Category Archives: Previews

What I did for love: A Chorus Line, Jim Guedo’s farewell production at MacEwan

Posted on March 26, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The musical that opens tonight on MacEwan University’s Triffo stage takes us into the individual lives, the hopes, the desperate dreams, the sacrifices of Broadway dancers, that anonymous ensemble of high-kickers who do it — or … Continue reading →

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Two years and 51 servings later … The Butter Chicken Odyssey at Springboards New Play Festival, a preview

Posted on March 25, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s a vision quest. It’s a challenge. It’s a journey of discovery beyond the menu and into a South-Asian cultural inheritance. It’s an expedition into the woods (well, Mill Woods) to satisfy a hunger, to re-discover … Continue reading →

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

Posted on March 23, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Springboards springs back this week. And with it our chance to catch new Canadian plays-in-progress, a whole bunch of them at every stage of their evolution, as they meet an audience — us! — for the … Continue reading →

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The mysterious presence of absence: Kristi Hansen’s Phantom Limbs at Expanse Fest 2026, a preview

Posted on March 20, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s a great mystery at the heart of Kristi Hansen’s Phantom Limbs, opening Saturday at the Expanse Festival. It’s the uncanny way the past haunts the present. It has to do with the resonating presence in … Continue reading →

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Making plays in the shadow of Mme La Guillotine: The Revolutionists at Shadow, a preview

Posted on March 19, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Revolutionists, opening tonight at Shadow Theatre, has an intriguing subtitle: “A Comedy. A Quartet. A Revolutionary Dream Fugue. A True Story.” And the play — by the continent’s most produced contemporary playwright Lauren Gunderson — … Continue reading →

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Expanse, the festival that celebrates bodies in motion, is back

Posted on March 18, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It starts with bodies, all bodies, in motion, and moves onward and outward from there. Azimuth Theatre’s ever-expanding Expanse, their signature movement arts festival, is back Friday, with a 10-day edition dubbed Intersections. Community engagement, “the … Continue reading →

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The secret lives of women, out loud: Shannon Calcutt brings her new show Things I Shouldn’t Tell You to SkirtsAfire

Posted on March 9, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The last time we saw Shannan Calcutt on a stage in Edmonton, she was wearing a red nose, a wedding dress, and an irresistible air of hopefulness. That’s how the engaging Izzy shows up for a … Continue reading →

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Celebrating the work of women in the arts: what’s on at SkirtsAfire 2026

Posted on March 4, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca SkirtsAfire, Edmonton’s 10-day multi-disciplinary festival devoted to  celebrating the work of women in the arts, is back Thursday for a 14th annual edition, dubbed ‘The Maps We Make’. And as usual the festivities are an A-line … Continue reading →

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SOUND OFF, the unique national Deaf theatre festival, is back, with a 10th birthday edition

Posted on March 1, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Where do groundbreaking multi-disciplinary bilingual performing arts festivals with a national embrace come from anyhow? Short answer: Edmonton. Longer answer: need. Ten years ago, a enterprising U of A theatre grad got invited to speak on … Continue reading →

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& Juliet, & more: Broadway Across Canada announces a new season of musicals

Posted on February 27, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The opener in the five-production 2026-2027 touring lineup announced this week by Broadway Across Canada is a hit jukebox romantic comedy musical with a witty, and joyful, premise. C’mon, haven’t you always wondered what would happen … Continue reading →

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