Tag Archives: Vault Theatre

Two sensational celebrity trials inspire two new plays at the Fringe: The Cult of the Clitoris and Cadaver Synod, a preview

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Both, in their way, were celebrity trials. And both trials, in separately sensational ways, 1,128 years apart, have inspired two new plays premiering at the Fringe. Like theatre, history can be weirdly generous that way. Witness … Continue reading

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Are you lost in the stars? What to see at Fringe Full Of Stars: a little survey to get you started

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Starting Thursday, Edmonton’s best idea ever is back in action to screw up your bedtime, and make life more exciting. The 44th annual edition of our 11 day-and-night theatre bash, the biggest and oldest Fringe on … Continue reading

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How hard can it be? The real-world theatre of the absurd in 638 Ways To Kill Castro. A Fringe review

638 Ways To Kill Castro (Stage 3, Nancy Power Theatre at the Roxy) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca As a source of absurdity in the world, there might actually be a rich, limitless, renewable repository in … reality. And this smart … Continue reading

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What? A rueful, affectionate Mamet? A Life In The Theatre, a Fringe review

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A Life in the Theatre (Stage 28, The Playhouse) In theory, letting David Mamet loose to satirize the world of theatre and its practitioners is a bit like offering a buffet of legs to a shark. … Continue reading

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