Category Archives: Previews

Vohon Ukrainian Dance Ensemble brings folklore to life in epic dance theatre. Svitlo: Discover the Light Within, a preview

Posted on November 18, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Ukrainian folklore, the mythology of a rich and ancient culture, comes to life, on a grand scale, in the show that arrives on the Jube stage Nov. 28. Svitlo: Discover The Light Within is the work … Continue reading →

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A new (and all-Canadian) season at L’UniThéâtre launches with Le Palier

Posted on November 6, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the play that launches the new, all-Canadian season tonight at L’UniThéâtre, Alberta’s only professional francophone theatre company, an unlikely friendship blossoms, fast, in an unlikely place. As director Steve Jodoin explains, Le Palier opens with … Continue reading →

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Vinyl Cafe: The Musical. Stuart McLean’s beloved characters come to life in the Citadel’s new holiday musical, a preview

Posted on November 5, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the new Canadian holiday musical that premieres next week at the Citadel, characters we know well do something they’ve never done before. They step out of the radio and off the page — and, for … Continue reading →

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Tragedy and queer joy: Hayley Moorhouse’s Tough Guy, a preview

Posted on October 28, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Do you remember where you were when you heard …? There are moments in life when you know your answer will be instantly available in your memory, forever. Hayley Moorhouse, whose new play Tough Guy premieres Thursday … Continue reading →

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A very Canadian kind of hero. Billy Bishop Goes To War: a theatre classic is back, with elbows up

Posted on October 22, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Here’s a question that threads its way through our whole history, and feels especially up front, feet planted, elbows up, at the moment: What’s different about us Canadians anyhow? Billy Bishop Goes To War, the bona … Continue reading →

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Set now, in Edmonton, in the political landscape of Alberta: Wildcat, Nicole Moeller’s new crime caper at Workshop West

Posted on October 21, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca FUN. In a world of anxiety and dread, it’s an elusive concept, but a seductive one, says playwright Nicole Moeller unspooling time back to her inspiration for Wildcat. Her new crime caper premieres Friday with a … Continue reading →

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To keep or not to keep, that is the question: Baram and Snieckus bring Big Stuff to the Citadel, a preview

Posted on October 16, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You go through life accumulating stuff, you know you do. Stuff that looks as innocuous as a tea cup or a broken toaster but comes wrapped in emotional ribbon. Stuff that connects you to people or … Continue reading →

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On the street where she lived, stories from childhood: Morningside Road, a new Celtic musical, premieres at Shadow

Posted on October 13, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The through-line of Mhairi Berg’s childhood was stories — fascinating, first-hand stories told to her by her Scottish grandmother about growing up in Edinburgh. “I didn’t realize how important they were to me,” says Berg, “But … Continue reading →

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A new season, and with the departure of Bradley Moss the end of an era at Theatre Network

Posted on October 9, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Theatre Network, that storied company in the beautiful new theatre on 124th Street, turns 51 this season. And it’s with reduced programming that invites shows by diverse artistic creators onto its two stages — and news … Continue reading →

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Pinocchio: a hit AMTC musical for kids returns, a test of ingenuity and theatre magic

Posted on October 3, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Fifteen years ago, a highly eccentric, episodic 36-chapter 19th century Italian novel, a fairy tale adventure with a puppet hero who dreamed of being a real live boy, tickled the fancy of a musical theatre writing … Continue reading →

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