Category Archives: Previews

Baroness Bianka’s Bloodsongs: a bloodthirsty cabaret to launch the season at Northern Light

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Everyone’s grandmother has an accordian in the basement,” says Kristin Johnston, pointing at a battered case with judicious applications of duct tape. This venerable objet is not some sign of random self-improvement on Johnston’s part. She’s … Continue reading →

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Simone et le whole shebang: the season opens at L’UniThéâtre

Posted on October 16, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the intricate dark comedy that launches the L’UniThéâtre season Friday, a couple of 60-something-plus strangers from elsewhere, sporting symmetrically opposed damages, meet  — in a nursing home in Fort McMurray, the unofficial Canadian home of … Continue reading →

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E Day: Jason Chinn’s new political comedy inspired by the 2015 election sweep

Posted on October 15, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “How did we get here?” Playwright Jason Chinn remembers a night four years ago, a night like no other in Alberta. And since he was volunteering with the campaign that swept Rachel Notley’s NDP into office, … Continue reading →

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Why do we vote the way we do? Fight Night is on it

Posted on October 14, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca No doubt about it: the star avant-garde Belgian theatre collective Ontroerend Goed has an exquisite sense of timing. This week they bring to the Citadel’s new alternative Highwire series a show that throws this question at … Continue reading →

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Dead Centre of Town unearths our dark civic secrets

Posted on October 8, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca We have a checkered past, my friends. You could say we’re haunted. For a dozen years now, in the season of ghostly chills, Catch The Keys Productions has been taking us on location, into the boneyard … Continue reading →

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Hey, the theatre season has landed: a weekend on E-town stages

Posted on October 4, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You may have noticed: the stars have aligned; the E-town theatre season is underway. This week there are musicals, plays, an original screwball comedy. There’s a staged reading of a play that’ll open on a stage … Continue reading →

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Vidalia and “briefcase syndrome”: Teatro ends the season with a larky Lemoine screwball.

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca I feel pretty confident in declaring that Vidalia, the screwball comedy that opens Friday at the Varscona (the finale to the Teatro La Quindicina summer season), is the only example in the world-wide screwball repertoire to … Continue reading →

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Owning a black story: The Color Purple propels an empowering narrative across the Citadel stage. A preview.

Posted on September 24, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca What about tears when I’m happy? What about wings when I fall? I want you to be/ A story for me/ That I can believe in forever. — What About Love?, The Color Purple There are ground-breaking … Continue reading →

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An outbreak of clowns: Play The Fool, E-Town’s “festival of clown and physical comedy” is back

Posted on September 23, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown….” — Cole Porter “It is meat and drink to me to see a clown.” — Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act V, scene i This theatre town … Continue reading →

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A Newfoundland wake turns into a musical: No Change In The Weather

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “How many songs do you actually know the words to, that you could sing?” wonders the Newfoundlander on the phone from the Rock last week. “A couple of campfire songs? Happy Birthday? A Christmas carol or … Continue reading →

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