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• Fringe review: Stories About Love, Death And A Rabbit

  20-08-2018 23:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Stories About Love, Death & A Rabbit
  • 4 stars out of 5
  • Stage 9, Telus Phone Museum
  It’s a telling thing that, a few hours afterwards I described this play to a friend as a one-woman show.
  And it is, except that the English spinster librarian Samantha Mann is actually played by a man, Charles Adrian. He becomes she, the charming, oh-so-polite, even apologetic and physically petite Ms. Mann so completely and convincingly it’s hard to think otherwise. Her great voice, s
  
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• Fringe review: Sirens

  20-08-2018 23:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Sirens
  • 4.5 stars out of 5
  • Stage 12, Varscona Theatre
  Here’s a marital comedy that mixes in a little mythology to great effect.
  Middle-aged New Yorkers Sam and Rose Abrams are about to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary – if they make it that far. Unfortunately both of them seem to have preoccupations (Sam with young, female FacePlace friends, Rose with another high school sweetheart) which only inspire the other’s insecurities.
  Nevertheless, they’re of
  
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• Fringe review: A Town Called Umbra

  20-08-2018 23:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Town Called Umbra
  • 3.5 stars out of 5
  • Stage 11, Nordic Studio Theatre
  Imagine if you will that Akira Kurosawa, Carl Jung and Carlos Castaneda collaborate on a peyote stir-fry, served up as this metaphysical western from a brand new young company, Alberta Gothic.
  Umbra is a desert town where the few people left have had their shadows stolen out from under them in a bargain with a woman in black named Nik. The town folk have already given up hope when good guy gunslinger Orpheus Car
  
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• Fringe review: The Many Loves of Irene Sloane

  20-08-2018 22:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Many Loves Of Irene Sloane
  • 4 stars out of 5
  • Stage 12, Varscona Theatre
  Have you ever fantasized about what it would be like to inject yourself into a favourite novel or play? That’s sort of the premise of this new comedy written and directed by Stewart Lemoine, and commissioned for The Novus Actors (lawyer moonlighting on stage) annual Fringe show.
  Irene Sloane is one of several characters in an unfinished play manuscript that takes on a life of its own within the play. T
  
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• Fringe review: Leegion

  20-08-2018 22:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  Leegion
  • 3 stars out of 5
  • Stage 23, The Grindstone
  Lee Boyes delivered a one-man improvised horror show in three different vignettes over 45 minutes to an appreciative crowd.
  There’s no way of knowing what he might offer up to others but this occasion was supposed to revolve around his request from the audience for an item that you can hold in your hand. I didn’t hear anyone say “severed head” but maybe he did. If his work was wholly improvised then I guess i
  
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• Time for Tyler Benson to turn the page on a star-crossed junior career

  20-08-2018 21:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  2018 Edmonton Oilers prospects#8 Tyler Benson
  Previously: #2 in 2017
  The best thing about Tyler Benson’s 2017-18 season is that once he finally got into the Vancouver Giants’ line-up in late October, he was there to stay. He played 58 of 60 games the rest of the way with just 2 planned absences, followed by 7 playoff games and then a 5-game trial in the AHL to finish up.
  This return to good health was a massive, indeed essential development for the left winger after being felled by a
  
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• Man killed in workplace incident at WCB building worked for janitorial company

  20-08-2018 20:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man killed in a workplace incident at the Workers Compensation Board building worked for a janitorial company, investigators say.
  Occupational Health and Safety investigators and police responded to the Jarvis Building, 9925 107 Street, around 10 p.m. Friday evening after a report that a man had died.
  OHS spokesperson Lloyd Wipf said Monday that the man was employed by Bee-Clean Building Maintenance, which bills itself as Canada’s largest janitorial services provider.
  The man was in
  
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• Water damage closes emergency department at Misericordia Hospital

