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Monthly Archives: April 2019
Nun but the brave: for your theatre habit, a grand assortment on E-town stages this weekes this week
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca What is it with all the nuns on Edmonton stages this week? It’s a bumper crop, second to nun. In The Candidate at the Citadel, you will see two different heavenly examples, (in a sense … Continue reading
Alison at three ages, and the actors who play her in groundbreaking Fun Home
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Everything about the clever, heart-wrenching musical that opens Friday at the Varscona stands off the beaten track in the musical theatre-land. And it’s produced by a little company that specializes in off the beaten track musicals, … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Jeanine Tesori, Lisa Kron, Plain Jane Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, Varscona Theatre
Farce within farce within farce: politics, celebrity and the media. Two new Kat Sandler comedies running simultaneously at the Citadel. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Talk about real-life horning in on theatre (stealing punchlines, sucking up the supply of public outrage, eating all the fake cheese out of the collective fridge). Here’s the thing: It’s an age when politics (in many … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, farce, Kat Sandler, Maclab Theatre, political comedy, Rice Theatre
A work-out for body and brain: Martha Burns is running in The Party and The Candidate at the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There are two plays getting their world premieres simultaneously tonight in the Citadel. Martha Burns is in both of them. Burns and her nine cast-mates play characters who inhabit not one but two new Kat Sandler … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, farce, Kat Sandler, Martha Burns, political comedy
Slight of Mind: boarding now at the Citadel, flights into the unknown. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Notes from the departure lounge: We’ve been welcomed by a ground crew of beaming and perky flight attendants. We’ve been through security. Very professional. “Have you been on a farm?” No. “Have you consumed anything organic?” … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Amelia Earhart, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Icarus, promenade theatre, Theatre Yes, Valentina Tereshkova
