pass to the deepest, most serious … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Bright Young Things, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Rachel Peake, Teatro La Quindicina, Vancouver Arts Club Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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A real live in-person season at the Citadel, starting this summer. The Citadel welcomes audiences back to the big brick playhouse
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca And they’re back live —starting small in August and getting bigger — in a real live in-person season. At a well-named online Happy Hour Thursday, Citadel artistic director Daryl Cloran announced a big line-up of 10 … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Collider Festival, Edmonton theatre, Horizon Series, Mischief Theatre, National Arts Centre Indigenous Theatre, Obsidian Theatre, Tarragon Theatre, Vancouver Arts Club Theatre
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Looking to the future: the Citadel moves its season to 2021
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight “I used to be the good news guy,” sighs Daryl Cloran. “I got to call people to tell them ‘hey we’re gonna do your show’ and ‘hey, you’re in the cast’….” COVID has changed all that. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alberta phase 2, Citadel Theatre, Citadel [esc] series, Daryl Cloran, Dreamspeakers Film Festival, Edmonton theatre, Punctuate! Theatre, Stuck-In-The-House Series, Vancouver Arts Club Theatre
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The strangest of seasons: a truncated year on Edmonton stages in Sterling Award nominations
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Two high-contrast shows, one a subterranean prairie slow-burn tragedy and the other a riotous blood-spattered revenge comedy of the Shakespearean persuasion, proved the top choices of jurors as the 33rd annual Sterling Award nominations were announced … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Blarney Productions, Catalyst Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards, Northern Light Theatre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Shadow Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Sterling Award nominations, Theatre Network, Vancouver Arts Club Theatre, Vena Amoris, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre, You Are Here Theatre
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Are you Stuck-In-The House? The Citadel can help with that (an update from E-town’s biggest theatre)
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca True, you can’t show up for a live in-person experience at the theatre. But Edmonton’s largest theatre company invites you to share the work of our impressive talent pool of local artists anyway — in your … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Edmonton theatre closures, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Stuck-In-The-House Series, The Garneau Block, Vancouver Arts Club Theatre
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