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Are we there yet? Four friends on a road trip: The Wizard of Oz at the Citadel, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca As cinematic icons go, The Wizard of Oz, the great musical fantasy film of 1939, occupies a pop culture niche of its own — the plucky prairie girl with the little dog and the ultimate dream escape … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, stage musicals, The Wizard of Oz
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We’re in it together: some thoughts on Shannan Calcutt’s Things I Shouldn’t Tell You at SkirtsAfire
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca At the next-to-last moment this weekend at this year’s SkirtsAfire Festival I got a chance to see what happens when a premier clown steps bravely forth to share a big grown-up secret. In Things I Shouldn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, clown theatre, Edmonton theatre Edmonton festivals, Shannan Calcutt, SkirtsaFire Festival, T.J. Dawe
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The man with the voice and the songs: One Night With Roy Orbison at the Mayfield, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Early in the vintage hit-studded revue currently on the Mayfield stage, the narrator tells us that before his career really took off, an aspiring young Texas singer-songwriter named Roy Orbison pitched an original song to Elvis. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Roy Orbison, The Travelling Wilburys
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Attention must be paid: Death of a Salesman at the Citadel, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The first sight we have of the most indelible character in the 20th century theatre is a man alone, trudging wearily towards us in the murk of an empty stage. He’s a man with baggage, lugging … Continue reading
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Tagged Edmonton theatre, 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman
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Why do we keep making war anyhow? The addiction to rage: An Iliad at Shadow Theatre, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Every time I sing this song, I hope it’s the last time,” says the man before us, a travelling storyteller with a gift of the gab, who’s arrived on crutches (not a prop, Michael Peng has … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, anti-war plays, Edmonton theatre, Homer, Shadow Theatre, The Iliad, Varscona Theatre
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What’s Calgary got that we don’t have? Under the spell of the Dream Machine, at the High Performance Rodeo
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A question for this theatre town of ours: what has Calgary got that we don’t have? A: One Yellow Rabbit, an influential multi-disciplinary troupe of brainy incautious artistic renegades of the experimental stripe, with their own … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Calgary theatre, Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton theatre, High Performance Rodeo, One Yellow Rabbit
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Those Belle Époque bohemians are the party people: Moulin Rouge The Musical, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Those Belle Époque bohemians sure know how to party. Your retinas will be dazzled the moment you enter the theatre. And that, mes amis, isn’t going to stop, or even pause, for the next two-and-a-half hours … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway Across Canada, Broadway musicals, Edmonton theatre, Moulin Rouge The Musical
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Yippee-ki-yay, you’ll get a kick out of Die Harsh: The Christmas Musical, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Christmas show is the natural home of the flashback, ’tis true. (I give you Scrooge’s night course in how to not be a relentless jerk). But it’s a special kind of Christmas show that opens … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Christmas musicals, Die Hard, Edmonton theatre, Grindstone Theatre, Orange Hub
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Tap dancing towards friendship: How Patty and Joanne Won High Gold … a holiday treat at Northern Light. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You know you’ve been truly dumped when the teacher just stops coming to the Thursday night beginner adult tap dance class you’ve signed up for — and it’s Christmas time. Talk about seasonal abandonment issues, a … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton holiday shows, Edmonton theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Trevor Schmidt
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May your days be merry and bright … thoughts on the 2025 A Christmas Carol at the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca On the opening night of A Christmas Carol this past week at the Citadel it started to snow big time; all fall it hadn’t, not really, not till that very evening. And it felt like a … Continue reading
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