Category Archives: Features
The trouper, the angel, and the mantra: the show must go on!
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If there ever was a dramatic testimonial to theatre as a collaborative art form, in the grand odds-against “show must go on” tradition, it’s got to be the back story of The Great Whorehouse Fire of … Continue reading
Random thoughts and suggestions on Fringe opening day
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the ongoing quest to devise a fruitful plan of attack for seeing Fringe shows, one long-time theatre administrator I knew eliminated pre-festival anxiety (and also 99 per cent of her theatre-going activity) by her strict … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Charles Ross, Edmonton Fringe Festival 2018, Fringe previews, Mark Meer, Martin Dockery, Mike Delamont, T.J. Dawe, Walking Dead
A tale of two Fringe directors. Chapter 2: Michael Bradley
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A cultural theory: There’s a kind of crazy total-immersion charge about the Fringe that’s a magnet to Edmonton theatre artists. It explains why veteran Edmonton theatre pros — Bradley Moss, Trevor Schmidt, Darrin Hagen, Dave … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Festival 2018, Edmonton theatre, Liane Faulder, Michael Bradley, Steve Martin, Suzie Martin
A tale of two Fringe directors. Chapter 1: Suzie Martin
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A cultural theory: There’s a kind of crazy total-immersion charge about the Fringe that’s a magnet to Edmonton theatre artists. It explains why veteran Edmonton theatre pros — Bradley Moss, Darrin Hagen, Dave Horak, Trevor … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Cat Walsh, Edmonton Fringe Festival 2018, Edmonton theatre, Fetch, Suzie Martin, Tragedy: A Tragedy, Will Eno
The secret life of small towns: Michele Vance Hehir’s One Polaroid takes us back to Roseglen for the third of a trilogy. A Fringe preview.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca She lives in a city (one where a great big 37-year-old Fringe starts Thursday). But small towns have always had a particular fascination for Michele Vance Hehir. The secrets both open and closed, the partial knowledge, … Continue reading
The Fringe is back, bigger than ever! So … what looks promising?
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The rumours are true: the Fringe is back, larger than life, in the theatre town where the continent’s fringe phenom began. Fringe ‘O’ Saurus Rex, the 37th annual edition of Edmonton’s full-bodied summer theatre bash, starts … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe Festival 2018, Edmonton theatre, Fringe previews, Fringe-O-Saurus Rex
Adventures Off-Broadway in New York
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca NEW YORK — On a sultry Monday night at 2nd Stage, a signature non-profit Off-Broadway company, the packed house is full of actors, directors, agents. They’ve stepped through the spicy scent of lilies (courtesy of a corner … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, 2nd Stage, David Ireland, New York Theatre, Off-Broadway, Public Theatre, Steppenwolf Theater, Tracy Letts
“The Great Work begins” … again: Angels in America in New York
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca NEW YORK — It’s one of those grand, visionary plays that change the way you think about everything — including theatre. At least that’s how it was for me. And so last week in New York … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Angels in America, New York Theatre, Tony Awards, Tony Kushner, Trump America
30 summers of Shakespeare in the great outdoors
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca ‘Tis wondrous strange, but there was a time, now receding into the mists of the past, when Shakespeare (Will to his friends) didn’t camp out in the river valley every summer. When you couldn’t drift down … Continue reading
What to see at Improvaganza: thoughts from sampler night
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Improvaganza is back — and with it the chance to be with people, onstage and off- who are making it up as they go along. Rapid Fire Theatre’s 18th annual international extravaganza, which assembles top improv … Continue reading
