Category Archives: Reviews

Take that, Henry. Girl power-pop is the best revenge: the new Canadian production of Six the Musical, at the Citadel, a review

Posted on August 18, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “History’s about to get overthrown!” sing six Tudor queens who come charging out of the 16th century “live in consort,”in their hot opening  number in Six The Musical. Greensleeves and lutes don’t stand a chance. “Tonight … Continue reading →

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Finding the light and losing it: the unmissable Sea Wall, a Fringe review

Posted on August 17, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

Sea Wall (Stage 34, Roots on Whyte Community Building Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s entirely possible you won’t see anything at the Fringe to touch the combination of delicacy and shattering power in Sea Wall, an exquisite 40-minute solo portrait of … Continue reading →

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A strange and seductive vision: Undiscovered Country, a Fringe review

Posted on August 17, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

Undiscovered Country (Chianti Yardbird Suite, Stage 7, replacing four of Neurotic Erotica’s time slots) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A man in a hat, a guitar, a vision of country (the music and the place)…. Tyler Wainwright, the “90s country rock … Continue reading →

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Fast and furious: Romeo and Juliet in a spiegeltent at the Freewill Shakespeare Festival. A review

Posted on August 13, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Crazy kids. Access to lethal drugs. No hobbies except hanging out, mixing it up, getting into brawls (and turning iambic pentameter into actual speaking). That’s downtown Verona for you, in David Horak’s indeterminately contemporary, very speedy … Continue reading →

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You’ve got the music in you: a joyful new Twelfth Night at Freewill Shakespeare Festival

Posted on August 12, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “O spirit of love! How quick and fresh art thou,” declares a love-struck Duke, glancing heavenward in the early moments of Twelfth Night, the first of the two alternating plays (along with Romeo and Juliet) in … Continue reading →

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And now for something completely different: Edmonton artists in a vintage spiegeltent at K-Days

Posted on July 23, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Magic, as magician Billy Kidd tells us, lives in surprises, in the “not knowing what’s going to happen next.” Now, here’s something unexpected (in a good way). Of all the things you might conceivably be doing … Continue reading →

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You can be fabulous right here: Everybody Goes To Mitzi’s at Teatro, a review

Posted on July 15, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca To see the Teatro Live! revival of Everybody Goes To Mitzi’s at the Varscona is to be reminded of something special about this place. In Edmonton you make your own fun. OK, maybe you have to … Continue reading →

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The Genie and the spirit of showbiz: Disney’s Aladdin at the Jube, a review

Posted on July 12, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Come for the hummus, stay for the floor show,” advises the outsized sprite in Arabian Nights, the opening number of Disney’s Aladdin. He pretty much nails the touring Broadway family musical that’s arrived at the Jube … Continue reading →

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Improv comes to the Mayfield for the first time, and it’s the best there is: Gordon’s Big Bald Head in Clusterflick

Posted on June 25, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Something historic, and riotously funny, is happening at the Mayfield. For the first time ever at this adventurous dinner theatre, a blockbuster movie is premiering on the Mayfield stage. In itself this pretty much nails high-grade … Continue reading →

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Wrapping the self in fantasy: Strange/Familiar, a new ‘autofictional’ play at the Gateway

Posted on June 23, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In a telling moment in Strange/Familiar, a new play by Liam Monaghan, we see the protagonist open a suitcase. Liam, who shares a name with the playwright in this “autofictional play,” seems to have packed light: … Continue reading →

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