Category Archives: Reviews

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “They kept me late at the bank but I’ve got my tap shoes on!” cries Bobby Child, a young man with a distinct career malfunction, at the start of Crazy For You. Words to live by, … Continue reading →

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “It’s a grand night for singing/ The stars are bright above. / The earth is a-glow/ And to add to the show, I think I am falling in love! — Rodgers and Hammerstein, State Fair Barring … Continue reading →

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Touring in high heels: who does that? There’s a highlight moment in Kinky Boots, the feel-good Broadway touring hit currently drilling its stilettos into the Jube stage, when everything about the 2013 Cyndi Lauper/ Harvey Fierstein … Continue reading →

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Simplicity itself!” declares Mr. Sherlock Holmes, that arrogant master of keen observation and logical deduction, totting up the clues on a stray walking stick at the outset of Baskerville. Well, yes and no. As the detective’s … Continue reading →

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “You wake up one morning and you have nothing….” Moonlight over an eerie forest of skeleton trees, a geometry of charred trunks…. Bust, the moving and funny, audaciously strange new Matthew MacKenzie play premiering at Theatre … Continue reading →

It’s a particularly unnerving week to see a play as, well, nervy as Disgraced. The news has seen to that. The snags in the social fabric are unravelling at a horrifying rate. Islamophobia isn’t even bothering to cover its tracks. … Continue reading →

It’s playful. It’s smart. It’s playful about being smart. It’s funny. It’s a musical. And, oh, did I mention?, it’s about the end of the world. Yes, on the statistical probability charts, Star Killing Machine is right off the grid. … Continue reading →

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The opening scene of Annapurna is a classic sitcom setup: a baggage sight gag. Ex-wife barges into ex-husband’s digs, dragging enough suitcases for a six-week spa tour of Europe and says she’s “passing through.” If this were … Continue reading →

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Chocolate-coated stories prodding you to follow your dreams are not in short supply in the world. Stories that exhort you to find out who owns them first — maybe you’re just a renter; maybe your lease … Continue reading →

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It begins with incense and music, the flicker of light through stained glass, and a funeral procession.  It gives you a little shiver to realize that the star monarch of Henry V is already dead — … Continue reading →