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Author Archives: Liz Nicholls
On the road again: Mesa is a trip across the border, and the generations
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You know what they say (it’s probably somewhere in the extra-fine print on the AMA website, just kidding): You never really know someone till you travel together. The buddy pic/ road trip through America that opens … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Atlas Theatre Collective, Doug Curtis, Edmonton theatre, Varscona Theatre, Varscona Theatre Ensemble
“A little bit naughty”: Matilda rewrites her story in the hit musical opening at the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca We are revolting children/ living in revolting times. We sing revolting songs/ using revolting rhymes. Kicking, punching, and stomping are de rigueur in the rehearsal rooms of the Citadel these days. “We talk about fighting, not about … Continue reading
Élise contre l’extinction totale: a new L’UniThéâtre show for and about kids – and the planet – hits the road
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Anxiety about climate change and the fate of the earth isn’t the exclusive domain of adults. And “save the planet” isn’t vaguely theoretical, or metaphorical, or political: 16,306 species of animals are currently at risk of … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Catalyst Theatre, Edmonton theatre, kids theatre, L'UniThéâtre, Paula Humby, the Donnellys, Vigilante
The tricky question of belief: We Are Not Alone at Theatre Network. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “What am I doing here?” asks Damien Atkins more than once in the course of his smart, sly, funny solo show We Are Not Alone. Its declared subject is one that raises either your hopes or … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, 2b theatre company, Crow's Theatre, Damien Atkins, Edmonton theatre, The Segal Centre, Theatre Network, UFO congress, UFO sightings
Songs My Mother Never Sung Me: a coming-of-age deaf/hearing chamber opera at Chinook
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “This is the story of how my mom helped me find my voice,” says the narrator (the excellent Kieran Martin Murphy) in Songs My Mother Never Sung Me, a touching, and ingenious, new bilingual chamber opera” … Continue reading
Close encounters with Damien Atkins: We Are Not Alone at Theatre Network
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “If you tell someone you are thinking of writing a play about UFO’s, usually there will be a little silence, and then a little laugh.” – We Are Not Alone It comes with the territory. Some … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, 2b theatre company, Crow's Theatre, Damien Atkins, Edmonton theatre, Segal Centre, Theatre Network, UFO sightings
Happy Valentine’s champagne and a show: where to take your date to celebrate
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Of all the high holidays, the one that shares a name with a variety of massacres and martyrdoms is coming up. It’s also the ultimate date night. So in order to celebrate romance, there are a … Continue reading
Posted in News/Views, Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Capitol Theatre, Chinook Series, Citadel Club, Citadel Theatre, Damien Atkins, Edmonton theatre, Expanse Festival, Farren Timoteo, Fort Edmonton Park, Girl Brain, Grindstone Comedy Theatre and Bistro, Send in the Girls Burlesque, Studio Theatre, Theatre Network
Ins Choi at Chinook: the Kim’s Convenience creator goes solo
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “It’s pretty much what I’ve always wanted to do!” says a genial, amused voice on the phone from Toronto. “Talk directly to the audience about my life. And make people laugh….” That double-barrelled thought has propelled … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Chinook Series, Edmonton theatre, Fringe Theatre Adventures, Ins Choi, Kim's Convenience, Soulpepper
Lend Me A Tenor: a classic ’30s door-slammer at the Mayfield. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “These things happen, sir,” ventures Max, the rabbity assistant manager of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company, trying to look on the bright side. In view of the premise of Ken Ludwig’s ingeniously engineered old-school 1986 farce … Continue reading
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Tagged Dave Horak, Edmonton theatre, Ken Ludwig, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Verdi's Otello
A new Ellen Chorley play is the centrepiece of the upcoming Northern Light season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The centrepiece of Northern Light Theatre’s upcoming season, announced Saturday, is a new play by one of Edmonton’s most unusual artists. Ellen Chorley, the director of Nextfest since 2016, is an award-winning playwright, actor, director, dramaturg, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Ellen Chorley, Northern Light Theatre, Trevor Schmidt
