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Liz Nicholls writes on theatre for 12thnight.ca — especially Edmonton theatre.
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And it's opening tonite! Check out Deanna Finnman's costumes (and the 12thnight.ca preview of A Midsummer NIght's Dream : The '70s Musical) tinyurl.com/5697jd4e)!

An ogre and a donkey hit the road together: Shrek the Musical at NUOVA Vocal Arts, opening next week at the Orange Hub. Meet two of the stars, Michael Watt and Jeremy Carver-James in this 12thnight PREVIEW: tinyurl.com/56pbxwpu.

Dreamin' and rockin': A Midsummer Night's Dream: A '70s Musical at the @citadeltheatre. 12thnight talks to director @DarylCloran and Puck (aka Luc Tellier) for this PREVIEW: tinyurl.com/5697jd4e #YEGtheatre #YEGarts #YEG

A man, a mission, banjos: Edmonton theatre this week, and the cure for frostbite. A 12thnight survey, including Keith Alessi's solo show Tomatoes Tried To Kill Me ... at Workshop West Playwrights' Theatre: tinyurl.com/ncnh97fm Citadel Theatre, Theatre Network, Teatro Live

Party time in 19th century Russia! Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 at MacEwan University. Thoughts from 12thnight on an exciting student showcase production: tinyurl.com/bdhyedmp. Photos by Brianne Jang, BB Collective Photography.

@teatrolive.bsky.social introduces a new generation of theatre stars (and Hungarian street snacks) in Stewart Lemoine's The Noon Witch. Meet Eli Yaschuk in this 12thnight.ca PREVIEW: tinyurl.com/kcfxdjw3. Photos supplied.

Bummed out in Buffalo: will they? won't they? (Let It Go, that is). The Full Monty at the Mayfield Dinner Theatre. A 12thnight REVIEW: tinyurl.com/3hb8hder. Photos by Marc J Chalifoux Photography & Video

A big week at the Mayfield Dinner Theatre: The Full Monty is ready to take it (all) off, and a new season gets announced! 12thnight talks to artistic director Kate Ryan about the '25-'26 lineup in this PREVIEW: tinyurl.com/3er3s3kw.

Straddling cultures on a fantastical adventure in Chinatown: Barbara Mah directs King of the Yees at Walterdale Playhouse — an uncanny alignment of director and play. A 12thnight PREVIEW: tinyurl.com/bdf2fujz. Photos by Scott Henderson, Henderson Images.

We've lost a remarkable theatre artist. A 12thnight.ca tribute to the late great John Wright: tinyurl.com/4mpfkzvs

What makes the theatre magical? An Oak Tree at Theatre Yes is about that. Meet director Ruth Alexander and Max Rubin, who stars opposite a different actor every night, in this 12thnight PREVIEW tinyurl.com/2y6s6x26

The Citadel Theatre announces their upcoming 60th anniversary season. Read all about it on 12thnight.ca: tinyurl.com/3zdv2e34. Theatre Calgary, Alberta Theatre Projects, Arts Club Theatre Company, Stratford Festival.

tinyurl.com/3zjzjr9u. Photos by Brianne Jang, BB Collective Photography

Mapping the frontier of empathy: Bea, at Shadow theatre. A 12thnight.ca REVIEW: tinyurl.com/ukj95zzn. Photos by Marc J Chalifoux.

Life and death: the theatre of big questions, big ideas. 12thnight talks to Northern Irish playwright Mick Gordon, whose most-produced play is running at Shadow Theatre: tinyurl.com/e9hc945b. Production shots by Marc J Chalifoux.

The improbable magic of theatre (as discovered by goblins). Goblin: Macbeth, a Spontaneous Theatre Canada production at the Citadel Theatre. A 12thnight review: tinyurl.com/8v7xajsy. Photos supplied, and by Nanc Price Photography

Meet a man with a grievance, and the actor who plays him: Cody Porter in Angry Alan, at Northern Light Theatre. A 12thnight PREVIEW: tinyurl.com/5e58fsep. Photo by Brianne Jang, BB Collective Photography.

A goblin takeover at the Citadel Theatre! Fair is foul and foul is fair: Goblin: Macbeth comes to the Highwire Series, and 12thnight has the fun of talking to co-creator (with Bruce Horak) Rebecca Northan for this PREVIEW: tinyurl.com/2s42uwyw.

