Category Archives: Reviews

Reclaiming cultural roots, via food: The Butter Chicken Odyssey, a Fringe review

Posted on August 16, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

The Butter Chicken Odyssey (Stage 5, Acacia Hall) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If this captivating solo show were just a chronicle of Ramneek Singh’s epic two-year odyssey through some 50 (!) of the city’s butter chicken joints, and what happens … Continue reading →

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Grocery shopping with clowns: Jeff and Grungled KNOW FRILLS. A Fringe review

Posted on August 15, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

Jeff and Grungled KNOW FRILLS (Stage 20, Mile Zero Dance Stage) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The two perky, apple-cheeked characters we meet in this light, bright, playful diversion of a clown show, by and starring Rainier Pearl-Styles and Nicholas Chieffo … Continue reading →

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Capturing the moment, and leaving the story to you: the fascinating strangeness of ’35mm: a musical exhibition’. A Fringe review

Posted on August 15, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

35mm: A Musical Exhibition (Stage 36, ArtsHub Ortona) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In “Stop Time,” the opening number in 35mm: a musical exhibition, the five-member Uniform Theatre ensemble directed by Jim Guedo sings of the capture of a moment in … Continue reading →

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Two Persian poets walk into a bar: a legendary friendship reimagined in ‘Shams by Rumi’, a guest Fringe review by Fawnda Mithrush

Posted on August 15, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

Shams by Rumi (Stage 1, ATB Westbury Theatre) By Fawnda Mithrush  Galal and his bestie Husam—a playwright and director respectively—arrive in Cairo to meet with producers. As Husam prepares for what he hopes is their big break, Galal gets distracted by … Continue reading →

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Goose and Consequences: Jack Becomes the Giant in The Beanstalk Market Crash, a guest Fringe Review from Fawnda Mithrush

Posted on August 15, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

The Beanstalk Market Crash (Stage 13, SERVUS Credit Union Théatre at La Cité Francophone) By Fawnda Mithrush, for 12thnight.ca It begins with violence, remember? As the long-worn tale of Jack and his proverbial beanstalk famously ends  — with Jack kidnapping the … Continue reading →

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Ah, what to do with the family curse: gore (i want to disappear) from Tiny Bear Jaws. A Fringe review

Posted on August 15, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

gore (i want to disappear), Stage 3, Nordic Studio Theatre By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The opening gambit of Elena Belyea’s stunningly theatrical gore (i want to disappear) is happening when you enter the theatre. Four actors are marking out a … Continue reading →

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Skit night in the court: PORK & BEANS: Attorneys at Law. a Fringe review

Posted on August 14, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

PORK & BEANS: Attorneys at Law (Stage 18, FOH Pro Stage at the Luther Centre By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca PORK & BEANS: Attorneys at Law isn’t the first time the Edmonton musical theatre indie Top Bunk Theatre has gravitated to … Continue reading →

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Back to Edmonton’s chaotic accidental riviera: Beach to the Future is the finale of the trilogy. A Fringe review.

Posted on August 14, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

Beach To The Future: The Accidental Beach End Game (Stage 18, FOH Pro Stage at the Luther Centre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s a kind of lunatic dumb-smart dumbass-smartass genius at work in Grindstone’s new Accidental Beach sequel, the final … Continue reading →

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Under the covers, away from the outside world: In My Room, a Fringe review

Posted on August 14, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

In My Room (Stage 17, Grindstone Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In My Room, by a pair of this town’s hottest young triple-threats Eli Yaschuk and Rain Matkin, is, in a quirky, comically literal way, a chamber musical. There is an … Continue reading →

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‘Mirth! mirth!’ Cocktails at Pam’s returns to Teatro Live! with the bubbly

Posted on July 13, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If you ever suspected that human civilization is built on sand, or possibly the cubes in an ice bucket, you’re going to love the way the perfect hostess looks around her living room in the opening … Continue reading →

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