-
Search
Patreon
Categories
Tag Archives: Varscona Theatre
Artists need champions: After Mourning – Before Van Gogh at Shadow Theatre. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca After Mourning – Before Van Gogh, a new play by Michael Czuba premiering in the Shadow Theatre season, sets itself a fascinating challenge. It takes us behind the thick paint, the distinctive brushstrokes, the glowing light and … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Shadow Theatre, Van Gogh, Varscona Theatre
Comments Off on Artists need champions: After Mourning – Before Van Gogh at Shadow Theatre. A review.
From the shadows of history into light: Michael Czuba’s After Mourning – Before Van Gogh premieres at Shadow Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I have never heard of her…. This has to be a play.” That’s the thought, inspired by the History Channel series Raiders of the Lost Art, that piqued the curiosity of playwright Michael Czuba in 2018. … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Michael Czuba, Shadow Theatre, Van Gogh, Varscona Theatre
Comments Off on From the shadows of history into light: Michael Czuba’s After Mourning – Before Van Gogh premieres at Shadow Theatre
Teatro Live introduces a younger generation of stars (and Hungarian street snacks) in The Noon Witch. Meet Eli Yaschuk.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Thirty years ago, Teatro La Quindicina audiences caught sight of a highly idiosyncratic witch who preferred sunlight to night time, and lured men to their watery death with caloric fatty snacks so they sink. Playwright Stewart … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, MacEwan University theatre arts, Stewart Lemoine, Teatro Live!, Varscona Theatre
Comments Off on Teatro Live introduces a younger generation of stars (and Hungarian street snacks) in The Noon Witch. Meet Eli Yaschuk.
The theatre of big questions: playwright Mick Gordon talks about Bea, his most produced play, in this preview
By Liz NIcholls, 12thnight.ca “Death,” says the pleasant Irish voice on the phone from across the Atlantic, “is the great unifier.” The voice belongs to the much-awarded Northern Ireland writer/director Mick Gordon, whose his most-performed play Bea is now running … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Varscona Theatre
Comments Off on The theatre of big questions: playwright Mick Gordon talks about Bea, his most produced play, in this preview
Intermission’s over, take your seats: Act II of the theatre season is about to begin (prospects to intrigue you).
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Wait…. There’s more. Act II of the theatre season is about to begin. And rehearsals are underway all over town. Goblin: Macbeth, a Spontaneous Theatre Creation, starts previews next week in the Citadel’s Highwire Series. How … Continue reading
Posted in Features
Tagged Citadel Theatre, Common Ground Arts Society, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, MacEwan University theatre arts, Mayfield Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, NUOVa Vocal Arts, Shadow Theatre, SkirtsaFire Festival, Spontaneous Theatre Creation, Teatro Live!, Theatre Yes, U of A drama department, Varscona Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
Comments Off on Intermission’s over, take your seats: Act II of the theatre season is about to begin (prospects to intrigue you).
A holiday show update! There’s more, if you get your act together
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Release your inner elf, part two. An update! More holiday shows are opening this week. You’ve got a big choice on Edmonton stages, and your time, like Scrooge’s, is running low. •It’s A Wonderful Christmas Carol … Continue reading
Posted in Features
Tagged Capitol Theatre Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, Girl Brain, Grindstone Theatre, NUOVa Vocal Arts, Orange Hub, Rapid Fire Theatre, Straight Edge Theatre, Theatre Network, Thou Art Here Theatre, Varscona Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
Comments Off on A holiday show update! There’s more, if you get your act together
Die Harsh the Christmas Musical, a festive holiday tradition from Grindstone, goes bigger at the Orange Hub
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca This is the week that two original bona fide homegrown holiday musicals return to the stage — both unconventional, both expanded and enhanced from their 2023 editions — to deck the hall (well, two different halls). … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Die Hard, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre and Bistro, holiday musicals, Orange Hub, Straight Edge Theatre, Varscona Theatre
Comments Off on Die Harsh the Christmas Musical, a festive holiday tradition from Grindstone, goes bigger at the Orange Hub
Two off-centre homegrown holiday musicals return, bigger and fancier, this week! First, Grindstone’s Die Harsh. A preview
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca This is the week that two original bona fide homegrown holiday musicals return to the stage — both unconventional, both expanded and enhanced from their 2023 editions — to deck the hall (well, two different halls). … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Comedy Theatre and Bistro, Orange Hub, Varscona Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
Comments Off on Two off-centre homegrown holiday musicals return, bigger and fancier, this week! First, Grindstone’s Die Harsh. A preview
A multi-dimensional life in the theatre: the mind- and heart-expansion effect of Jim DeFelice
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca With the passing in October of Jim DeFelice, at 87, a multi-talented theatre artist and a true theatre community mentor are, at one blow, gone from us. Without him this theatre town of ours seems a … Continue reading
Posted in Features
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Studio Theatre, Theatre Network Playwrights Theatre, U of A drama department, Varscona Theatre, Workshop West
Comments Off on A multi-dimensional life in the theatre: the mind- and heart-expansion effect of Jim DeFelice
12thNight.ca 