Monthly Archives: April 2018

Bonfire: the improv festival that plays with matches

Posted on April 11, 2018 by

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca How’s this for a cool and crazy idea for an improv show? Lights up. Go. What if … a show was improvised from its own sequences of lighting cues? That’s Lumen, one of the 24 experiments … Continue reading →

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“Is it possible I just like sex?” Slut, at Northern Light Theatre: a review

Posted on April 8, 2018 by

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca S. L. U. T. The funniest set design of the season  — and the only one (to my knowledge) that actually engages in smart-ass repartee with the character onstage — is to be found in the … Continue reading →

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Tense negotiations over tea: Going to St. Ives at the Varscona, a review

Posted on April 7, 2018 by

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The negotiations at the heart of Going To St. Ives involve a doctor and a patient, and a hard-fought exchange of favours. They have nothing to do with waiting lists. In this knotty two-hander by American … Continue reading →

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Going Undercover with the crack improvisers of Spontaneous Theatre: a review

Posted on April 6, 2018 by

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I like your thinking,” says the tough-cookie Det. Sergeant (Rebecca Northan), snapping her gum approvingly at the rookie detective from time to time in the course of Undercover. “I like your thinking” is the mantra of … Continue reading →

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“Doing it and enjoying it”: Slut is opening at Northern Light

Posted on April 6, 2018 by

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I’m just having fun being single. Is that a crime?” In the, er, tart little solo comedy that opens Friday at Northern Light Theatre, we meet a middle-aged accountant whose zest for sex, and generous-mindedness about … Continue reading →

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Big issues in small rooms: Atlas Theatre is back with Going To St. Ives

Posted on April 5, 2018 by

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives.…” The thorny  little two-hander that opens Thursday on the Varscona stage, the finale of the inaugural Varscona Theatre Ensemble series, invokes that … Continue reading →

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Undercover: spontaneous detective work with improv queen Rebecca Northan

Posted on April 4, 2018 by

By Liz Nicholls 12thnight.ca “Everyone has the capacity to improvise,” declares Rebecca Northan decisively, looking for inspiration on a lunch menu last week. “We all improvise all the time!” Not everyone, I think to myself, wincing visibly at a couple … Continue reading →

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