Author Archives: Liz Nicholls

Kinky Boots the musical on tour: the blue collar gets sequins. A review

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Touring in high heels: who does that? There’s a highlight moment in Kinky Boots, the feel-good Broadway touring hit currently drilling its stilettos into the Jube stage, when everything about the 2013 Cyndi Lauper/ Harvey Fierstein … Continue reading →

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The Plain Janes are falling in love with love: Ah! Romance!

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca  “All these lovers want is one shining hour/ is that such a terrible lot to ask?/ Look around you, see for yourself! The romantic atmosphere.” — from She Loves Me Happy Valentine’s Day from Plain Jane Theatre! In … Continue reading →

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Saluting Edmonton talent: Edmonton Arts Council award winners

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Tonight, 23 of the city’s outstanding artists, both up-and-coming and established, of every discipline and original fusion, will receive awards from the Edmonton Arts Council. Nasra Adem, the multi-displinary artist/ slam poet/ whose work is devoted … Continue reading →

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Not so elementary my dear Watson: Baskerville the Sherlockian spoof at the Mayfield

Posted on February 12, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Simplicity itself!” declares Mr. Sherlock Holmes, that arrogant master of keen observation and logical deduction, totting up the clues on a stray walking stick at the outset of Baskerville. Well, yes and no. As the detective’s … Continue reading →

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Putting the (Kinky) boot in: the musical arrives with a message

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “You can change the world when you change your mind.”                                                     … Continue reading →

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Boom goes bust and Bust goes boom: a review of the strange new Matthew MacKenzie comedy at Network

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “You wake up one morning and you have nothing….” Moonlight over an eerie forest of skeleton trees, a geometry of charred trunks…. Bust, the moving and funny, audaciously strange new Matthew MacKenzie play premiering at Theatre … Continue reading →

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Chasing Willie Nelson, a musical dream at the Fort

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the romantic evening that comes to Fort Edmonton’s vintage Capitol Theatre this weekend in honour of Valentine’s Day, the mysteriously supple talent of Andrea House wraps itself around a musical icon you might not expect … Continue reading →

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Musical? Political satire? 2 of the country’s best directors step up

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Two of the country’s most inventive directors, award-winners both, take on classics of their kind with student casts this week, at MacEwan University and the University of Alberta’s Studio Theatre. At MacEwan University, Dave Horak of … Continue reading →

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Expanse: “a celebration of art in motion”

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Expanse has amply lived up to its name. In the 12 years since Amber Borotsik and Murray Utas first imagined a movement arts festival, something that “started small and local,” as Azimuth Theatre’s Kristi Hansen puts … Continue reading →

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BAM! the new showcase for Edmonton’s black artists in Chinook Series

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It started with a lack, and a need. “I needed it to be a festival that I would be excited to go to!” says the excited curator of Black Arts Matter (BAM!), a new  multidisciplinary celebration … Continue reading →

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