Category Archives: Previews

Random thoughts and suggestions on Fringe opening day

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the ongoing quest to devise a fruitful plan of attack for seeing Fringe shows, one long-time theatre administrator I knew eliminated pre-festival anxiety (and also 99 per cent of her theatre-going activity) by her strict … Continue reading →

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Great moments in history … on balconies. Heather D. Swain stays home for her new Fringe show. A Fringe preview.

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca One evening two summers ago the veteran Fringe and Street artist Heather D. Swain was sitting on her Strathcona balcony having a cocktail with friends, watching The People go by. And that’s when it came to … Continue reading →

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When worlds collide: Chris Bullough is feeling the reverb in his new Rig Pig Fantasia. A Fringe preview

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

  By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “ Here I am,” sighs Chris Bullough wincing slightly over his de-caf last week. “An artist. My artistic career funded by oil. Questioning the ethics of oil production and use.”  His new play Rig Pig … Continue reading →

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A tale of two Fringe directors. Chapter 2: Michael Bradley

Posted on August 14, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

  By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A cultural theory: There’s a kind of crazy total-immersion charge about the Fringe that’s a magnet to Edmonton theatre artists. It explains why veteran Edmonton theatre pros — Bradley Moss, Trevor Schmidt, Darrin Hagen, Dave … Continue reading →

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A tale of two Fringe directors. Chapter 1: Suzie Martin

Posted on August 14, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

  By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A cultural theory: There’s a kind of crazy total-immersion charge about the Fringe that’s a magnet to Edmonton theatre artists. It explains why veteran Edmonton theatre pros — Bradley Moss, Darrin Hagen, Dave Horak, Trevor … Continue reading →

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The secret life of small towns: Michele Vance Hehir’s One Polaroid takes us back to Roseglen for the third of a trilogy. A Fringe preview.

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca She lives in a city (one where a great big 37-year-old Fringe starts Thursday). But small towns have always had a particular fascination for Michele Vance Hehir. The secrets both open and closed, the partial knowledge, … Continue reading →

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“Grotesque fun” with Shakespeare: Macbeth Muet and the return of Surreal SoReal. A Fringe preview

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Grotesque fun,” says Jon Lachlan Stewart. “There’s a lot of laughs in our production. And then there’s not….” He’s talking about Macbeth Muet, a 60-minute version of Shakespeare’s swift and brutal tragedy that dismisses every Forsooth … Continue reading →

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Settle down class: the teacher is back, in a new version of Miss Katelyn’s Grade Threes Prepare For The Inevitable

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Imagine: someone loony enough to believe that some unobtrusive terrorist gunman could go into a school and …    It doesn’t exactly take a paranoid with an apocalyptic persecution fantasy to imagine “a worst-case scenario.” Reality … Continue reading →

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Leona Brausen plays Lady B: The Importance of Being Earnest at Teatro La Quindicina

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There will be a moment this evening when an actor who has spent a great deal of time in her career providing perfectly vintage handbags to the casts of period comedies will get the ultimate pay-off. … Continue reading →

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Found Festival 2018: surprising finds, unexpected encounters

Posted on July 3, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Found, the festival that’s all about the find — art and artists in places you never expected to run into them — is back this weekend in Old Strathcona for a seventh annual edition. It’s all about … Continue reading →

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