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The year in Edmonton theatre: looking back on 2019
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Social media, video games, pop culture, the 2-D screen world … “all worthless, and we don’t even watch the same worthless things together,” rages Vanya, letting loose an elegiac full-blooded rant on the modern devaluation of … Continue reading
Posted in Features, News/Views
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Blarney Productions, Bright Young Things, Broken Toys Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Kat Sandler, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre Company, Punctuate! Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, Theatre Network, Theatre Yes, Wildside Productions, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre, You Are Here Theatre
Heather Inglis is Workshop West Playwrights Theatre’s new artistic producer
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Workshop West Playwrights Theatre has a new “artistic producer.” She’s Heather Inglis, the founder and artistic director of the adventurous Edmonton-based indie company Theatre Yes. With the departure of Vern Thiessen after five years as artistic … Continue reading
In hot pursuit of justice: The Ballad of Peachtree Rose. A review of Workshop West’s season-opener
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Welcome to the team!” says a mysterious executive (Laura Raboud), to the street kid she’s just recruited. “I really believe in you.” Team spirit: It’s music to the ears of Peach (Alexandra Dawkins), who ricochets through … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Backstage Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Nicole Moeller, thrillers, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
What to see this weekend on E-town stages (don’t stay home)
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Time (a possible paradox). There’s never enough of it. It never stands still. It’s almost impossible to make a dent in it. You can move forward through it, but are you actually standing still? The show … Continue reading
Crime plays: The Ballad of Peachtree Rose, a new thriller from Nicole Moeller, opens the Workshop West season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Who are the monsters?” That’s what playwright Nicole Moeller wonders. It’s what she’s always drawn to wonder in her plays, and the answer is never clear-cut. She asks again in the new high-speed thriller that premieres … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged 12tnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Nicole Moeller, true crime, Vern Thiessen, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
It’s show time in Edmonton theatre: what to not miss this season on E-town stages
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “That was what had been missing from his life all these years. His career, his city, this bonehead province. Mythic Power.” — The Garneau Block. In Todd Babiak’s wry and funny novel The Garneau Block, reborn … Continue reading
Posted in News/Views, Previews
Tagged 2019-2020 theatre season, Azimuth Theatre, Blarney Productions, Bright Young Things, Broadway Across Canada, Catalyst Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fringe theatre, Impossible Mongoose, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Theatre Network, Theatre Yes, Todd Babiak, Varscona Theatre Ensemble, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre, You Are Here Theatre
Vern Thiessen to leave his post as Workshop West artistic director
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Time to move on,” says Vern Thiessen of his decision after five years to leave his post as artistic director of Workshop West Playwrights Theatre, effective Aug. 31. He won’t be leaving Edmonton, though. “I need … Continue reading
Posted in News/Views
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Canadian theatre, Edmonton theatre, Vern Thiessen, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
All about the playwright: Workshop West celebrates the big 4-oh
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It was not one of those storied red carpet openings, where everyone knows that history is being made and dresses accordingly. But then, what little Canadian theatre starts that way? Four decades ago, a sometime playwright/ … Continue reading
How to feel the breeze at Chinook
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If there ever was a town that needed a chinook … an E-town story. And yes, we’re having one. The Chinook Series, which opens tonight, is a resource-pooling experience between arts groups with a view to … Continue reading
Dreaming of home: Matara takes us to the zoo and a lone elephant, at Workshop West. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “This is her home. And we are her family.” That’s Karen the zookeeper (Elinor Holt) taking on protesters and talking about her charge, who’s big, exotic, fascinating — and languishing a world away from her ‘country … Continue reading