  20-08-2018 20:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  The emergency department at the Misericordia Community Hospital will be shut down for at least two days while crews repair damage caused by a water leak, Alberta Health Services announced Monday.
  The health authority said the emergency department is expected to reopen on Wednesday morning, assuming the unit is deemed safe for patients.
  In the meantime, ambulances are being redirected to other hospitals, which have been prepared for an increase in patient volume, AHS said.
  Patients who were in th
  
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• Fringe review: Titanna Bowa: How to Succeed in Hollywood

  20-08-2018 19:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  Titanna Bowa: How to Succeed in Hollywood
  • 3.5 stars out of 5
  • Stage 36, La Cité Auditorium
  Looking into the lens of a changing Hollywood, this 70-minute comedic farce cleverly displays the powers of fame and fortune and how far people will go for a taste.
  From the team behind last year’s Fringe hit The Sinner’s Club, this Cubic Centipede Productions is a riotous explosion of action on stage, written and performed by young up and coming actors – man
  
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• Fringe review: The Glam-A-Rays present Debonair Desires

  20-08-2018 19:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Glam-A-Rays present Debonair Desires2 stars out of 5
  Stage 38, Match Eatery and Public HouseSex and song mix like gin and tonic. Burlesque and Fringe have a similar propensity for combination, mixing song with scantily-clad women seems a guaranteed recipe for success.Unfortunately, The Glam-A-Rays present Debonair Desires doesn’t fire on all cylinders and falls short of the burlesque magic Fringe audiences expect.
  First, the good. The Glam-A-Rays are a talented group of women, strong s
  
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• Fringe review: Good Improv

  20-08-2018 19:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  Good Improv
  • 3 stars out of 5
  • Stage 9, Telus Phone Museum
  Improv is as crucial to the Fringe lifeblood as one-person relationship stories, plays about personal problems/diseases/disabilities, and buskers juggling flaming torches while reminding viewers to put money in the hat.
  The Good Improv gang carries on the unrehearsed tradition with a combination of rap and sketches made up on the spot based on the personal details of an audience member.
  As fans know, every improv show is diff
  
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• Fringe review: A Canadian Bartender at Butlin's

  20-08-2018 19:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Canadian Bartender at Butlin’s4 stars out of 5
  Stage 22, Garneau TheatreTJ Dawe can push out more words per minute than almost any human I have ever seen. He speaks so quickly I get concerned he won’t have time to breathe. He will drop dead after 10 minutes due to a lack of oxygen to his brain.
  But he doesn’t. Dawe delivers the entire A Canadian Bartender at Butlin’s without a hiccup, a show ostensibly about his time spent slinging beer at a rundown British vacation get
  
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• Fringe Review: Sweethearts of the 49th

  20-08-2018 18:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  Sweethearts of the 49th
  • 4 stars out of 5
  • Stage 39, CKUA Performance Space
  Three women stand in a Lethbridge radio station, singing and playing ukulele to the old gospel song, This Little Light of Mine.
  Lacey (Etta George House) and Joanne (Gianna Read-Skelton) are the daughters of the station owner, while Pixie (Madelaine Knight) is their life long friend. It’s 1943, and the trio are enjoying their moment on the airwaves when a stranger named Maxine (Michelle Diaz) walks into
  
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• Fringe review: MacBeth Muet

  20-08-2018 17:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  Macbeth Muet5 stars out of 5
  Stage 9, Telus Phone MuseumPerforming “That Scottish Play” with only two actors in 45 minutes is an impressive feat. Doing it without speaking a word is some sort of theatrical miracle.Theatre Surreal SoReal managed the unthinkable, pulling off one of the most imaginative renditions of the bard’s tragedy in the last 400 years.Jeremie Francoeur and Clara Prevost take on the roles of MacBeth and Lady MacBeth, as well as every other role in the show. B
  
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• Fringe review: The Great Balanzo

  20-08-2018 15:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Great Balanzo
  • 3.5 stars out of 5
  • Stage 6, Strathcona Community League
  The Charlie Chaplin-esque street performer The Great Balanzo has arrived in Canada with trunks full of curious objects.
  Clown and magician Aytahn Ross brings his outdoor circus act inside at the Kids Fringe for 45 minutes of giggling and wide-eyed amazement.
  Adults will have seen most of these tricks before — staples like juggling, plate spinning, disappearing handkerchiefs, and careful feats of balance
  
