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Small Mouth Sounds and the silent scream: a unique challenge comes to the Roxy
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “When you see the ocean, you may not be able to return. To the well.” – Small Mouth Sounds The play that gets its Canadian premiere tonight in Theatre Network’s Roxy Performance Series is a theatrical … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Bess Wohl, Canadian premieres, Edmonton theatre, silent retreats, Wild Side Productions
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Poly Queer Love Ballad at SkirtsAfire: negotiating romance in a complicated world
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Last night at SkirtsAfire, I caught a charming and intricate new two-hander musical that explores, in an original way, how to tell a contemporary, perpetually-in-progress love story. The eighth and (at 10 days) biggest-ever edition of … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alberta Avenue Community League, Edmonton theatre, SkirtsAfire
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On the edge of the world: Come From Away. A review.
Becky Gulsvig and Emily Watson (front) in Come From Away. Photo by Matthew Murphy. By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Welcome to the Rock. “You are here, at the start of a moment, on the edge of the world,” sings the ensemble … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway Across Canada, Broadway musicals, Come From Away, Edmonton theatre, musical theatre, Newfoundland
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“You have to put it right!” Matilda the Musical, at the Citadel. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Wicked, I tell you. Wicked fun, that is, the smart, joyful musical that’s currently promoting anti-authoritarian resistance, empowerment, and self-determination — for children! — from the Citadel’s Shoctor stage. Based on Roald Dahl’s delightfully dark 1988 … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Matilda the Musical, Roald Dahl, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Vancouver Arts Club Theatre
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The road to Mesa: a buddy pic with a difference. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Funny how the concept “road trip” conjures two sets of images, almost entirely contradictory. One is fuelled by sheer romance, the cinematic sweep of conquering vastness in a first-hand way: the questing spirit with car keys, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Atlas Theatre Collective, Doug Curtis, Edmonton theatre, Julien Arnold, Varscona Theatre Ensemble
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: theatre magic in New York
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca NEW YORK — “Keep The Secrets” say the little buttons you get handed out when you leave the Lyric Theatre near Times Square. I’m pretty sure that doesn’t apply to the golden star-studded blue ceiling in … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway, Harry Potter, Hogwart's, J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, John Tiffany, Lyric Theatre, New York Theatre
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Haunted by the past: The Ferryman in New York
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca NEW YORK – It’s a chilly winter’s night in New York (that’s “chilly” not “arctic”). And the mid-town working population — hotel bellpersons to parking valets to ticket takers to Sabrett’s hot dog vendors — seem … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Bernar B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway, Irish theatre, Jez Butterworth, New York Theatre, Paddy Considine, Royal Court Theatre, the Troubles
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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
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Atlas Theatre Collective, Doug Curtis, Edmonton theatre, Varscona Theatre, Varscona Theatre Ensemble
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“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
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Kimberley Rampersad, Matilda, Roald Dahl, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Vancouver Arts Club Theatre
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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
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