Category Archives: Previews

The theatre of big questions: playwright Mick Gordon talks about Bea, his most produced play, in this preview

Posted on January 24, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz NIcholls, 12thnight.ca “Death,” says the pleasant Irish voice on the phone from across the Atlantic, “is the great unifier.” The voice belongs to the much-awarded Northern Ireland writer/director Mick Gordon, whose his most-performed play Bea is now running … Continue reading →

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Meet a man with a grievance, and the actor who plays him: Cody Porter in Angry Alan at Northern Light

Posted on January 17, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “For the first time in a really long time I feel like someone is speaking to me in a language which I completely understand … something which makes me feel good about myself.” Roger in Angry … Continue reading →

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Nevermore, now evermore on film: a week of the macabre in Edmonton theatre

Posted on January 13, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s a big week for the (deliciously) macabre in Edmonton. Catalyst Theatre premieres a new film of their signature musical play cum gothic fantasia Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe at … Continue reading →

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Fair is foul and foul is fair. Goblin: Macbeth comes to the Citadel Highwire Series

Posted on January 11, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I’d only ever say this in Edmonton,” declares the amused voice on the phone. “Blame Mark Meer!” If that Edmonton actor/improv star with the encyclopedic knowledge of action figures, fantasy lore and wizardly disguises, immersive games … Continue reading →

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Goin’ on holiday with Girl Brain: Weekend at Girlies, at Theatre Network

Posted on December 11, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If the view from the collective snowbank is getting you down, your moment to escape is at hand. In their new holiday show Weekend at Girlies, opening Thursday in Theatre Network’s Phoenix Series, the hit sketch … Continue reading →

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‘The perfectly perfect family’ does Christmas: Krampus: A New Musical at Workshop West, a preview

Posted on December 10, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s beginning to look a lot…. Two original, bona fide homegrown holiday musicals return this week to the stage — both unconventional, both expanded and enhanced from their 2023 editions — to deck the halls. Well, … Continue reading →

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Die Harsh the Christmas Musical, a festive holiday tradition from Grindstone, goes bigger at the Orange Hub

Posted on December 9, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca This is the week that two original bona fide homegrown holiday musicals return to the stage — both unconventional, both expanded and enhanced from their 2023 editions — to deck the hall (well, two different halls). … Continue reading →

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Two off-centre homegrown holiday musicals return, bigger and fancier, this week! First, Grindstone’s Die Harsh. A preview

Posted on December 9, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca This is the week that two original bona fide homegrown holiday musicals return to the stage — both unconventional, both expanded and enhanced from their 2023 editions — to deck the hall (well, two different halls). … Continue reading →

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Little Dickens: Ronnie Burkett’s marionettes return to Theatre Network to upend a Christmas classic

Posted on December 1, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “It’s the old puppeteer joke,” says Ronnie Burkett who has a lifetime supply of same. “Build a holiday show, and you know what you’re doing every December.” Which brings us to Little Dickens, opening Thursday at … Continue reading →

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And opening tonight… at the Citadel and Rapid Fire

Posted on November 28, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s been the hardest of weeks at the Citadel. The death of the much-loved actor Julien Arnold during Sunday night’s preview performance of A Christmas Carol has been profoundly shocking and sad for the theatre community, artists … Continue reading →

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