-
Search
Patreon
Categories
Monthly Archives: December 2020
Giving 2020 the kiss-off (and welcoming 2021): how to be festive on New Year’s Eve
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s entirely possible no one will see your party shoes. But if there was ever a New Year’s Eve to hoist a glass of bubbly and cheer loudly, it’s got to be this one. And it … Continue reading
Posted in Features
Tagged 12thnight, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Comedy Theatre and Bistro, Heather D. Swain, New Year's Eve, Teatro La Quindicina
Comments Off on Giving 2020 the kiss-off (and welcoming 2021): how to be festive on New Year’s Eve
You’ve heard of Elf on the Shelf, now get ready for … Edmonton’s Meme Queens
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You’ve heard of Elf on the Shelf, now get ready for this…. Face it, 2020, a dumpster fire of a year, hasn’t given theatre people a lot to get happy about, creative though they are. But … Continue reading
Posted in Features
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Elf on a Shel, Luc Tellier, Meme Queens, Sue Goberdhan
Comments Off on You’ve heard of Elf on the Shelf, now get ready for … Edmonton’s Meme Queens
2020: the strange year in Edmonton theatre (what just happened here? part 2)
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2020 was the year that a beaming singer arrived on the Varscona stage, draped herself in a chair centrestage to deliver a torchy number. And the host (Andrew MacDonald-Smith) calmly strode over and threw a sheet … Continue reading
Posted in Features
Tagged Amoris Projects, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Downstage Theatre, Edmonton theatre, EPCOR, Factory Theatre, Found Festival, Free Willies, Freewill Shakespeare Festival, Heat + Soul Fund, Northern Light Theatre, Steppenwolf Theater, Studio Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, The Coldharts, Theatre Calgary, U of A Arts, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
Comments Off on 2020: the strange year in Edmonton theatre (what just happened here? part 2)
2020: a year like no other in Edmonton theatre (part 1)
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2020: the year the laws of probability bent so far out of shape they snapped. Along with satire, futurist dystopian fantasies ceded pride of place to … reality. Every definition of live theatre was up against … Continue reading
Posted in Features
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Azimuth Theatre, Catalyst Theatre, Catch The Keys Productions, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Edmonton theatre, Found Festival, Nextfest, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre Company, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
Comments Off on 2020: a year like no other in Edmonton theatre (part 1)
‘Light during the longest nights’: the Citadel’s film adaptation of A Christmas Carol. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Light!” declares the twinkly old man at a piano on the stage of a big dark empty theatre. “Light during the longest nights.” It’s what every ghost wants, he says. And he’s got the ghost story … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Christmas classics, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre
Comments Off on ‘Light during the longest nights’: the Citadel’s film adaptation of A Christmas Carol. A review.
Eager-beaver thespians at the manger: two Christmas shows from Dammitammy and Whizgiggling Productions
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Holiday shows come in all shapes and sizes (and degrees of fa-la-la-la-la and levity), as well you know. And since this year you’ll be home decking the halls (and not your irritating second-cousins, after 3 eggnogs), … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged 12night.ca, Christmas shows, Dammitammy Productions, Edmonton theatre, Fringe theatre, Nativity Story. Whizgiggling Productions
Comments Off on Eager-beaver thespians at the manger: two Christmas shows from Dammitammy and Whizgiggling Productions
The 12 Days of Christmas: a dozen nights of virtual celebration from the St. Albert Children’s Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If it were just a matter of a partridge in a pear tree, things would be so simple. But Janice Flower never thinks small. And neither does the 39-year-old St. Albert Children’s Theatre, where full-bodied Broadway … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Janice Flower, St. Albert, St. Albert Children's Theatre
Comments Off on The 12 Days of Christmas: a dozen nights of virtual celebration from the St. Albert Children’s Theatre
We need a little Christmas, right this very minute: the Varscona’s first-ever Virtual Holiday Gala
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In a daunting year for live theatre, when the sound of Cheers! has rarely been heard across the land (and the sound of even one hand clapping is now a faint echo in the imagination), the … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, Varscona Theatre
Comments Off on We need a little Christmas, right this very minute: the Varscona’s first-ever Virtual Holiday Gala
Mary’s Wedding: a new Métis version of the Canadian classic at the Citadel (online)
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Tonight is just a dream. I ask you to remember that. It begins at the end and ends at the beginning…. Mary’s Wedding, available for streaming to cross-country audiences from the Citadel Dec. 22, takes us … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Mary's Wedding, Stephen Massicotte
Comments Off on Mary’s Wedding: a new Métis version of the Canadian classic at the Citadel (online)
Mieko Ouchi: meet the Citadel’s new associate artistic director
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Stepping down and stepping up … on the same day.” That’s how Mieko Ouchi describes the double-sided moment in late November when Concrete Theatre announced her departure and the Citadel announced her arrival. It was dramatic … Continue reading
Posted in Features, News/Views
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Concrete Theatre, Daryl Cloran, Edmonton theatre, Mieko Ouchi, RBC Horizon Emerging Artists Program
Comments Off on Mieko Ouchi: meet the Citadel’s new associate artistic director
12thNight.ca 