Author Archives: Liz Nicholls

Fringe review: How I Learned To Hug

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca How I Learned To Hug (Stage 26, The Almanac) At the outset of his riotous one-man comedy/memoir How I Learned To Hug, the uniquely manic Australian performer Jon Bennett reveals the Montreal airport encounter when Security … Continue reading →

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Fringe review: Get Me The F#ck Out Of Edmonton

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

  “Get Me The F#ck out of Edmonton” – and other ramblings of a fringe has-been (Stage 8, Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Here’s the thing about Wes Borg: he is Fringe history — from the top of … Continue reading →

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Fringe review: Edgar Allan

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Edgar Allan (Stage 38, Auditorium at Campus Saint-Jean) “Everything fun is a little bit dangerous,” proposes one of the eerie songs in Edgar Allan. Exactly. And here’s the show to prove it. In this unnerving little tale … Continue reading →

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Fringe review: The Merkin Sisters

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Merkin Sisters (Stage 1, Westbury Theatre) What is art? ask the fractious siblings jockeying for stage supremacy in this raucously inventive satire of contemporary performance art. The Merkin Sisters (Ingrid Hansen and Stéphanie Morin-Robert, expert … Continue reading →

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Fringe review: Szeretlek: A Hungarian Love Story

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

Szeretlek: A Hungarian Love Story (Stage 4, Academy at King Edward) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There is an amiably homemade quality about Szeretlek: A Hungarian Love Story, a modest collage of family anecdotes about a post-war romance. In it, real-life couple … Continue reading →

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A new adventure, fringe-style: two young actors are turning director at the Edmonton Fringe

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca One of the durable strengths of the Edmonton Fringe — something that sets it apart from the legion of fringe spin-offs across the continent — is its organic rooting in the theatre community here. It’s not … Continue reading →

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Fringe review: Ain’t True and Uncle False

Posted on August 14, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Ain’t True And Uncle False (Stage 4, Academy at King Edward) Here’s a new concept in horticulture: “implied garden.” It’s Will Perjure’s creative Eden of upside-down wine bottles and painted cups, handles skyward, with the sign … Continue reading →

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Fringe review: Staycation

Posted on August 14, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

Staycation (Stage 2, Backstage Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The good thing about being a career conspiracist with a specialty in apocalypses is this: it just takes one. The downside: being right and getting vindicated has a major built-in glitch.   … Continue reading →

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Review: SwordPlay: A Play of Swords

Posted on August 14, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

SwordPlay: A Play of Swords (Stage 37, Suzanne Thibadeau Auditorium, La Cité francophone) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca With SwordPlay: A Play of Swords, the Toronto comedy troupe Sex T-Rex delivers live theatre with something everyone secretly wants: a video game on … Continue reading →

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Fringe review: Drunk Girl

Posted on August 14, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

Drunk Girl (Stage 13, Old Strathcona Public Library) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Carpe diem!” beams the high-spirited woman before us, presiding over a selection of bottles.  In the well-stocked repertoire of cautionary tales with sadder-but-wiser chasers, Thea Fitz-James’ solo show isn’t … Continue reading →

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