Author Archives: Liz Nicholls

Edmonton theatre veteran arrested on the charge of possessing child pornography

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Edmonton theatre community has been shocked by sad bad news today. Playwright/designer/sometime comic improviser David Belke was arrested and charged with possession of child pornography. Belke “has resigned from Shadow Theatre,” where he was a … Continue reading →

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Panache: the Ponce is back for Pt. Deux of Firefly’s circus satire

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There never would have been a sequel if the unthinkable hadn’t happened. When last we met Ponce de Ponce de Panache, 12 months ago,  it was at a pep rally for the self-glorifying blusterer and king … Continue reading →

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Raising $ for theatre, the entertaining way

Posted on March 19, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The seductions of entertainment to call your own: Edmonton’s theatres have to be creative in their unceasing efforts to generate funds to do what they were born to do … put on shows.  This spring you … Continue reading →

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Serca: celebrating the Irish in us

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca For poetic impulses and vivid characters, and a certain raucous soulfulness and way with words, you can’t beat the Irish. And Serca (the Gaelic word for “love story) is the festival that celebrates that multi-faceted contribution. … Continue reading →

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Waiting for Godot at the Serca Festival: a review

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “It’s too much for one man,” says Vladimir gloomily of the perpetual stalemate that gets to the heart of the matter in Waiting For Godot. “On the other hand what’s the good of losing heart now, … Continue reading →

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“Together again at last!” Waiting For Godot arrives for the Serca Festival

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca One of the most delicious true-life stories ever to come out of the Edmonton Fringe, a great natural repository of theatrical absurdities, can be traced, in a direct line of descent, to the One World Theatre … Continue reading →

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The Believers: testing the limits of belief

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s one of those evenings of theatre when you emerge, rattled and intrigued, asking yourself and whoever’s outside smoking “what just happened there?”. Good question. One of the oddest, eeriest, most unnerving plays of the season … Continue reading →

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#starcrossedlovevic: a classic musical and a classic play in rep at Vic

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Greg Dowler-Coltman sent me a Leonard Bernstein quote this week. “To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time.” “How did he know?” jokes Victoria School’s theatre department maestro. He’s … Continue reading →

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Shocker: the outstanding Penny Ritco is leaving the Citadel

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The dramatic theatre news of the day comes from the Citadel: executive director Penny Ritco has announced she’s leaving the company after 13 years. One of the country’s most accomplished, astute, and respected theatre leaders, Ritco … Continue reading →

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Here’s a Chekhovian regret for you: Stupid Fucking Bird is gone

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Haven’t you ever watched yourself and got the vague feeling you’re a spectator in your own life instead of a participant? Or maybe a fictional character in something kind of meandering and plotless instead of something … Continue reading →

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