Category Archives: Reviews

Antidotes to a gruesome week: here’s a couple of surprising beautiful theatre “concerts” on film

Posted on November 6, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Looking for an antidote? It’s been a gruesome nail-biter of a week on multiple fronts; everyone knows what exactly what that question means. So, the doctor is IN. I caught a couple of truly original and … Continue reading →

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Meanwhile, back at the Varscona … a homecoming for Teatro

Posted on November 1, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca General rule of thumb: On any joyful occasion you can never really go wrong with dancing. If there’s singing, so much the better. It frames Welcome Home, a celebration of the re-opening of the Varscona Theatre … Continue reading →

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So, is he married yet? A Brimful of Asha, live at the Citadel. A 12thnight review.

Posted on October 30, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “You are here,” the engaging title character tells us with a smile at the start of A Brimful of Asha, “to help me sort out my son.”  The son smiles too, and rolls his eyes. In … Continue reading →

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One on one theatre: Here There Be Night takes you into an underground resistance network

Posted on October 25, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Sometimes the creative ingenuity and resilience of theatre artists just about takes your breath away. In a dangerous time when big live theatre gatherings have been cancelled, thwarted, delayed, diverted, they will find a way. I … Continue reading →

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Curio Shoppe is home care, Catch The Keys style. Give yourself a fright.

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Home care (Catch The Keys-style). “It’s time to haunt your own house,” says a silky voice, coming at us in the dark from the internet ether. As its name suggests, Curio Shoppe, the ingenious joint creation … Continue reading →

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An Exceptional Night In With Lucy Darling: get Zoomed on magic and mixology

Posted on October 5, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca For an awful moment, says Lucy Darling brightly, “I thought this was one of those terrible juice box events!” No fear, my (socially distanced) friends. When you’re a guest at L.D.’s magic comedy show An Exceptional … Continue reading →

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Cool breath in, warm breath out: Catalyst’s ‘until the next breath’ in the great outdoors

Posted on October 5, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca From the River Road at dusk, you catch a glimpse of something mysterious through the trees of Victoria Park. Rounded huts — hives? a village perhaps? — glowing from within, and strung with twinkling lights. We’ve … Continue reading →

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Canada as a work-in-progress: All That Binds Us at Azimuth Theatre

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight There has likely never been a more all-inclusive welcome to a piece of theatre than the one we get from Kit (Sheldon Elter), our “guide of sorts,” in the opening moments of All That Binds Us. … Continue reading →

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Through the window and out in the world: some thoughts on Plain Jane’s Scenes From The Sidewalk

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Varscona Theatre opened its door this past weekend for the first time since March. The door to the lobby, that is. Which is where 20 of us sat (distanced and masked) on Sunday at 5:30, … Continue reading →

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Off the cuff and on the spot: Gordon’s Big Bald Head makes (up) a movie

Posted on September 23, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Hey, tonight I was in the virtual audience at the Grindstone, i.e. the invisible sweatpants brigade online at home. And I was watching an amazingly dexterous improv duo onstage do, off the cuff, something that is … Continue reading →

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