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A cabaret, an opera, a comedy, thriller, a festival: yup, a weekend of theatre in Edmonton

Posted on June 9, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca For your weekend entertainment, Edmonton theatres are standing by, and you shouldn’t miss your chance. You could experience … … the reinvention of cabaret. For one thing, there’s nothing like getting the scoop first-hand. In his … Continue reading →

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A social media thriller, in a digital world that works on escalation: Subscribe or Like at Workshop West, a review

Posted on May 28, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Sometimes I wonder what’s real,” says Rachel, one half of the millennial couple in Subscribe Or Like. That invasive ambiguity digs an ever-deeper channel right through a relationship in this very tense, fascinating new play by … Continue reading →

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Fame and fortune in the digital world: Liam Salmon’s Subscribe or Like taps into millennial ambition

Posted on May 25, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You’ve got to figure it’s no accident Liam Salmon wants to meet for coffee the old-fashioned way, in person, to talk about their new play Subscribe or Like, premiering live and in person Friday at Workshop … Continue reading →

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Springboards, Workshop West’s new play festival, springs back

Posted on March 20, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca After its return last year for the first time in more than a decade, Springboards springs back this week. And with this edition of Workshop West Playwrights Theatre’s signature new play festival, works-in-progress by some 19 … Continue reading →

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Behind the red door: a Forever Home for Rapid Fire Theatre

Posted on February 8, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A Forever Home is for dreaming in. For feeling you have a place in the world, imagining your potential, getting creative.  At 42, Rapid Fire Theatre, Edmonton’s premier improv company and its longest running, is experienced … Continue reading →

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Unsung: Tales From The Front Line, living portraits of the health care people who risked everything to keep us safe. A review

Posted on January 31, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca What just happened here? That leading question is the raison d’être of the “performance installation” currently running at Workshop West. In the ongoing COVID pandemic,  frontline healthcare workers have risked everything to do their jobs keeping … Continue reading →

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Unsung: Tales From The Front Line, real-life stories from health care workers in a new ‘performance installation’

Posted on January 24, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There are dramatic schisms in history that divide our lives into the Before and the After. 9-11 was one. The pandemic is another, says Heather Inglis. “It’s the defining moment of our lifetime.” “Something significant happened … Continue reading →

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Wait, there’s more…. Act II of the theatre season is about to begin

Posted on January 4, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Stay tuned; face forward. There’s more! Intermission’s over, my friends, and Act II of the Edmonton theatre season is about to begin. Freaky Green Eyes, Emma Houghton’s original adaptation of the Joyce Carol Oates novel, premieres … Continue reading →

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2022: the year in Edmonton theatre, part 2

Posted on December 20, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Here’s a small sampling, in no particular order, of assorted highlights from a year when live theatre on Edmonton stages rose to the occasion, and did what theatre can do best, conjure worlds through other eyes, … Continue reading →

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Face the dusk: off the couch everyone, and into the theatre this weekend

Posted on November 4, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Our outdoor colour scheme has gone monochromatic; something weird has happened to the evening lighting. There is an obvious fix: face the gathering darkness, arise from the couch and go to the theatre. There’s been a … Continue reading →

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