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And then, a giant sturgeon ate a bunch of people, and the plot…. GUMS: An Accidental Beach Prequel, a Fringe review

Posted on August 19, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

GUMS: An Accidental Beach Prequel (Stage 18, Pro Stage at the Luther Centre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Edmonton’s wacky shape-shifting summer beach, an accident of nature, has already inspired an musical, an accident of agile Grindstone Theatre improv artists. That … Continue reading →

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Workin’ his way back to us: Danny Austin comes home to direct Jersey Boys at the Mayfield

Posted on April 9, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

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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The fun of being scared together: Andrew Ritchie directs The Woman In Black, to open the Teatro Live! season

Posted on October 5, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “People love to be scared,” says Andrew Ritchie decisively. (And  he’s got a whole movie industry to back him up on that). The genial director of The Woman in Black, the atmospheric horror-thriller opening the Teatro … Continue reading →

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An update: The Answer Is (still) Fringe, and four of its top shows are held over

Posted on August 26, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Answer Is Fringe, the 42nd annual edition of Edmonton’s mighty summer theatre extravaganza, might end Sunday night. But don’t be alarmed that you will be left bereft in a universe full of unanswerable questions. A … Continue reading →

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In this comic gem, meet the ultimate outsiders: Rat Academy, a Fringe review

Posted on August 22, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

Rat Academy (Stage 23, Holy Trinity Anglican Church) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Face it, cats have had their day (and night and decades) onstage, ingratiating themselves with the public. What of the rat, the ultimate outsider, marginalized, up against a … Continue reading →

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Looking for a sign: Hayley Moorhouse’s Bird Signs at Nextfest

Posted on June 5, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca See that bunch of sparrows hanging out on the cable that goes to your house?  Obviously it’s a signal from the cosmos vis-à-vis your career plans. Yes, you should definitely apply for med school, or become … Continue reading →

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Check in at the Hotel Vortruba! A guest 12thnight Fringe review by Alan Kellogg

Posted on August 18, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

Hotel Vortruba (Stage 37, Auditorium at Campus Saint-Jean) Welcome to the Hotel Vortruba. You can check out any time you want — but you’ll never want to leave. Vancouver’s RAGMOP Theatre, who dazzled audiences here last Fringe with Falling Awake, isback … Continue reading →

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Play the Fool sends in the clowns

Posted on September 28, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Those that are fools, let them use their talents….” — Shakespeare, Twelfth Night An outbreak of clowns is at hand in this theatre town. And, as you’ll see at Play The Fool, the “festival of clown … Continue reading →

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Puck Bunnies: a guest Fringe review by Marc Horton

Posted on August 19, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

Puck Bunnies (Stage 12, Varscona Theatre) By Marc Horton Do not confuse a puck bunny with a buckle bunny. The former is sexually obsessed with hockey players while the latter feels the same way about rodeo cowboys. Badge bunnies want to … Continue reading →

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Hockey Night at the Pub and Pickle Pub: a 12thnight.ca guest review

Posted on August 19, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

Hockey Night at the Pub and Pickle (Stage 37, Suzanne Thibadeau Auditorium, La Cité Francophone) By Marc Horton We’re sitting in the Pub and Pickle, a Canadian saloon where the attention of everyone is focused on big-screen televisions. We’re watching Canada’s … Continue reading →

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