Monthly Archives: February 2017

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the romantic evening that comes to Fort Edmonton’s vintage Capitol Theatre this weekend in honour of Valentine’s Day, the mysteriously supple talent of Andrea House wraps itself around a musical icon you might not expect … Continue reading →

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Two of the country’s most inventive directors, award-winners both, take on classics of their kind with student casts this week, at MacEwan University and the University of Alberta’s Studio Theatre. At MacEwan University, Dave Horak of … Continue reading →

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Expanse has amply lived up to its name. In the 12 years since Amber Borotsik and Murray Utas first imagined a movement arts festival, something that “started small and local,” as Azimuth Theatre’s Kristi Hansen puts … Continue reading →

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It started with a lack, and a need. “I needed it to be a festival that I would be excited to go to!” says the excited curator of Black Arts Matter (BAM!), a new  multidisciplinary celebration … Continue reading →

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca OK, you’re at a gathering in Vancouver or Toronto, somewhere in Canada that isn’t Alberta. Inevitably there’s the moment when you get asked where you’re from.  The range of reactions? Pick one: the eye squint? the … Continue reading →

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Forecast: Breezy. An adventuresome wind — full of diverse sounds, sights, cultural ideas, challenges — is set to blow through the winter theatre season again this week.  Yes, Chinook is on its way to becoming an … Continue reading →

By Liz Nicholls, 12night.ca He’s back. Theatres (and audiences) take note.  If you saw Collin Doyle’s wonderful Let The Light Of Day Through, in Theatre Network’s top-drawer 2013 premiere production, you already know something important about the work of this award-winning … Continue reading →

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If you go out in the woods tonight…. It’s a strange form of civic enchantment. Every year about this time, the good burghers of Edmonton, thousands of them, find themselves irresistibly drawn to follow a trail … Continue reading →