Category Archives: Previews

A mash-up of holiday classics (with ghosts) at Fort Edmonton: It’s A Wonderful Christmas Carol

Posted on November 29, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I’m not the man I was….”  No kidding. The flinty Mr. Scrooge gives off new sparks in the panto-radio play mash-up that opens at the Capitol Theatre in Fort Edmonton Park Thursday, as part of the … Continue reading →

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A new Scrooge for the Citadel’s Christmas Carol: John Ullyatt dons the pinstripes

Posted on November 28, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In a theatre town where a lavish Citadel production of A Christmas Carol isn’t just another entertainment choice but a bona fide civic tradition, “Bah, Humbug!” is by now the “to be or not to be” … Continue reading →

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The fascinating journey of painter Agnes Martin: The Innocence of Trees premieres at Theatre Network’s new Roxy

Posted on November 21, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I would like my pictures to represent beauty, innocence, and happiness…. I would like them all to represent that. Exaltation.” — Agnes Martin Theatre Network formally launches the beautiful new Roxy on 124th Street, and their … Continue reading →

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A life transformed by hip-hop: Evandalism opens the Fringe Theatre season

Posted on November 17, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Henry Andrade (aka MC RedCloud) has a story. It’s personal, it’s dramatic, it’s hopeful, it crucially involves hip-hop. And, starting Friday on the Westbury stage, he’s sharing it from the stage in a one-man storytelling performance/show … Continue reading →

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Two sparring playwrights in a vintage thriller: Deathtrap opens the Teatro Live! season

Posted on November 16, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The twisty comedy thriller that opens the Teatro season on the Varscona stage Friday is a classic, Ira Levin’s vintage 1978 Broadway hit Deathtrap.  But the production that launches the Teatro La Quindicina of old into … Continue reading →

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Up close and chilling: a small-scale Sweeney Todd for our time, from the Plain Janes

Posted on November 7, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd/ He served a dark and vengeful god….” Starting Friday in a small and intriguing downtown space (CO*LAB), up close enough to smell blood, Plain Jane Theatre brings us a small-cast chamber … Continue reading →

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Capturing a complicated holiday: a new Canadian musical by Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman, with songs by Hawksley Workman

Posted on November 3, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “It’s the first snow of the year/ Guess it happens once a year….” from Almost A Full Moon, Hawksley Workman “Christmas is a complicated holiday,” says playwright Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman, pausing to consider the multiple facets of … Continue reading →

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Love takes us backstage at a kids’ TV show: Die-Nasty lathers up for a new season of Monday night episodes

Posted on October 29, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Suds alert: We’re backstage at DNTV, a television studio where tensions are on red alert and the real drama happens in this age of streaming.  TV executives, actors both human and puppet, camera people, script writers … Continue reading →

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‘Everyday horror’ mined for comedy: that’s Girl Brain, and they’re back

Posted on October 26, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s nothing like a pandemic to make a sketch comedy trio revel in being together again — in person, in a spanky theatre, rehearsing a new show, with a fog machine.  “Where are we?” says Ellie … Continue reading →

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A cutting edge artist in her own right: Dora Maar: the wicked one, at Workshop West

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the solo play that launches the Workshop West Playwrights Theatre season Thursday you’ll meet a remarkable artist, a multi-media groundbreaker in the ‘30s and ‘40s. She was a cutting edge photographer with commercial cred and … Continue reading →

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