Monthly Archives: February 2019

Happy Valentine’s champagne and a show: where to take your date to celebrate

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Of all the high holidays, the one that shares a name with a variety of massacres and martyrdoms is coming up. It’s also the ultimate date night. So in order to celebrate romance, there are a … Continue reading →

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Ins Choi at Chinook: the Kim’s Convenience creator goes solo

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “It’s pretty much what I’ve always wanted to do!” says a genial, amused voice on the phone from Toronto. “Talk directly to the audience about my life. And make people laugh….”  That double-barrelled thought has propelled … Continue reading →

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Lend Me A Tenor: a classic ’30s door-slammer at the Mayfield. A review

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “These things happen, sir,” ventures Max, the rabbity assistant manager of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company, trying to look on the bright side. In view of the premise of Ken Ludwig’s ingeniously engineered old-school 1986 farce … Continue reading →

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A new Ellen Chorley play is the centrepiece of the upcoming Northern Light season

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The centrepiece of Northern Light Theatre’s upcoming season, announced Saturday, is a new play by one of Edmonton’s most unusual artists. Ellen Chorley, the director of Nextfest since 2016, is an award-winning playwright, actor, director, dramaturg, … Continue reading →

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Songs My Mother Never Sung Me: an opera for a hearing son and a deaf mom

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I learned to sign before I could speak,” says Dave Clarke, who’s highly articulate, to say the least, in his second language.  There’s an intriguing contradiction built right into the architecture of Clarke’s multi-angled theatre career … Continue reading →

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How to feel the breeze at Chinook

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If there ever was a town that needed a chinook … an E-town story. And yes, we’re having one. The Chinook Series, which opens tonight, is a resource-pooling experience between arts groups  with a view to … Continue reading →

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The body in motion: Expanse is back in the Chinook Series

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It starts with the body. As its name suggests, Expanse sets the body in motion in space — and celebrates what happens next. In the ever-expansive movement arts festival curated by Azimuth Theatre and returning to … Continue reading →

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