Monthly Archives: November 2024

Who’s the real monster? Monstress, a new Trevor Schmidt thriller, launches the Northern Light season

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Trevor Schmidt calls his latest play, launching the Northern Light Theatre season Friday, “my Lady Frankenstein show.” Playwright Schmidt, NLT’s long-time artistic director, has long been fascinated by the female perspective, female windows on the world, … Continue reading

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The Two Battles of Francis Pegahmagabow, a new World War I play by Neil Grahn, premieres at Shadow Theatre

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca He was “arguably the greatest soldier this country has ever produced,” as playwright Neil Grahn puts it. “And nobody knows his name….” Grahn’s new play The Two Battles of Francis Pegahmagabow, premiering Thursday to open the … Continue reading

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Heartbreaking and funny, Stars On Her Shoulders premieres at Workshop West. A review.

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Every once in a while you find yourself in the theatre fully absorbed in a world that’s both distant and utterly close at hand. And you laugh through tears. It happened for me at Workshop West … Continue reading

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Lethal power games as performance art: The Maids introduces a new indie theatre

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s something exactly right about entering the theatre through an unmarked door, down the stairs and into a space that invites reinvention and expands before your very eyes. It’s a world ready and waiting for actors … Continue reading

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