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A good night’s sleep and A Fit, Happy Life, Teatro’s third filmed production. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “It’s what I do! It’s what I love!” declares a man in earnest defence of the job that is his chosen career and his avocation. Mike Brack (Mathew Hulshof) is an expert in the field of … Continue reading
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And behind the door … a stranger. A Second Round of Seconds, Lost Lemoine part 2 at Teatro. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Anyone unalterably convinced that a life of celibacy is much to be preferred to a blind date with a stranger should probably avoid Lost Lemoine Part 2: A Second Round of Seconds at all costs. On … Continue reading
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Fun on film: Lost Lemoine Part 1 opens the Teatro season. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “You aren’t a very interesting patient,” says the psychiatrist (Mark Meer) to the imperturbable woman on the consultation couch (Jocelyn Ahlf) in The Crazy Woman, one of the six short plays in the Lost Lemoine Part … Continue reading
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Teatro’s screen debut: three streamed productions launch the 2021 season, the fourth is live
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca For the first time ever, Teatro La Quindicina launches a summer season, its 39th, with a live gala screening. This is happening in a real theatre (the Varscona) — with real opening night snacks and drinks, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Stewart Lemoine, Teatro La Quindicina, Varscona Theatre
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The killer comedy of Die-Nasty, a Fringe review (or thought for the day or discussion point or whatever)
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Die-Nasty (Varscona Theatre) Well, this is a bit awkward. I finally caught up mid-week with Die-Nasty, the improvised serial soap with the late-night Fringe edition that’s actually set at the Fringe and about the Fringe (and … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Die-Nasty, Edmonton Fringe 2021, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton improv, Varscona Theatre
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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
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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
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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
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton Musical Theatre, Edmonton theatre, MacEwan University, The Plain Jane Theatre Company, Varscona Theatre
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