Monthly Archives: December 2023

A clown dreams his own funeral in Corteo: the Cirque du Soleil at Rogers Place, a review

Posted on December 28, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Cirque du Soleil has always been a purveyor of the death-defying (gravity be gone!). Corteo, the 2005 Cirque show that’s ensconced for seven performances at Rogers Place, turns its imaginative eye on death: a clown … Continue reading →

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2023: The year in Edmonton theatre, part 2

Posted on December 22, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2023 (part 2). Here’s a small assortment (in no particular order) of highlights — moments, performances, bright ideas, experiences — of the year of live theatre on Edmonton stages. Home sweet home. 2023 was the year.… … Continue reading →

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2023: The year in Edmonton theatre, part 1, the play’s the thing

Posted on December 18, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2023. It was the year a small Edmonton theatre company with new artistic directors and an affirmative declaration for a name, devised an original way to remind us of the remarkable breadth of the performance scene … Continue reading →

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‘Chwismuss will never be the same’: Die Harsh The Christmas Musical from Grindstone Theatre, a review

Posted on December 15, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If you think the frozen-hearted Mr. Scrooge is a hard sell for Christmas cheer — “are there no workhouses; are there no prisons?” — just you wait till you meet the “hero” of Die Harsh: The Christmas … Continue reading →

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Get your festive on, release your inner elf: a selection of holiday shows on E-town stages this week

Posted on December 13, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Like holiday traditions, shows at this time of year come in every size and weight, and volume of fa-la-la-la-la. And if you’ve been resolutely festive-resistant so far, this is a week on E-town stages where you … Continue reading →

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Die Harsh: The Christmas Musical, a new holiday tradition from Grindstone Theatre

Posted on December 12, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Along with the fa-la-la-la’s, it’s villain redemption season. And nothing says Christmas like the Grinch, Ebenezer, and … Hans Gruber? It takes a certain insurrectionist appetite for comedy that sings and dances on the dark side … Continue reading →

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With Bells On! A new musical dons its gay apparel for the festive season, at Theatre Network. A review

Posted on December 8, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Ask not for whom the bells toll, my festive-seeking friends. They toll for thee in the spirited new holiday musical getting its premiere in an elevator at Theatre Network. The elevator, which has a Grinchian mind … Continue reading →

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A one-off Fringe Revue Friday at the Westbury

Posted on December 6, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Fringe goes vaudeville, in its own original way, Friday for a one-night revue. Devised by Fringe artistic director Murray Utas, who has a vaudevillian streak in his theatrical DNA (and coiffure), witness the Late-Night Cabaret … Continue reading →

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A theatre story in a dark world, like ours: Indecent at Studio Theatre. A review

Posted on December 6, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “From ashes they rise…” Monday night I saw a memorable play on the Timm’s stage, that steps in and out of time to tell a theatre story, a real one. Not only does Indecent connect us … Continue reading →

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With Bells On: and now it’s a musical, premiering at Theatre Network. A preview

Posted on December 5, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A new holiday musical gets it world premiere Thursday on the Theatre Network mainstage). And this is how it started. A decade ago, a New York director/choreographer/producer/artistic director, home for the holidays, took his folks to … Continue reading →

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