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The impossible, pulled off brilliantly: Gordon’s Big Bald Head in MasterThief Theatre, a Fringe review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Gordon’s Big Bald Head: MasterThief Theatre (Varscona Theatre) If there ever was a way to celebrate the return of live fringing to our summer — and simultaneously gloat that Edmonton has something no one else has … Continue reading
The body-shaming knot unravelled, in a cunning little play: Woman Caught Unaware, a Fringe review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Woman Caught Unaware (Varscona Theatre) In this surprising, cunningly written little 2018 play by the Brit writer Annie Fox, an older woman (a woman of a certain age, the delicate way of saying over 50 and … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2021, Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Annie Fox, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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It’s Fringe Eve, the moment to consider intriguing prospects in a year to experiment
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s Fringe Eve (the night the green onion fairy leaves a special stay-awake pill under your pillow). And lordie lordie, our giant summer alternative theatre extravaganza is turning 40. The big four-oh? During a pandemic? A … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2021, Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton Fringe 2021, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, Frent Collective, Garneau Theatre, Grindstone Theatre, MAA and PAA Theatre, Old Strathcona, péhonán, Rapid Fire Theatre, Varscona Theatre, Whizgiggling Productions
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Thoughts on the Plain Janes’ Scenes From The Sidewalk the sequel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You have to hand it to the catastrophe that is the pandemic: it’s impossible now to take for granted the “live” in live theatre. “Going out to the theatre,” a phrase to be tossed off expectantly … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton Musical Theatre, Edmonton theatre, MacEwan University, The Plain Jane Theatre Company, Varscona Theatre
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Teatro La Quindicina’s 2021 summer season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It being summer (to put it mildly), and Teatro La Quindicina’s particular time of year par excellence, the company is back in rehearsal. Yes, real actors in an actual theatre, the Varscona in Strathcona. “And it … Continue reading
Posted in News/Views, Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Stewart Lemoine, Teatro La Quindicina, Varscona Theatre
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And they’re back live in 2022: Shadow announces a live season for January
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Seasons announced and un-announced and re-announced (with modifications); shows scheduled and delayed, cancelled and pivoted…. The story of Edmonton theatres for the last 14 months is a narrative of optimism up against caution. As the Shadow … Continue reading
Posted in News/Views
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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‘Questions that make the house shake with silence’: Something Unspoken streamed at Northern Light. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Northern Light Theatre’s exquisite little streamed version of Something Unspoken, a rarely produced Tennessee Williams’ one-act from the ‘50s, is a bit like a whisper in a bubble. Breathe too hard and it will vanish. In … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Tennessee Williams, Varscona Theatre
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A theatre to-do list for the week, including a bread and circus combo, kid stuff, costume and video installations, shows to stream
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In week ten thousand of the pandemic, before you actually melt into Netflix and disappear, clicker in hand, put a couple of suggestions on your theatre to-do list. The word ‘fun’ does not go amiss, I … Continue reading
Posted in News/Views
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Catalyst Theatre, Chris Dodd, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Firefly Theatre and Circus, International Children's Festival, Leona Brausen, National Arts Centre, U of A drama department, Varscona Theatre
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A relationship between the lines: Something Unspoken, streamed by Northern Light Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “It’s just that I feel that there’s something unspoken between us that ought to be spoken….” — Something Unspoken, Tennessee Williams The 1950s Tennessee Williams one-act play that opens online Friday — the … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Tennessee Williams, Varscona Theatre
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Dressing the stars: a star designer. Leona Brausen creates stroll-by theatre in a costume installation at the Varscona
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca So what do wealthy socialites wear to dinner parties in ‘30s Budapest anyhow? Or to auctions in ’20s upstate New York? Breezy playboys in ‘50s Manhattan with their pleated trousers, worn high and sharp like their … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnigh.ca, costume design, Edmonton theatre, Leona Brausen, Teatro La Quindiina, Varscona Theatre, Viola Desmond
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