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This year’s Sterling Award for outstanding contribution to Edmonton theatre will go to the late great Judy Unwin
At the start of the year we had very sad sad news in Edmonton theatre. With the untimely death, at 76, of Judy Unwin, we lost a bona fide arts pioneer, a public-spirited artist who played many roles in the … Continue reading
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The year in Edmonton theatre: the Sterling Award nominations led by The Royale
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A vintage boxing story with a stinging right hook proved the top choices of jurors, as the the 35th annual Sterling Award nominations were announced Monday at Fringe Theatre headquarters. The Royale, Marco Ramirez’s highly theatrical … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, 2023 Sterling Awards, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Elizabeth Sterling Haynes, Grindstone Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre Company, Pyretic Productions, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre, Walterdale Theatre
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Shadow Theatre announces an all-Canadian 30th anniversary season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Shadow Theatre will launch its upcoming four-production all-Canadian 30th anniversary season with its first-ever mainstage musical. And it’s homegrown. Crescendo!, set in a women’s community choir, is by Sandy Paddick, with original music and musical arrangements … Continue reading
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‘Music without ego’: background music vs silence, a fierce battle in Listen Listen, a new Teatro comedy. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There is a quixotic premise that underscores Listen Listen, the new Elyne Quan comedy premiering in the Teatro Live season in a Belinda Cornish production. And it will make you smile. In a mall in 1986, … Continue reading
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Listen, Listen: a new Teatro Live ‘Muzak-al comedy’ by Elyne Quan. Meet the playwright in this preview
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca For five years or so, a character has taken up residence in a back corner in Elyne Quan’s writer brain. He’s an ideal renter. He lives quietly; he doesn’t play his music loud. Montague Gray, who … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Concrete Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Elyne Quan, Teatro Live!, U of A drama department, Varscona Theatre
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A gay sitcom with a dark undertow: Darrin Hagen’s 10 Funerals at Shadow Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The stage (designer: Even Gilchrist) is hung with rows of black jackets, in every style and shape, bling-ed up or classic. It’s the fashion item of necessity in 10 Funerals. In each of the 10 scenes … Continue reading
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After the funeral: Darrin Hagen’s dark comedy 10 Funerals premieres at Shadow Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Funerals,” says the booming baritone voice on the phone, “are so weird.” Darrin Hagen is something of an expert. And if there ever was a year to confirm it, it’s been this one, allegedly (but only … Continue reading
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Portrait of an artist: putting time on hold in Dead in the Water, a new solo play (with music). A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the opening moment of Dead in the Water, an exuberant woman bursts through a door and onto the stage. She’s dressed for showbiz, white silk suit and red lipstick but minus shoes, oddly. And she … Continue reading
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A new play and a new chapter for Theatre Yes: Dead in the Water at the Varscona
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “There are things that need to be said. And I’m going to say them,” says Ruth Alexander, who has the kind of husky laugh people notice right through Saturday din at an Italian cafe. The actor/ musician/ … Continue reading
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