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• Fringe review: Double booked

  20-08-2018 15:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  Double booked
  • 3 stars out of 5
  • Stage 31, The Sewing Machine Factory
  It’s time for Rendezvous with Destiny — a one-man Fringe show by a gent who fancies himself intellectually superior trying to work through his tortured childhood. Or, a one-man show by a disorganized douchebag hammering out blunt guitar riffs about breakups and how messed up the world is.
  Or, maybe both.
  Success 5000, Edmonton’s comedic duo of Robyn Slack and Joshua Lee Coss, have unwittingly sign
  
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• Fringe review: Harun

  20-08-2018 15:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Harun
  • 4.5 out of 5 Stars
  • Stage 4, Academy at King Edward
  Harun is the quintessential play about Edmonton in 2018.
  As the city becomes increasingly diverse, some young Albertans are caught in an identity clash between their parents’ cultures and local customs.
  The situation is particularly fraught for post-secondary student Aaron (born Harun), a queer Muslim, whose relationship with his mother fractured when she learned about his sexual orientation. Makram Ayache doubles as th
  
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• Fringe review: Mel Malarkey Gets the Bums Rush

  20-08-2018 15:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  Mel Malarkey Gets the Bums Rush
  • 1.5 stars out of 5
  • Stage 24, Roots on Whyte
  Somewhere in this mishmash there’s an elegiac play trying to get out about the end of vaudeville, but Mel Malarkey Gets the Bums Rush isn’t it.
  Charlie Petch as Mel presents the final night in 1931 at her failing Vagabond theatre before the house is turned into a cinema, but what could have been a sad reflection on days gone by and her two-spirited life as both Mel and Victor is instead a confus
  
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• Edmonton weather: Happily, nothing crazy to report

  20-08-2018 14:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Monday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 9.5 C with a 3 km/h wind coming from the west, northwest.
  After weeks of heavy smoke in the city, it’s nice to see no air quality advisories in effect for the city of Edmonton. Forecasters are calling for ‘hazy’ conditions Monday and Tuesday. However, the air quality index rests at just a 3 (low risk) this morning and is expected to reach no hig
  
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• Two Sergeants unable to brew amid zoning, licensing woes

  20-08-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The owner of a small brewery on 105 Avenue — behind the Brewery District — believes he’ll have to pay $15,000 to open for business.
  After three years of operating in Fort Saskatchewan, Kevin Moore hoped to relocate his brewery, Two Sergeants Brewing Inc., to Edmonton. He signed the lease for his new location late May, only to learn in July that he’d have to be approved for brewing.
  Moore first hoped to open by the end of August but is now aiming for the end of September.
  
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• Edmonton companies gearing up with less than 60 days until Legal Pot Day

  20-08-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Canada will legalize recreational marijuana in less than two months, and a variety of Edmonton firms are working hard to find their place in one of the world’s newest major industries.
  A recent study by American firms Arcview Market Research and BDS Analytics predicted total Canadian pot sales will balloon to US$5.5 billion in 2022 from US$569 million last year, which would give Canada 17 per cent of the entire world market.
  Local companies want a slice of that giant pie once weed goes leg
  
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• Alberta's police watchdog is 10 years old: Is it working?

