Category Archives: Previews

On the frontier between hilarity and horror: Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman at Theatre Yes, a preview

Posted on April 9, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Get your shudder muscles ready, Edmonton, for the (very) black and disturbing comedy that opens Thursday in a production from Theatre Yes. As in Yes, The Pillowman is coming for you. The 2003 play by the … Continue reading →

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Playing in the unfiltered world of kids: meet Jayce McKenzie, star of Robot Girls and Candy & The Beast

Posted on April 3, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Double vision. By day Jayce McKenzie has been rehearsing a new Trevor Schmidt play that premieres Friday in a Northern Light Theatre production. By night she has been regaling and touching audiences in  … a new … Continue reading →

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An old man and his dog, a tale for a broken world: Ronnie Burkett’s Wonderful Joe premieres at Theatre Network

Posted on April 2, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The old man we meet in Wonderful Joe, the new Ronnie Burnett Theatre of Marionettes play getting its much anticipated world premiere Thursday at Theatre Network, has a magical gift (and a dog). Call it vision. … Continue reading →

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‘Let the whole world melt away!’ Nuova Vocal Arts goes to The Prom

Posted on April 1, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I just wanna dance with you/ Let the whole world melt away/ And dance with you/ Who cares what other people say?”  — The Prom In The Prom, the double-sided Broadway musical comedy/ satire that opens … Continue reading →

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The Expanse Fest is back for a 19th annual edition, ‘re-framed’

Posted on March 28, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Expanse, Azimuth Theatre’s 19-year-old movement arts festival, a “celebration of ALL bodies onstage,” is back, March 28 through April 4. And, says Azimuth’s co-artistic director Morgan Yamada, it’s been “re-framed” for the hard-edged realities of our … Continue reading →

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‘My love letter to queer and trans kids’: The Adventure of Young Turtle launches Expanse Festival 2024

Posted on March 28, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca One morning this week, I went on an undersea excursion backstage at the Westbury Theatre, and I met an apprehensive moray eel. Their body was once an air compressor hose, their eyes Gatorade bottle lids, and … Continue reading →

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Springboards, Workshop West’s signature new play festival, is back

Posted on March 24, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Springboards is back this week. And with it, our annual backstage pass to the world of artistic creation, where new plays get born and develop. Workshop West Playwrights Theatre’s new play festival, which returned after a … Continue reading →

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A groundbreaking musical about making art: a rare chance to see Sondheim’s Sunday In The Park With George, at MacEwan

Posted on March 20, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “There’s a part of you always standing by, Mapping out the sky, Finishing a hat….” Something rare and special is happening this week at MacEwan University: a production of Sunday In The Park With George. There … Continue reading →

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This is no weekend to stay home: see some theatre

Posted on March 15, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Wheee. It’s the weekend, and your entertainment on Edmonton theatre stages awaits. Check out some possibilities. In a cross-company pooling of talent, Trevor Schmidt’s new comedy Robot Girls premieres at Shadow Theatre. Four teenage girls at … Continue reading →

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Making A Monster: Northern Light Theatre announces the upcoming 49th season

Posted on March 5, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Where do monsters come from? Do we all have one lurking in our dark cores? What conditions are ideal for creating or discovering or releasing our inner monster? Ah, and is there a point of no … Continue reading →

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