Author Archives: Liz Nicholls

You go girls: The Wolves at the Citadel, a review

Posted on October 20, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Teamwork makes the dream work,” says the teenage captain of the Wolves, #25, quoting her coach dad, and applying herself sturdily to holding the soccer team together through every kind of teenage girl friction. “Hustle ladies, … Continue reading →

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‘I would never do that.’ A different kind of horror in Squeamish at Northern Light Theatre

Posted on October 17, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A couple of weeks ago director Trevor Schmidt and an actor friend were driving back from a day’s excursion to Calgary where she had an audition. “It was getting dark, and we put on a recording … Continue reading →

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Crazy or inspired: the what-if? of The Wrong People Have Money, premiering at Shadow Theatre

Posted on October 14, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Here’s a what-if? to stop you in your tracks and make you smile. What if you moved Greenland south to the middle of the Atlantic? Think of the benefits, for human habitation and commerce. In The … Continue reading →

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Fending off the weasel en route to the stage: Weasel, noun, verb, and now Beth Graham play, premiering at Studio Theatre

Posted on October 13, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Beth Graham play that premieres Thursday on the Timms stage takes us into the heart of a mysterious world that is collaborative but hierarchical, creative but rule-bound, populated by high-octane people pretending to be someone … Continue reading →

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The soccer field and the planet of teenage girls: The Wolves at the Citadel, a preview

Posted on October 12, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Wolves, opening the Citadel’s Highwire Series Thursday, does something no production has ever done at the big brick-and-glass playhouse downtown. It turns the Rice, the smallest of the Citadel’s theatres, into an indoor soccer field, … Continue reading →

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Let the spirits move you: Dead Centre of Town returns to Fort Edmonton to haunt a theatre

Posted on October 8, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Every good theatre has its ghosts,” says playwright Megan Dart, an intrepid explorer of haunted terrain over the  past dozen years. Which is why it was only a matter of time till Catch The Keys Productions … Continue reading →

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Hey, Old Friend! The Janes and the Varscona toast Sondheim

Posted on October 1, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “But us, old friends, What’s to discuss, old friends? Here’s to us! Who’s like us? Damn few!” — Merrily We Roll Along, Stephen Sondheim  Edmonton’s top musical theatre artists gather on the Varscona stage Oct. 8 … Continue reading →

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Theatre Network at 48: a new season for a new building

Posted on September 30, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There are many firsts attached to Theatre Network’s 48th season, announced Thursday.  The trio of mainstage productions is led by Jim Guedo’s innovative all-new Joni Mitchell musical, and includes a powerful drama by Canadian star Hannah … Continue reading →

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Behind the scenes in war, a story of human resilience: Barvinok, a review

Posted on September 24, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “My Baba has a secret,” says Ukrainian-Canadian Hania in the opening moments of Barvinok. “A secret she is bringing with her to her grave.” As we learn in Lianna Makuch’s suspenseful and moving play, inspired by … Continue reading →

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Assault by the (corporate) media: Network, opening the Citadel season. A review.

Posted on September 23, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca  Before memes became meme-ish, when the medical profession had sole ownership of “viral,” there was the scene in Network, the Paddy Chayefsky film of 50 years ago, in which a veteran TV anchor declared “I’m mad … Continue reading →

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