Category Archives: Previews

The season is underway, in dreams, aspirations, memories. A quick 12thnight survey of the week on Edmonton stages

Posted on September 10, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca •The star of The Shiniest Piece Of Trailer Trash, the solo show launching the Fringe Theatre season tonight, is a dreamer. The aspirational raccoon from the crummy trailer park on the wrong side of the tracks … Continue reading →

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Boy, tiger, sea journey … and the magic of puppets. Life of Pi at the Citadel: meet puppet designer/creator Brendan James Boyd

Posted on September 9, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It would seem to define the impossible: the page-to-live stage adventure of Life of Pi, Yann Martel’s 2001 Booker Prize-winning novel. A story about an Indian teenager lost at sea for 227 days? Afloat on a … Continue reading →

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It’s Fringe Eve, and Edmonton’s biggest opening night is coming up: five shows I’ve enjoyed before

Posted on August 13, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A year has been weirdly compressed. And somehow, magically, it’s the eve of the Fringe, the 44th annual edition of Edmonton’s mighty summer theatre bash. When the curtains go up Thursday night at 8 p.m., they … Continue reading →

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Two sensational celebrity trials inspire two new plays at the Fringe: The Cult of the Clitoris and Cadaver Synod, a preview

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Both, in their way, were celebrity trials. And both trials, in separately sensational ways, 1,128 years apart, have inspired two new plays premiering at the Fringe. Like theatre, history can be weirdly generous that way. Witness … Continue reading →

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A dark absurdist comedy introduces us to contemporary Ukrainian theatre: Bomb. A Fringe preview

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Can you name a single Ukrainian playwright? Me neither. Fringe Full of Stars is about to change that.    When director Lianna Makuch got her hands on Bomb, a dark, absurdist comedy by the contemporary Ukrainian … Continue reading →

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Fringe Full of Stars: further thoughts from 12thnight on how to get intrigued, and what to see

Posted on August 11, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Starting Thursday you have the fun of launching yourself into the galaxy of Fringe Full of Stars, the 44th annual edition of the oldest and biggest of the continent’s Fringes (and the prototype for the rest). … Continue reading →

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Are you lost in the stars? What to see at Fringe Full Of Stars: a little survey to get you started

Posted on August 7, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Starting Thursday, Edmonton’s best idea ever is back in action to screw up your bedtime, and make life more exciting. The 44th annual edition of our 11 day-and-night theatre bash, the biggest and oldest Fringe on … Continue reading →

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Musicals, comedies, and a mysterious experiment in contacting the dead: a week of choices on Edmonton stages

Posted on July 10, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “There’s more to be seen than can ever be seen.” OK, Rafiki the shaman baboon isn’t singing about the week in Edmonton theatre at the start of The Lion King. But, heck, he could have been; … Continue reading →

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The fascinating mystery of Mrs. Houdini: Louise Casemore’s Lucky Charm premieres at Found Fest

Posted on July 7, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You know how a question slides into your brain at an oblique angle — and takes over — when you’re really supposed to be thinking about something else? Actor/playwright Louise Casemore has been there. And the … Continue reading →

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Putting the Find back in Found: the festival of unexpected encounters with art and artists is back

Posted on July 5, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca What will you Find at Found? Surprise! “Experiences you can’t find anywhere else,” says Whittyn Jason, the director of the festival of unexpected encounters with art and artists. Common Ground Arts Society’s Found Fest is back … Continue reading →

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