Category Archives: Reviews

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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Living between cultures, with a legacy of secrets: Feast, a Fringe review

Posted on August 19, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Feast (Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre) In Feast, you will see an Indigenous man in a T-shirt that says “You Are Living On Stolen Land” dancing gamely with a settler woman to ABBA’s The Winner Takes … Continue reading →

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You’ll laugh (a lot) and wince: The Disney Delusion, a Fringe review

Posted on August 19, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Disney Delusion (Grindstone Comedy Theatre) I don’t know if “wince-laughing” is a term yet in the audience reaction theatre handbook. If not, consider this clever, very funny solo play by and starring Leif Oleson-Cormack to … Continue reading →

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The wave, in free-flow dance form: Water, a Fringe review

Posted on August 19, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Water (Westbury Theatre) The creator and the destroyer, the enigmatic element that makes us who we are, floats our boats, and drowns our hopes…. Water is the inspiration (and title) of an imaginative, free-flow new contemporary … Continue reading →

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Finding your place in the world: The ADHD Project, a Fringe review

Posted on August 18, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The ADHD Project (La Cité francophone Auditorium) The woman before us onstage is her own best evidence that having ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) has its up sides. The energy of Carlyn Rhamey’s solo show is … Continue reading →

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