  20-08-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Early on in her career with Alberta’s police watchdog agency, Susan Hughson spoke to an officer who — during the course of an officer-involved shooting investigation — was read his Charter rights.
  The officer was trained to “Charter and caution” people he suspected of committing crimes. Hearing the words directed at him was jarring.
  “It threw him completely off,” she said in an interview this week. “It was outside his realm of experience. He never
  
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• Fringe review: Those Who Can't Do, Teach

  20-08-2018 10:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  Those Who Can’t Do, Teach
  • 2.5 stars out of 5
  • Stage 2, Big Rock Backstage Theatre at the ATB Financial Arts Barns
  Teaching children is a humour diamond mine.
  Untainted by the nuances of social convention, kids blurt out blunt observations and perpetually test boundaries.
  Ergo, a teacher-themed cabaret sounds like fun, but this one scrapes by with a barely passing grade.
  Singer and musical theatre teacher Cassie Muise has a lovely voice. She’s likely an excellent instruct
  
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• Man dead after 'targeted' shooting in northeast neighbourhood

  20-08-2018 10:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man is dead after what police believe to be a targeted gun attack in the city’s northeast.
  Police found a deceased male in an apartment parking lot after responding to reports of multiple gunshots at 162 Avenue and 51 Street shortly before 11 p.m., said Edmonton Police Service Staff Sgt. BIll Clark. The man was shot in his vehicle.
  “We do believe we know the identity of the male,” Clark said. “He was very well-known to police.”
  “One, possibly two” susp
  
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• Fringe review: Every Story Ever Told

  20-08-2018 10:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Every Story Ever Told
  • 4.5 stars out of 5
  • Stage 36, La Cité Auditorium
  Stories are what make up theatre, so when one person declares that he will tell every story ever told in 60 minutes, it’s bound to make for an entertaining hour.
  Now full disclosure, Vancouver-based Ryan Gladstone doesn’t actually tell all, but he certainly comes close – and it is a riot.
  Gladstone’s motivation for the piece comes from reading stories to his children every
  
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• Climate Justice portrait series to span Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

  20-08-2018 05:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  A group of local environmentalists hopes to install a series of colourful eight-foot portraits along the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion this fall.
  The portrait series, “People on the Path,” is planned for locations around Jasper and Edmonton under the organization of Climate Justice Edmonton. They were displayed together at Whitemud Park Sunday afternoon as a backdrop for several speeches from environmentalists and Indigenous advocates.
  “We wanted to spark a discussion aroun
  
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• Fringe Review: Al LaFrance: I Think I'm Dead

  20-08-2018 04:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  Al LaFrance: I Think I’m Dead
  • 5 stars out of 5
  • Stage 26, The Almanac
  There are moments during his storytelling piece I Think I’m Dead, when he talks about consuming copious amounts of energy drinks. He also talks of having a panic attack so severe he thinks he’s having a heart attack.
  There were also moments during I Think I’m Dead when I wondered how many energy drinks he had before he came out on stage or whether he was about to have a heart attack.
  I Thin
  
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• Fringe Review: The ADHD Project

  20-08-2018 04:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  The ADHD Project
  • 4 stars out of 5
  • Stage 24, Roots on Whyte
   
  For many, what it’s like living with ADHD is a mystery. Some don’t even believe it’s even a real diagnosis.
  But for so many people, it’s a challenge they live with (impulsiveness, distraction, disorganization, hyperactivity) and try to make the best of.
  Carlyn Rhamey offers her story of growing up with ADHD in the funny and poignant show, The ADHD Project.
  Over 60 minutes she recounts her stru
  
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• Fringe review: Flutter Bird

  20-08-2018 04:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  Flutter Bird3 stars out of 5
  Stage 9, Telus Phone Museum 
  Looking back on childhood, there’s certain things we miss or for which we lack the context. Context is important, especially as we get older.Flutter Bird is about that context, the information we thought we had nailed down as we grew up, but which looks so different with the passing of time.Maryclare McCauley was the third of four children, a skinny and hyperactive child who couldn’t keep on weight. From a young age she w
  
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• Nick Lees: Age is meaningless for these seniors who work hard to stay active

  20-08-2018 03:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  Ninety-year-old Edward Mickelson took the gold medal in the inaugural city-wide Walk, Run and Roll one-kilometre race in Victoria Park last Sunday.
  He lifts weights, attends fitness classes twice a week and has good news for the world.
  “There’s great fun in growing old,” he says. “The secret is to make it fun and not sit around expecting others to entertain you.”
  The fundraising race was organized by seniors who use the downtown drop-in Jewish Senior Citizens Centre
  
