Category Archives: Fringe 2025

Wow, a deadly riot caused by … live theatre, in a riotous new show from Monster Theatre: Riot!, a Fringe review

Posted on August 19, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

Riot! (Stage 15, Campus Saint-Jean Auditorium) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Imagine this: a time and place when live theatre was such a big deal that it caused a deadly riot. What happened in NYC in 1849 is awe-inspiring: two rival … Continue reading →

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Closeted in a sparkling showbiz world: The Spotlight’s Shadow, a new musical. A Fringe review.

Posted on August 19, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

The Spotlight’s Shadow (Stage 14, Café Bicyclette Stage at La Cité francophone) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca This ambitious new musical from Light in the Attic Productions getting its start at the Fringe is set backstage in a dressing room at … Continue reading →

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And then, a giant sturgeon ate a bunch of people, and the plot…. GUMS: An Accidental Beach Prequel, a Fringe review

Posted on August 19, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

GUMS: An Accidental Beach Prequel (Stage 18, Pro Stage at the Luther Centre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Edmonton’s wacky shape-shifting summer beach, an accident of nature, has already inspired an musical, an accident of agile Grindstone Theatre improv artists. That … Continue reading →

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The exquisite thrill of the scare: Victor & Victoria’s Terrifying Tale of Terrible Things. A Fringe review

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

Victor and Victoria’s Terrifying Tale Of Terrible Things (Stage 11, Varscona Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “What if we aren’t awake?” wonders Victor, half a set of Victorian twins, terrified and a bit thrilled by the nightmare he’s been having. … Continue reading →

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Jeez, a serial killer on the premises. Final Girl: A New Musical, a 12thnight REVIEW

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

Final Girl: A New Musical (Stage 13, Servus Credit Union Theatre at La Cité francophone) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You may already have noticed that the Straight Edge (as in razor) Theatre has an appetite for the macabre, especially macabre … Continue reading →

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Elbows up with the NaturElles. Flora and Fawna Face Their Fears, a Fringe review

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

Flora and Fawna Face Their Fears (Stage 11, Varscona Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In Flora and Fawna Face Their Fears, the latest from the Guys in Disguise team of Trevor Schmidt and Darrin Hagen, the two earnest 10-year-old founders … Continue reading →

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Just for the halibut: ShipShow!, a free-floating nautical cabaret. A Fringe review

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

ShipShow! (Stage 25, Spotlight Cabaret) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca All the nice girls love a sailor, all the nice girls love a tar,” as the old music hall ditty has it. And as for the rest of us … we’re … Continue reading →

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A sensational trial with a contemporary reverb: The Cult of the Clitoris, a Fringe review

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

The Cult of the Clitoris (Stage 21, The Sanctuary Stage at Holy Trinity Anglican Church) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In The Cult of the Clitoris, from Empress of Blandings Productions, playwright Celia Taylor steps up to the drama, the absurdities, … Continue reading →

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How to hustle your career in a zombie apocalypse: Zombies, Inc., a new musical comedy. A Fringe review.

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

Zombies, Inc. (Stage 29, Strathcona High School) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s a certain crazy, irresistible improbability about Zombies, Inc.. And it’s not the zombies. Start with the hook of this startlingly accomplished new solo musical comedy (a solo musical? … Continue reading →

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A ghost story about stories, told by a ghost: brilliant solo prairie gothic. Where Foxes Lie, a Fringe review

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

Where Foxes Lie (Stage 32, Lorne Cardinal Theatre at the Roxy) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Years ago, in a small town….” The man we meet in this unnerving, impressively intricate horror show by and starring Jezec Sanders is standing amidst … Continue reading →

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