Category Archives: Previews

A work-out for body and brain: Martha Burns is running in The Party and The Candidate at the Citadel

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There are two plays getting their world premieres simultaneously tonight in the Citadel. Martha Burns is in both of them. Burns and her nine cast-mates play characters who inhabit not one but two new Kat Sandler … Continue reading →

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The season’s craziest logistics: Kat Sandler’s two new political comedies at the Citadel happen at the same time

Posted on March 30, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s beyond, (way beyond) coincidence that 4:05 minutes into two plays that both run on the same night, with the same cast, in two different theatres at the Citadel (starting tonight in preview), a scene begins … Continue reading →

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19 Weeks: “It’s not something anybody talks about.” Emily Steel’s story of a harrowing real-life decision, her own

Posted on March 28, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “One of the things that made it so hard was that you feel completely isolated — because it’s not something anyone talks about. I had no reference points. I had nobody to talk to, nobody who’d … Continue reading →

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Say Yes to flight: Slight of Mind takes us through the secret caverns of the Citadel

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

  By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca What goes up must come down. In the multi-pronged flight of fancy that opens Friday at the Citadel, you’ll do a little of both as Slight of Mind takes you on a journey into the … Continue reading →

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Small Mouth Sounds and the silent scream: a unique challenge comes to the Roxy

Posted on March 14, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “When you see the ocean, you may not be able to return. To the well.” – Small Mouth Sounds The play that gets its Canadian premiere tonight in Theatre Network’s Roxy Performance Series is a theatrical … Continue reading →

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On the road again: Mesa is a trip across the border, and the generations

Posted on February 20, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You know what they say (it’s probably somewhere in the extra-fine print on the AMA website, just kidding): You never really know someone till you travel together. The buddy pic/ road trip through America that opens … Continue reading →

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“A little bit naughty”: Matilda rewrites her story in the hit musical opening at the Citadel

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca We are revolting children/ living in revolting times. We sing revolting songs/ using revolting rhymes. Kicking, punching, and stomping are de rigueur in the rehearsal rooms of the Citadel these days. “We talk about fighting, not about … Continue reading →

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Close encounters with Damien Atkins: We Are Not Alone at Theatre Network

Posted on February 14, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “If you tell someone you are thinking of writing a play about UFO’s, usually there will be a little silence, and then a little laugh.” – We Are Not Alone It comes with the territory. Some … Continue reading →

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Happy Valentine’s champagne and a show: where to take your date to celebrate

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Of all the high holidays, the one that shares a name with a variety of massacres and martyrdoms is coming up. It’s also the ultimate date night. So in order to celebrate romance, there are a … Continue reading →

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Ins Choi at Chinook: the Kim’s Convenience creator goes solo

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “It’s pretty much what I’ve always wanted to do!” says a genial, amused voice on the phone from Toronto. “Talk directly to the audience about my life. And make people laugh….”  That double-barrelled thought has propelled … Continue reading →

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