Author Archives: Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You can always tell when Shaun Johnston is in a theatre. Yes, there’s his beloved Chevy pick-up (c. 1990) outside the Varscona, a four-inch layer of snow on the cab. In a world of constant flux … Continue reading →

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “If you worked at a nuclear bomb factory,” Clinton Carew asks  pleasantly, by way of conversation opener, “how would you feel?” This is the kind of question that could lead to “I’m just doing my job; … Continue reading →

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Between the death of one dream and the what-comes-next is the unmapped territory where Fortune Falls, the latest musical creation from Catalyst Theatre, finds its footing.  After all, as Jonathan Christenson muses one morning last week, … Continue reading →

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca No pressure, Cardiac Theatre. But the clock is ticking. The play that opens Thursday in the PCL Studio Theatre starts at 8 p.m. And it ends precisely, unforgivingly, 59 minutes later. No need to be sneaking illicit … Continue reading →

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca  For more than four centuries it’s caught the light from the political ideologies and populist currents and counter-currents of the day. Sometimes Shakespeare’s Henry V has seemed a veritable flag-waver of a play — an homage to … Continue reading →

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You’ve met them before — at work, at play, at high school reunions, at your cousin’s wedding. Hell, you’re related to some of them.  They are the unsuccessful. They are the brigade of individuals, in every … Continue reading →

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca OK, the 2017 roster of actual plays starts next week. In the meantime, a trio of ineffable artistes resume their appointed task of impromptu cultural education, commentary, and diversion, fuelled by music, libation, and snacks. Yes, … Continue reading →