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The dizzying optic of All The Little Animals I Have Eaten, a new Karen Hines satire at Shadow. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You won’t have seen anything quite like All The Small Animals I Have Eaten, the play that’s now running in the Shadow Theatre season. And because it’s by Karen Hines, a brilliant original of a satirist, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, High Performance Rodeo, Karen Hines, One Yellow Rabbit, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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All The Little Animals I Have Eaten: a carnivorous Karen Hines satire, at Shadow Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca My name is Frankie, and I will be your server tonight…. All The Little Animals I Have Eaten, the dark and intricate Karen Hines comedy that unsheaths its cutlery tonight at Shadow Theatre takes us to … Continue reading
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Tagged Edmonton theatre, High Performance Rodeo, Karen Hines, Mump and Smoot, One Yellow Rabbit, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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Getting the jump on time: Love Is For Poor People and The Exquisite Hour, a Lemoine double-bill at Teatro Live!
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “So, tonight we’re going to be remembering my glorious future….” declares the glamorous and worldly star ‘Her’ we meet in Love Is For Poor People. In the new Stewart Lemoine that premieres Friday as half of … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Stewart Lemoine, Teatro Live!, Varscona Theatre
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Judy Unwin: curious, feisty, fun, and tirelessly passionate about theatre. A big loss for Edmonton theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Hi. It’s me, Judy. Listen, I’m at the theatre; I’ll meet you there….” She was outspoken, opinionated, generous, and funny — an artist herself who stood up fiercely and in all kinds of ways for live … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Varscona Theatre, Walterdale Theatre
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Fresh Hell: Career women Joan of Arc and Dorothy Parker hit the stage together (really!) in a new Conni Massing play
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The new play that premieres in the Shadow Theatre season this week has a premise that’s bound to make you smile. Conni Massing’s Fresh Hell brings together on one stage two women who not only didn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Conni Massing, Dorothy Parker, Edmonton theatre, Joan of Arc, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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Sad news in Edmonton theatre: Judy Unwin, a theatre pioneer with the public service gene, is gone
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca At the start of the new year, there’s very sad news today in Edmonton theatre. With the untimely death, at 76, of Judy Unwin, we’ve lost a bona fide arts pioneer, a public-spirited artist who played … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Sterling Awards, Varscona Theatre, Walterdale Theatre
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Wait, there’s more…. Act II of the theatre season is about to begin
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Stay tuned; face forward. There’s more! Intermission’s over, my friends, and Act II of the Edmonton theatre season is about to begin. Freaky Green Eyes, Emma Houghton’s original adaptation of the Joyce Carol Oates novel, premieres … Continue reading
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Tagged Citadel Theatre, Common Ground Arts Society, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Ground Zero Productions, Invisible Practice, Nextfest, Northern Light Theatre, Punctuate! Theatre, RISER Edmonton, Shadow Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Teatro Live!, Theatre Network, Theatre Yes, Thou Art Here Theatre, Varscona Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Two sparring playwrights in a vintage thriller: Deathtrap opens the Teatro Live! season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The twisty comedy thriller that opens the Teatro season on the Varscona stage Friday is a classic, Ira Levin’s vintage 1978 Broadway hit Deathtrap. But the production that launches the Teatro La Quindicina of old into … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, comedy thrillers, Deathtrap, Edmonton theatre, Teatro Live!, Varscona Theatre
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Face the dusk: off the couch everyone, and into the theatre this weekend
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Our outdoor colour scheme has gone monochromatic; something weird has happened to the evening lighting. There is an obvious fix: face the gathering darkness, arise from the couch and go to the theatre. There’s been a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Concordia University, Edmonton theatre, GAL Productions, Hit & Myth, Mayfield Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Thousand Faces Festival, Varscona Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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Love takes us backstage at a kids’ TV show: Die-Nasty lathers up for a new season of Monday night episodes
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Suds alert: We’re backstage at DNTV, a television studio where tensions are on red alert and the real drama happens in this age of streaming. TV executives, actors both human and puppet, camera people, script writers … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Die-Nasty, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton improv, Edmonton theatre, Varscona Theatre
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