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• Fringe review: Thunderfoot

  20-08-2018 02:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  Thunderfoot
  • 3.5 stars out of 5
  • Stage 37, Auditorium at Campus Saint-Jean
  Aaron Malkin of James and Jamesy works through the death of his own mother when he was five years old and weaves a tale of a brave boy who sets out to fight the giant Thunderfoot and find his missing mom.
  There are lots of mimed bits that will be familiar to the Vancouver duo’s fans as Malkin creates scenes out of nothing on the bare stage, morphing into one of the finger people he has just shown us flee
  
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• Fringe review: Jesus Christ: The Lost Years

  20-08-2018 02:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  JESUS CHRIST: The Lost Years
  • 4 stars out of 5
  • Stage 36, La Cite Auditorium
  Something you may not be aware of, but that will help you understand this show: the Bible has nothing to say about Jesus between his early teen years and the age of 30. Vacouver’s Monster Theatre will try to shed some light on the life of the son of God in Jesus Christ:The Lost Years.
  Jesus loves his father, Joseph, until one day his parents reveal that his assumed parenthood may not be as straightforw
  
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• Fringe review: [title of show]

  20-08-2018 01:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  [title of show]
  • 4.5 stars out of 5
  • Stage 27, Hi-Edmonton Hostel
  Musical theatre nerds unite for this hilarious comedy about attempting to make a big Broadway hit.
  That’s right, this popular 2008 Broadway musical chronicles its own life to the Great White Way — from phone call ideas and living room brainstorming sessions to the show’s entrance in the New York Musical Theatre Festival that gave it a new life.
  The show writers Hunter (Matt Graham) and Jeff (Mich
  
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• Fringe review: Cult Cycle: A New Musical

  20-08-2018 01:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  Cult Cycle: A New Musical4 out of 5 stars
  Stage 35, L’unitheatreFrom the same people who brought you last year’s Evil Dead: The Musical comes the hilarious Cult Cycle: A New Musical, a funny look at the world of gym membership and the drive to physical and spiritual perfection.
  Patty has come to the Cult Cycle gym in order to find her friend Ben, who disappeared a year ago; Justine tagged along so she could make fun of everyone at work who isn’t getting fit and trim.
  What they
  
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• Canadian Medical Association awards two Edmontonians

  20-08-2018 00:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two Edmontonians will receive awards at the opening of the Canadian Medical Association’s annual general meeting and council in Winnipeg this Tuesday.
  Dr. Cara Bablitz, who graduated with a University of Alberta medical degree in 2011, will receive an Award for Young Leaders (Early Career) for her work in palliative career and Indigenous health. Michael Gormley, executive director of the Alberta Medical Association, will receive the Owen Adams Award of Honour, the highest award that can be
  
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• Edmonton Marathon, Air Show enjoy respite from smoke but haze could return

  20-08-2018 00:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  Aerobatic flyers dazzled audiences and runners breathed clear air as the Edmonton Marathon and Edmonton Air Show enjoyed a respite from smoky conditions Sunday.
  The weekend began in an apocalyptic haze, reaching an Air Quality Health Index high of 11, but steadily improved Saturday afternoon and remained at a low-risk three throughout much of Sunday. Saturday’s Eskimos game against the Alouettes went ahead as planned, leading to a crushing 40-24 victory for the home team.
  The westerly wind
  
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• Fringe review: Scorch

  20-08-2018 00:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Scorch
  • 4.5 stars out of 5
  • Stage 28, The Playhouse
  Ever wondered just how complicated life can be if you’re not sure what gender you are?
  Playwright Stacey Gregg draws from real life court cases in the U.K. to tell the tale of a 17-year-old transgender kid named Kes who was born female but identifies as… well? That’s still a developing question for Kes, played by Julie (NIUIBOI) Ferguson, credited as a trans non-binary performance artist, directed in this North Am
  
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