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Knock knock who’s there? Nora’s back, A Doll’s House Part 2
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “And it’s crucial there be a door. A very prominent door to the outside….” playwright stage directions, A Doll’s House Part 2 by Lucas Hnath It’s the door that Nora Helmer slammed as she walks out … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Azimuth Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, MacEwan University theatre arts, Moment Discovery, RBC Horizon Emerging Artist Program, Varscona Theatre, Wild Side Productions
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Teatro Live! new season, new calendar, new name
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Ya turn 40, ya make changes…. Teatro La Quindicina goes into its new decade with a newly streamlined moniker (with a built-in exclamation point), a new logo, a new and Fringe-less yearly calendar, and an expanding … Continue reading
Posted in News/Views
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Stewart Lemoine, Teatro Live!, Varscona Theatre
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And there’s more … Fringe holdovers next week in two locations
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Oh no, it’s true. The Fringe ends Sunday. But if your GPS went wonky and you haven’t managed to arrive at Destination Fringe yet, or your might-have-seen’s haven’t quite materialized, regrets are premature. You’ve had a … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2022, News/Views
Tagged Edmonton Fringe 2022, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, Grindstone Comedy Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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Madcap and moving: The Margin of the Sky from Teatro, a Fringe review
The Margin of the Sky (Stage 11, Varscona Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s somehow fitting that this 2003 Stewart Lemoine comedy about the mystery of inspiration and creation is revived by Teatro La Quindicina as the finale of their … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2022, Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe 2022, Edmonton Fringe reviews, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, Teatro La Quindicina, Varscona Theatre
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The marriage of drag and theatre: Guys in Disguise celebrates 35 years at the Fringe
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “You do know this is a theatre festival, right? You can’t just do a drag show….” Words that would have a major impact on the civic culture and the theatre scene in this town. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2022, Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, drag theatre, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, Edmonton theatre, Guys in Disguise, queer theatre, Theatre Network, Varscona Theatre
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We are approaching our Destination: Fringe tickets go on sale today at noon
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s been a long pandemical journey — uphill, full of stops and re-starts and detours, on a bumpy road, with skimpy signage, in the dark. Sometimes it seemed as if we’d never get there; sometimes we … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Fringe 2022, News/Views
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, Edmonton theatre, Garneau Theatre, Grindstone Comedy Theatre, KidsFringe, La Cité francophone, péhonán, Theatre Network, Varscona Theatre
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Four decades of playing without a script: the Rapid Fire Theatre story is now a book
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The thing you’ve just got to love about Rapid Fire Theatre is that everything that makes you anxious (if not out and out crazy) in life is delightful to them. It’s their high-octane fuel, their motivation, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton improv, Edmonton theatre, Patti Stiles, Rapid Fire Theatre, Theatre Network, Varscona Theatre
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The dismantling of decorum: A Grand Time in the Rapids, an ingenious Teatro farce
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A newcomer — a properly composed English lady, in high heels and a frock — explains at the outset of A Grand Time in the Rapids that she’s crossed the Atlantic and come to Grand Rapids, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, farce, Stewart Lemoine, Teatro La Quindicina, Varscona 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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A comedy thriller with a Wagnerian reverb: Evelyn Strange at Teatro, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A beautiful amnesiac in a trench coat finds herself in a grand tier box at the Met c. 1955, sitting through a performance of Wagner’s five-hour Siegfried. She needs time to think and, hey, The Ring … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Stewart Lemoine, Teatro La Quindicina, Varscona Theatre
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