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All about the playwright: Workshop West celebrates the big 4-oh
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It was not one of those storied red carpet openings, where everyone knows that history is being made and dresses accordingly. But then, what little Canadian theatre starts that way? Four decades ago, a sometime playwright/ … Continue reading
No week to stay home: festivals, musicals, plays, improv … E-town stages are full of possibilities
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca This is no week to stay home, my theatre-loving friends. For one thing, the summer festival season really begins: the 38th annual Kids’ Fest Tuesday, Nextfest Thursday. The 28th Die-Nasty season, Lord of Thrones, reaches its … Continue reading
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: theatre magic in New York
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca NEW YORK — “Keep The Secrets” say the little buttons you get handed out when you leave the Lyric Theatre near Times Square. I’m pretty sure that doesn’t apply to the golden star-studded blue ceiling in … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway, Harry Potter, Hogwart's, J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, John Tiffany, Lyric Theatre, New York Theatre
Haunted by the past: The Ferryman in New York
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca NEW YORK – It’s a chilly winter’s night in New York (that’s “chilly” not “arctic”). And the mid-town working population — hotel bellpersons to parking valets to ticket takers to Sabrett’s hot dog vendors — seem … Continue reading
The Citadel’s upcoming 54th season: local stars in an international galaxy
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The new logo is just the tip-off. Monday afternoon at Edmonton’s largest playhouse artistic director Daryl Cloran unveiled an ambitious upcoming Citadel season — its 54th and his third as the architect of the company lineup. … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Previews
Tagged A Christmas Carol, Citadel Theatre, Daryl Cloran, Edmonton theatre, Mischief Theatre, Pulitzer Prize, Todd Babiak
It’s back! The 12thnight holiday theatre quiz
On the brink of a new year, hoist a glass to our unstoppable theatre artists, check out our 12thnight review of 2018 theatre highlights, and take our annual holiday theatre quiz. By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Which of the following productions … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, holiday quiz
The year in Edmonton theatre: looking back on 2018
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In Neil Grahn’s The Comedy Company, an infantry division of First World War fighting men, amidst the nightmare of unremitting horrors, are ordered to create light-hearted musical comedy They are a hit; they tour the Western … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, top shows of 2018
Abandon your grinch, all ye who enter here: holiday shows on E-town stages this week
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Give yourself a holiday treat this week. This week on E-town stages, you can feel the holiday spirit in a live radio play (It’s A Wonderful Life), a Christmas panto (Little Red Riding Hood), or a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Backstage Theatre, Blunt Entertainment, Capitol Theatre, Christmas pantos, Christmas shows, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fort Edmonton Park, Grindstone Theatre, It's A Wonderful Life, live radio plays, Roxy on Gateway, Theatre Network, Theatre of the New Heart, Whizgiggling Productions
“The season when abundance rejoices”: a splendid Christmas Carol retires at the Citadel after 19 seasons
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Christmas, sir, is a cheat!” snaps Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge with a grimace of distaste that may strike a chord in your own soul — especially if you’ve done time in a mall, barraged by retail jollity … Continue reading
Enter smiling, glass in hand: the Varscona Theatre Ensemble season begins with Fallen Angels
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the effervescent 1924 comedy that opens Thursday on the Varscona stage, you will see two married women, bored with contentment and longing for passion, restore the zing of excitement to their lives. They levitate into … Continue reading