Intermission's over, take your seats! Act II of the Edmonton theatre is about to begin! (prospects to intrigue you, from 12thnight.ca): tinyurl.com/m8za3bpt

As promised, part 2 of 12thnight.ca's 2024: the year in Edmonton theatre. A sampling of performances, new faces, design creativity, scenes, moments: theatretinyurl.com/36mxvzaj

2024: the year in Edmonton theatre, 12thnight highlights, part 1: tinyurl.com/2a2mmskn.

A holiday show update! There's more, if you get your act together. A 12thnight survey: tinyurl.com/ynz5b9u6.

Oh-oh, that isn't the Amazon man at the door. By gosh by golly, a "Christmas horror musical" at Workshop West Playwrights' Theatre: Krampus: A New Musical from Straight Edge Theatre. A 12thnight REVIEW: tinyurl.com/5f9m7tfd. Photos by @marctivist.bsky.social

Fascinating (and scary as hell): Cycle, Andrew Ritchie's solo show at Thou Art Here Theatre pedals a thoughtful provocation. Here's a 12thnight REVIEW: tinyurl.com/2cycjwhz. Photos by Mat Simpson Photography. Mile Zero Dance

Embrace your inner elf, and get festive at a holiday show this weekend. You have choices! A little 12thnight.ca survey: tinyurl.com/bdd53cwn

Goin' on holiday with Girl Brain: Weekend at Girlies, at Theatre Network. A 12thnight.ca PREVIEW with the sketch comedy trio: tinyurl.com/5n8e5trw.

'The perfectly perfect family' does Christmas: Krampus: A New Musical, Straight Edge Theatre at Workshop West Playwrights' Theatre. A 12thnight PREVIEW: tinyurl.com/4kjk2r69. Photos by David Son.

Go festive or go home (yippee-ki-yay)! Die Harsh the Christmas Musical, Grindstone Theatre's holiday tradition, gets bigger at the Orange Hub. 12thnight talks to Grindstone a.d. and co-creator (with Simon Abbott) Byron Martin for this PREVIEW: tinyurl.com/3kf2h8nx. Photos by Adam Goudreau.

There's magic in those high-strung puppets: Little Dickens, the Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes at Theatre Network. A 12thnight REVIEW: tinyurl.com/386nxr8k.

The fury of desperation: the punk rock play from ReadyGo Theatre at Edmonton Fringe Theatre. A 12thnight.ca REVIEW: tinyurl.com/2mvnrf6h. Photos by Mat Simpson Photography

A multi-dimensional life in the theatre: the mind- and heart-expansion effect of the late great Jim DeFelice. A 12thnight tribute: tinyurl.com/4ccujn86

Little Dickens: Ronnie Burkett's marionettes return to Theatre Network to upend a Christmas classic. And 12thnight.ca talks to the tallest member of the troupe for this PREVIEW: tinyurl.com/5fwtu5dd

Opening night of Brother Rat: the season begins at Edmonton Fringe Theatre.

And opening tonight ... at the Citadel (after a very hard week) and Rapid Fire, from 12thnight.ca: tinyurl.com/4cn2hd28

'A wonder of an actor': with the passing of Julien Arnold we've lost one of our finest, and most loved, theatre artists. A little 12thnight tribute: tinyurl.com/3hrth56s

Brother Rat: a punk rock play with music (and earplugs!) launches the Edmonton Fringe Theatre season this week. Meet playwright/ director/ sound designer/ producer Erik Richards of ReadyGo Theatre in this 12thnight.ca PREVIEW: tinyurl.com/tn7a83xt

Hello! The Book of Mormon rings our doorbell again, Broadway Across Canada, at the Jube. A 12thnight.ca REVIEW: tinyurl.com/3twe8sfd. Photos by Julieta Cervantes.

Big, fun, the craziest show in town: the Mayfield Dinner Theatre celebrates the big 5-0 with Flashback Fever. A 12thnight REVIEW: tinyurl.com/3u22efff. Photos by Marc J Chalifoux Photography & Video

Just trying to get the hand of Bluesky. Here's the 12thnight REVIEW of The Ballad of Johnny and June at the Citadel Theatre: tinyurl.com/5kwry8kc

A 12thnight.ca review of Northern Light Theatre's season-opener Monstress: tinyurl.com/24kevtvm

'Staying together is the happy ending': The Ballad of Johnny and June at the Citadel, a review 12thnight.ca/2024/11/15/s...