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Family secrets and country air: Where You Are at Shadow, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s no shortage of funny one-liners in Where You Are. And a lot of them happen in the opening scenes of the carefully constructed 2019 comedy by the Canadian playwright Kristen Da Silva. We meet two … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Kristen Da Silva, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre
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“Is anyone out there?” En route to love, the long way round: Alphabet Line at Fringe Theatre. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “My name is Duncan J Hayes. I live in Yonker on the Alphabet Line. Is anyone out there?” The recurring refrain in Alphabet Line is a call out into the wild blue yonder of the Saskatchewan … Continue reading
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We’re all good people, right? Up the property ladder in Radiant Vermin, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In a week when “housing crisis” and “starter home” got batted around like pingpong balls (in both our official languages) at the leaders’ debates, here’s a Faustian comedy that’s eerily in sync. It’s dark and smiley, … Continue reading
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Four guys under a streetlamp: Jersey Boys at the Mayfield, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca All jukebox musicals are not created equal. And there’s a notable example, currently running at the Mayfield, that rises above the others the way Frankie Valli’s legendary falsetto levitates off the stage and into your brain. … Continue reading
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Workin’ his way back to us: Danny Austin comes home to direct Jersey Boys at the Mayfield
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Life, like theatre, has its dramatic arcs. Here’s one: I’m sitting across the table with an artist who has heard the close harmonies of Big Girls Don’t Cry (-yi-yi) delivered from stages and in rehearsal halls … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway musicals, Edmonton theatre, Jersey Boys, jukebox musicals, Mayfield Theatre
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A family haunting: Jupiter, Colleen Murphy’s new Canadian epic at Theatre Network. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “The future doesn’t happen ahead of time,” says a character in Jupiter, clinging to shards of hope for change. But the baleful grandeur, and dark vivid theatricality, of this new multi-generational family epic from the dauntless … Continue reading
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High-level thievery in an elaborate plot: Heist at the Citadel, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s complicated high-level thievery going on at the Citadel. Just for fun, a genre has been lifted, improbably, right from under the nose of the cinema, its natural owner. Heist is a theft on behalf of … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Grand Theatre, heist movies, Vertigo Theatre
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Artists need champions: After Mourning – Before Van Gogh at Shadow Theatre. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca After Mourning – Before Van Gogh, a new play by Michael Czuba premiering in the Shadow Theatre season, sets itself a fascinating challenge. It takes us behind the thick paint, the distinctive brushstrokes, the glowing light and … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Shadow Theatre, Van Gogh, Varscona Theatre
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From tragedy to triumph: Tina Turner: The Tina Turner Musical, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, now on the Jube stage in a Broadway Across Canada touring production, is framed by two images of the star, the famous lion mane in silhouette, from the back. The opener … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway Across Canada touring, Edmonton theatre, Jubilee Auditorium, jukebox musicals, Tina Turner
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