Author Archives: Liz Nicholls

Bust: dark comedy, fire, family, Fort Mac in one Alberta story, at Network

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca OK, you’re at a gathering in Vancouver or Toronto, somewhere in Canada that isn’t Alberta. Inevitably there’s the moment when you get asked where you’re from.  The range of reactions? Pick one: the eye squint? the … Continue reading →

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The Citadel: a new artistic director, an adventurous new season

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Edmonton largest playhouse turns 52 next season — with a new artistic director, unusual international partnerships, and cultural/ethnic diversity initiatives on the mainstage and its trio of “add-on’s.”       Daryl Cloran, newly arrived at … Continue reading →

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Innovation in the air: Chinook is back with warming trends in performance

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Forecast: Breezy. An adventuresome wind — full of diverse sounds, sights, cultural ideas, challenges — is set to blow through the winter theatre season again this week.  Yes, Chinook is on its way to becoming an … Continue reading →

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Collin Doyle’s Slumberland Motel is at Script Salon this weekend

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12night.ca He’s back. Theatres (and audiences) take note.  If you saw Collin Doyle’s wonderful Let The Light Of Day Through, in Theatre Network’s top-drawer 2013 premiere production, you already know something important about the work of this award-winning … Continue reading →

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Celebrating winter and our three founding cultures: Flying Canoë Volant

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If you go out in the woods tonight…. It’s a strange form of civic enchantment. Every year about this time, the good burghers of Edmonton, thousands of them, find themselves irresistibly drawn to follow a trail … Continue reading →

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Disgraced: are we as tolerant and progressive as we think? A review

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

It’s a particularly unnerving week to see a play as, well, nervy as Disgraced. The news has seen to that. The snags in the social fabric are unravelling at a horrifying rate. Islamophobia isn’t even bothering to cover its tracks. … Continue reading →

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Combustible dinner conversation: Disgraced comes to the Citadel

Posted on January 22, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca  “O my god! What’s he going to say next!?” It’s 2012 and Raoul Bhaneja and his actor wife Birgitte Solem are in New York watching an Off-Broadway audience watch a play. Everybody is tense, alert, engrossed: … Continue reading →

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Back at the apocalypse factory: Star Killing Machine reviewed

Posted on January 21, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

It’s playful. It’s smart. It’s playful about being smart. It’s funny. It’s a musical. And, oh, did I mention?, it’s about the end of the world. Yes, on the statistical probability charts, Star Killing Machine is right off the grid. … Continue reading →

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A rocky road to a reveal: Annapurna at Shadow Theatre

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The opening scene of Annapurna is a classic sitcom setup: a baggage sight gag. Ex-wife barges into ex-husband’s digs, dragging enough suitcases for a six-week spa tour of Europe and says she’s “passing through.” If this were … Continue reading →

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Am I dreaming? Fortune Falls, Catalyst’s new musical: a review

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Chocolate-coated stories prodding you to follow your dreams are not in short supply in the world. Stories that exhort you to find out who owns them first — maybe you’re just a renter; maybe your lease … Continue reading →

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