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Nothing Like a Whorehouse on Fire to Warm You Up!

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Twilla MacLeod and Sue Huff in The Great Whorehouse Fire of 1921, Northern Light Theatre.  Photo by Ian Jackson, Epic Photography. This past weekend I ventured back out for another theatre experience - this time I visited the Varscona Theatre to see Northern Light Theatre's production of The Great Whorehouse Fire of 1921 . Inspired by true events in Big Valley, Alberta the play (by Linda Wood Edwards) speculates on a friendship of sorts between Mrs. Hastings, the Madam of the Whorehouse (played with sparkling acidity by Sue Huff) and Mrs. Smith, a local woman who runs a home for unwed mothers (portrayed with delicate curiosity by Twilla MacLeod). I haven't seen either of the two actresses onstage before but they are terrific foils for each other ( well, I think I saw Huff in a directing project at U of A over 30 years ago when we both were students there - I can't remember what - but I do remember being a little in awe of this tiny person with the larger than life personali

What's On and Coming up in Edmonton Theatre

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The Fiancé - The Citadel - Nov 6-28 Metronome - WWPT (Backstage Theatre) - Nov 11-21 The Great Whorehouse Fire of 1921 - NLT (Varscona) - Nov 18 - 28 Jason Kenney's Hot Boy Summer - Grindstone Theatre - Nov 10 - 21 A Christmas Carol - The Citadel - Nov 27-Dec 23 5@50 - Walterdale Theatre - Dec 8-18

After so long, 3 shows in a month seems AMAZING! The Fiancé, The December Man and Garneau Block!

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 Yep, theatre is back. Some theatres are a little more back than others, and some are more distanced than others. Some are picking up where they left off, and some are showing new things. I took in three shows in the last month and it feels so strange to once again be out and about doing what I love! I'm still cautious, but it was nice to have moments in a darkened theatre where I both laughed and cried.  Photo Credit: Nanc Price Most recently ( yesterday afternoon ) I took in the new work, The Fiancé , in the Citadel's Shoctor Theatre.  With  The Fiancé  , penned by Holly Lewis ( wife of Artistic Director Daryl Cloran ), we were treated to a brand new farce taking place at the end of WWII. It featured local Edmonton theatre artists both on and off stage and it was a fun romp as the sweet and cake-loving Lucy (Helen Belay) and her tough no-nonsense sister Rose (Patricia Cerra) managed the comings and goings of Lucy's three wartime fiancés (Farren Timoteo, Tenaj Williams and