Monthly Archives: August 2024

And back in the Hundred Acre Wood…. Who’s Afraid Of Winnie The Pooh? A Fringe review

Posted on August 20, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

Who’s Afraid of Winnie the Pooh? (Stage 18, FOH PRO Stage, Grindstone Venues) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The title alone of this play from Clevername Theatre of Minneapolis stops you in your tracks, with its sheer head-on bravado and disaster … Continue reading →

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Opening a portal into the dark world: Microwave Coven from Guys in Disguise, a Fringe review

Posted on August 20, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

Microwave Coven (Stage 11, Varscona Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca At Maxine’s “contemporary split-level,” the suburban matrons of Placid Place are counting down to the stroke of 12, noon that is (much more convenient for scheduling than midnight). It’s 1977 … Continue reading →

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He had it comin’: The Black Widow Gun Club, a Fringe review

Posted on August 19, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

The Black Widow Gun Club (Stage 4, MacEwan Fine Arts Walterdale Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca This stylish little confection devised by Trevor Schmidt for Whizgiggling Productions comes with all the film noir trimmings:  — sexy sinister music (Mason Snelgrove), … Continue reading →

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The comedy of damage control: Ducks, a Fringe review

Posted on August 19, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

Ducks (Stage 20, Blind Enthusiasm Stage at MZD – Grindstone Venues) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A black-hearted, knowing little comedy asks you to imagine this: a provincial government communications department that’s all about not communicating, concealing, dipsy-doodling around the Freedom … Continue reading →

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Unzipping the red-carpet legends: ‘Golden Grind: A Hollywood Burlesque Show’. A Fringe review

Posted on August 19, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

Golden Grind: A Hollywood Burlesque Show (Stage 11, Varscona Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If all dissertations were as lively as Golden Grind, academia would be the new showbiz hotspot, professors would not be wearing brown corduroy, and the Ivory … Continue reading →

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Was I dreaming? Ha Ha Da Vinci, a Fringe review

Posted on August 18, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

Ha Ha Da Vinci (Stage 14, Café Bicyclette Stage) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In its way this quietly captivating show created by and starring Phina Pipia is a bit like an exotic sorbet. You can’t quite identify the flavour, but … Continue reading →

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A splintered world, from the inside out: Center of the Universe, a Fringe review

Posted on August 18, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

Center of the Universe (Stage 13, Service Credit Union Théâtre at La Cité francophone) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Maxine, at 13, is bright, smart, charming. She just doesn’t seem to be able to (in the common parlance) get her shit … Continue reading →

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A human explosion of fabulosity, and rage. Local Diva: the Danielle Smith Diaries. A Fringe review

Posted on August 18, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

Local Diva: the Danielle Smith Diaries (Stage 1, Westbury Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The entrance of the Fringe: the diva seems to have been flung onto the stage from some cosmic wind tunnel, long limbs akimbo, in perpetual motion. … Continue reading →

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Argue one for the team: Mass Debating, a Fringe review

Posted on August 17, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

Mass Debating (Stage 11, Varscona Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca What are the odds that the smart girls on the debating team from Our Blessed Bleeding Virgin of Perpetual Sorrow and Suffering will succeed in wresting the Heart of Jesus … Continue reading →

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Don’t drink the water: Accidental Beach: A Previously Improvised Musical, a Fringe revew

Posted on August 17, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

Accidental Beach: A Previously Improvised Musical (Stage 18, FOH PRO Stage) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “On January 18, 2024,” says a solemn announcer, “Grindstone Theatre improvised the perfect musical. Viewer discretion is advised.” Here’s the thing: they wrote it all … Continue reading →

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