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Type A fabulous: Baroness Bianka’s Bloodsongs at Northern Light. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The chandeliers give off a lurid red glow. The bandstand will make you smile; a sparkly set of outsized teeth with pointy incisors, the inspiration of director/ set and costume designer Trevor Schmidt. The stage accoutrements? … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Elizabeth Bathory, Halloween, Northern Light Theatre
A rare backstage pass: E Day takes you behind the scenes of an election. A review of Jason Chinn’s new political comedy
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Welcome! Thanks for volunteering your time,” says a bright young woman with a smile and a clipboard as you enter the theatre. You’ve wandered into a cluttered makeshift office (designer: Beyala Hackborn, lighting by Scott Peters), … Continue reading
Fight Night gets the vote out, in a fun and disconcerting way
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Uncanny. It’s all about us. Sorry to be self-centred, but it’s hard to believe that Fight Night, a fascinating five-year-old show from the innovative Belgian collective Ontroerend Goed, wasn’t custom-made for us, right now. So here … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Canadian federal election, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Highwire Series, Ontroerend Goed
Capturing the screwball effect: Vidalia, the larky Teatro season finale. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If you’ve ever had the feeling that chaos was a mere blink away — and really, who hasn’t? — the screwball comedy is your go-to form. The unnerving sense that the fabric of modern life could … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, screwball comedy, Stewart Lemoine, Teatro La Quindicina
“I’m beautiful. And I’m here”: The Color Purple at the Citadel. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I believe I have inside of me/ Everything that I need to lead a bountiful life,” sings a confident woman in the last moments of the heart-grabbing musical currently on the Citadel mainstage. The heroine of … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Alice Walker, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Kimberley Rampersad, The Color Purple
A whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on: Million Dollar Quartet at the Mayfield. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Every once in a blue moon history serves up one of those those born-to-be-mythology moments where the greats happen to converge behind the scenes (and give the entertainment industry something juicy to speculate about). One of … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Jerry Lee Lewis, jukebox musicals, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Million Dollar Quartet
“There’s only now”: the eternal present of Rent. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In one of the anthems to outsiders in Rent, the characters pay tribute to their gritty low-rent East Village world of starving artists, junkies, dealers, the homeless, the destitute, the marginalized of every sexual persuasion, “anyone … Continue reading
Juliet writes her own story: Juliet: A Revenge Comedy. A Fringe review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Juliet: A Revenge Comedy (Stage 36, La Cité Auditorium) “I don’t think I’m in Verona any more,” says Juliet. No kidding. Funny how possibilities for travel seem to multiply when you don’t die on purpose, at … Continue reading
Meet Barry, the hipster ‘bot: Artisanal Intelligence, a guest 12thnight Fringe review by Alan Kellogg
Artisanal Intelligence (Venue 10, Acacia Hall) By Alan Kellogg Well, here we are, apparently a group of über-hip start-up types, ready to pitched by Jane (Hannah Everett) on a revolutionary new product. It’s Barry, (Drew Carlson) and she (or pick yer … Continue reading
Paying the price for crime: A Momentary Lapse, a Teatro comedy. A Fringe review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A Momentary Lapse (Stage 12, Varscona Theatre) Enter, shackled together. In one way A Momentary Lapse is part of the canon of plays that trap deliberately mismatched characters together to see what rapprochement is possible (nun … Continue reading
