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Judy Unwin: curious, feisty, fun, and tirelessly passionate about theatre. A big loss for Edmonton theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Hi. It’s me, Judy. Listen, I’m at the theatre; I’ll meet you there….” She was outspoken, opinionated, generous, and funny — an artist herself who stood up fiercely and in all kinds of ways for live … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Varscona Theatre, Walterdale Theatre
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Sad news in Edmonton theatre: Judy Unwin, a theatre pioneer with the public service gene, is gone
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca At the start of the new year, there’s very sad news today in Edmonton theatre. With the untimely death, at 76, of Judy Unwin, we’ve lost a bona fide arts pioneer, a public-spirited artist who played … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Sterling Awards, Varscona Theatre, Walterdale Theatre
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An update on E-town holiday shows: overcoming grinch-itude and getting festive, part 2
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Lighten up everyone. If stress and/or seasonal ennui have overtaken your festive spirit and malled it beyond recognition, it’s obvious that you need a holiday show booster. And, like sweaters with antlers and shameless pom-poms on … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Capitol Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, Gateway Theatre, Girl Brain, Rapid Fire Theatre, Theatre Network, Walterdale Theatre, Whizgiggling Productions
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Theatres are haunted places. A ghostly meet-and-greet in Dead Centre of Town XIII
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Imagine, if you will, a place where where live people are haunted by imaginary people. Where they inhabit the lives of others, and stories come to life when the lights are out. A place of strange … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Capitol Theatre, Catch The Keys Productions, Dead Centre of Town, Edmonton theatre, Edmonton theatre history, Fort Edmonton Park, Garneau Theatre, Princess Theatre, Walterdale Theatre
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Get down and festive, at an Edmonton festival this week
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s a festive week in Edmonton live entertainment. The moment, both historically and seasonally, is at hand for you to venture forth and join in. It’s a choose-your-festival week; sample widely: the Found Festival, the New … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton festivals, Edmonton International Street Performers Festival, Edmonton theatre, Found Festival 2022, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, Grindstone Comedy Festival, New Mythic Works Series, Teatro La Quindicina, Thousand Faces Festival, Walterdale Theatre
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A windfall for actresses: Brad Fraser’s 5@50 at Walterdale
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The play that opens Wednesday live on the Walterdale stage does something rare in theatre. In a world where aging is a vanishing act for women artists, Brad Fraser’s 5@50 provides a windfall: five big, juicy … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Brad Fraser, community theatre, Edmonton theatre, Walterdale Theatre
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What’s up in Edmonton theatre this weekend? Have a peek
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca What’s up in Edmonton theatre this weekend? Oh, you know, the usual…. A new theatre is glowing from the inside out. Shows are ending their runs, a live season of Die-Nasty is about to begin, Opera … Continue reading
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Tagged Bright Young Things, Citadel Theatre, Common Ground Arts Society, Die-Nasty, Edmonton Fringe Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Opera Nuova, Punctuate! Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, Theatre Network, Varscona Theatre, Walterdale Theatre
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Towards a more inclusive theatre: Postmarginal Edmonton
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca At a moment in history when so many of our artistic assumptions are ready for their close-up, the intertwined questions of how theatre gets made, how it’s experienced — and by whom — are up for … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, 35//50 Initiative, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Modern Times Stage Company, Postmarginal Edmonton, Theatre Alberta, Walterdale Theatre
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Theatre Six Pack 2021
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s happened for two decades, and it’s always sold out in a flash. One of Edmonton theatre’s perennial bright ideas is a subscription series that’s a cross-section sampling of the work of this town’s theatre companies. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Rosebud Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, Theatre Six-Pack, Walterdale Theatre, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
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