After the House Lights

A blog about theatre in Edmonton, by Jenna Marynowski

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Life update: Back to school
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Life update: Back to school
Hello, friends! You may have noticed things have been rather quiet around After the House Lights and today I’m writing...
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A Taste of Deep Fried Curried Perogies at SkirtsAfire
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Michelle Todd’s Deep Fried Curried Perogies is just as complicated as the title sounds. One thing is clear: Michelle, a...
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Expand boundaries & explore identity at SkirtsAfire
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Expand boundaries & explore identity at SkirtsAfire
This Friday, March 8, is International Women’s Day, and as has become my tradition, I’m celebrating at the SkirtsAfire Festival,...
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We Are Not Alone (in the universe, or the world)
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We Are Not Alone (in the universe, or the world)
Damien Atkins says we're not alone. And I believe him since he's travelled well over 10,000 kilometres to tell Edmonton audiences this truth.
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It’s showtime: Take It Off Broadway
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It’s showtime: Take It Off Broadway
In the midst of this month of -20 temperatures, if you're anything like me, you're looking for a way to warm up. Enter: Send in the Girls Burlesque's latest show, Take It Off Broadway which runs for three performances only at Fort Edmonton Park's Capitol Theatre February 14 and 16.
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Opening the heart in Leave of Absence
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Opening the heart in Leave of Absence
With February being the month of love, it seems appropriate that Leave of Absence's Director, Alix Reynolds hopes Walterdale's production will "push someone in the direction of love."
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Sweat looks backwards to find where we are today
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Sweat looks backwards to find where we are today
We know the story of Sweat. As inhabitants of a resource-rich country and province, it's all around us, it's in our newspapers, and it influences politics at all levels.
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Horrifying history in the cardiac shadow
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Horrifying history in the cardiac shadow
Walking out of the cardiac shadow, the only way I could immediately think of describing the show was ‘horrible’. The second word that came to mind was ‘poetic, but still horrible’. Let me clarify, not horrible in terms of being terrible, horrible in the traditional meaning: to cause horror.
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Remembering the women of Ravensbrück in the cardiac shadow
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Remembering the women of Ravensbrück in the cardiac shadow
In the middle of winter in Edmonton, in a world with rising racial tensions, immigrant detention centres and more and...
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All that glitters: The Great Gatsby at Walterdale Theatre
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All that glitters: The Great Gatsby at Walterdale Theatre
When you go to The Great Gatsby you know you’re going to get a party, and Walterdale Theatre’s production does not disappoint....
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