Category Archives: Reviews

Newly rock-ified and fast on its feet: Jesus Christ Superstar arrives at the Jube. A review.

Posted on November 9, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s a rush down the aisles, a veritable runners’ stampede onto the stage at the start of the Broadway Across Canada touring production of Jesus Christ Superstar that exploded into the Jube Tuesday. And it reimagines … Continue reading →

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On the right track, baby: Vegas Live at the Mayfield, a review

Posted on November 6, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Vegas. The time-honoured holiday fixer-upper for when you want to take a load off, shed your inhibitions and quite a few layers of your clothes, stay up way late, drink giddy drinks, get married, beam come-hither … Continue reading →

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Flying too near the sun: the hunger for artistic inspiration in Dora Maar: the wicked one, a review

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Images of fire, flames, burning, melting are everywhere in Dora Maar: the wicked one, a compelling new solo play by Beth Graham and Daniela Vlaskalic (The Drowning Girls, Comrades, Mules) presented by Workshop West Playwrights Theatre … Continue reading →

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Theatres are haunted places. A ghostly meet-and-greet in Dead Centre of Town XIII

Posted on October 27, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Imagine, if you will, a place where where live people are haunted by imaginary people. Where they inhabit the lives of others, and stories come to life when the lights are out. A place of strange … Continue reading →

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Who am I really? Squeamish, a scary solo thriller from Northern Light. A review

Posted on October 23, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s blood, a lot of blood, dripping and pooling and trailing through the macabre one-woman thriller you’ll find in the near-dark of the Studio Theatre in the ATB Financial Arts Barn. You can practically taste it. … Continue reading →

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‘Imaginative solutions for impossible scenarios.’ The Wrong People Have Money at Shadow Theatre, a review

Posted on October 21, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “In this class,” says star professor Martin Delancey of York University in The Wrong People Have Money, “we’re going to explore the impossible. We’re going to ‘tether the moon’.” It’s a course, standing room only, in … Continue reading →

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You go girls: The Wolves at the Citadel, a review

Posted on October 20, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Teamwork makes the dream work,” says the teenage captain of the Wolves, #25, quoting her coach dad, and applying herself sturdily to holding the soccer team together through every kind of teenage girl friction. “Hustle ladies, … Continue reading →

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Behind the scenes in war, a story of human resilience: Barvinok, a review

Posted on September 24, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “My Baba has a secret,” says Ukrainian-Canadian Hania in the opening moments of Barvinok. “A secret she is bringing with her to her grave.” As we learn in Lianna Makuch’s suspenseful and moving play, inspired by … Continue reading →

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Assault by the (corporate) media: Network, opening the Citadel season. A review.

Posted on September 23, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca  Before memes became meme-ish, when the medical profession had sole ownership of “viral,” there was the scene in Network, the Paddy Chayefsky film of 50 years ago, in which a veteran TV anchor declared “I’m mad … Continue reading →

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Heart and soul in 2 Pianos 4 Hands at the Mayfield. A review.

Posted on September 22, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The charming, poignant, and very funny musical comedy now at the Mayfield begins in classic concert fashion: the bow from the waist and the flipping of the tuxedo tails. Two men in formal tuxes take their … Continue reading →

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