Monthly Archives: May 2019

A kickstart for Chekhovian ennui: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at Shadow. A review.

Posted on May 3, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Oh let’s not talk. I’ll keep my sadness to myself,” says a mopey sister to a melancholy brother near the start of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. Yeah, right. Like that’s gonna happen. As … Continue reading →

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A Man Draws A Bird “because he wants to fly”: theatre, music, and Taiko drumming in a new Booming Tree show

Posted on May 2, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca As in so many life-changers, there was a moment when it all could have been different. And that was the moment — on one of those lingering Edmonton summer evenings in 2012 — that Greg Shimizu … Continue reading →

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Have you met our new friend? thoughts on Nassim at the Citadel

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There are many things I can’t tell you about Nassim (tempting though it is). (a) It just wouldn’t be fair. The show created by the Iranian playwright artist Nassim Soleimanpour, who travels the world with it, … Continue reading →

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