Category Archives: Reviews

An ode to bountiful Nature on the big stage: Bears at the Citadel. A review.

Posted on October 22, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “If there was one thing Floyd loved, it was bears,” says Floyd of himself near the outset of Matthew MacKenzie’s boldly weird and wonderful play. In the course of Bears, Floyd, a Métis oil patch worker … Continue reading →

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In the house of mismatched dreams: Michael Mysterious. A review.

Posted on October 15, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I’m just a piece of scenery,’ says the 15-year-old title character in Geoffrey Simon Brown’s Michael Mysterious. In another kind of play by another kind of playwright, there would be a weight of tragic grievance or … Continue reading →

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In the kingdom of high spirits: Fever Land, the live season finale at Teatro. A review

Posted on September 26, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca How do you get to Fever Land? The kingdom where your temperature heats up, your spirit rises, your vivacity escalates, and that gray clammy feeling is vanquished?    Try the theatre, live and in person. The … Continue reading →

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It’s a beautiful night in the neighbourhood: The Garneau Block at the Citadel. A review.

Posted on September 24, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It was a long time coming. After 18 dark traumatic isolating months and the most terrible summer ever, a play about community, about what it means to live together in a neighbourhood and pull together — … Continue reading →

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Conjuring Patsy in concert, live at the Mayfield: A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline. A review.

Posted on September 18, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Come on in and sit right down and make yourself at home.” The singing invitation comes from Miss Virginia Patterson Hensley of Winchester, Virginia, whose early-career name change is part of the show to follow. She … Continue reading →

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A good night’s sleep and A Fit, Happy Life, Teatro’s third filmed production. A review.

Posted on September 12, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “It’s what I do! It’s what I love!” declares a man in earnest defence of the job that is his chosen career and his avocation. Mike Brack (Mathew Hulshof) is an expert in the field of … Continue reading →

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And behind the door … a stranger. A Second Round of Seconds, Lost Lemoine part 2 at Teatro. A review

Posted on September 5, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Anyone unalterably convinced that a life of celibacy is much to be preferred to a blind date with a stranger should probably avoid Lost Lemoine Part 2: A Second Round of Seconds at all costs. On … Continue reading →

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After a year of streaming, the Métis version of Mary’s Wedding is back, and live, at the Citadel. A review.

Posted on September 3, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There are layers of wispy fiddle music like aural smoke in the air, a haze of past and present. “Tonight is just a dream,” advises Charlie (Cree actor/playwright Todd Houseman), the lovestruck Métis boy who leads … Continue reading →

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Fun on film: Lost Lemoine Part 1 opens the Teatro season. A review.

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “You aren’t a very interesting patient,” says the psychiatrist (Mark Meer) to the imperturbable woman on the consultation couch (Jocelyn Ahlf) in The Crazy Woman, one of the six short plays in the Lost Lemoine Part … Continue reading →

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The killer comedy of Die-Nasty, a Fringe review (or thought for the day or discussion point or whatever)

Posted on August 20, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Die-Nasty (Varscona Theatre) Well, this is a bit awkward. I finally caught up mid-week with Die-Nasty, the improvised serial  soap with the late-night Fringe edition that’s actually set at the Fringe and about the Fringe (and … Continue reading →

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