Tag Archives: 12thnight.ca

Why do we vote the way we do? Fight Night is on it

Posted on October 14, 2019 by

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca No doubt about it: the star avant-garde Belgian theatre collective Ontroerend Goed has an exquisite sense of timing. This week they bring to the Citadel’s new alternative Highwire series a show that throws this question at … Continue reading →

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Giving thanks for theatre: the long weekend on E-town stages

Posted on October 11, 2019 by

  By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s the moment to be thankful for Edmonton’s most captivating arts asset – our theatre scene. Many possibilities are waiting for you this weekend, including a macabre entertainment spun from our own neglected history. And … Continue reading →

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Dead Centre of Town unearths our dark civic secrets

Posted on October 8, 2019 by

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca We have a checkered past, my friends. You could say we’re haunted. For a dozen years now, in the season of ghostly chills, Catch The Keys Productions has been taking us on location, into the boneyard … Continue reading →

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Hey, the theatre season has landed: a weekend on E-town stages

Posted on October 4, 2019 by

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You may have noticed: the stars have aligned; the E-town theatre season is underway. This week there are musicals, plays, an original screwball comedy. There’s a staged reading of a play that’ll open on a stage … Continue reading →

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Capturing the screwball effect: Vidalia, the larky Teatro season finale. A review

Posted on October 3, 2019 by

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If you’ve ever had the feeling that chaos was a mere blink away — and really, who hasn’t? — the screwball comedy is your go-to form. The unnerving sense that the fabric of modern life could … Continue reading →

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“I’m beautiful. And I’m here”: The Color Purple at the Citadel. A review

Posted on October 2, 2019 by

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I believe I have inside of me/ Everything that I need to lead a bountiful life,” sings a confident woman in the last moments of the heart-grabbing musical currently on the Citadel mainstage. The heroine of … Continue reading →

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Vidalia and “briefcase syndrome”: Teatro ends the season with a larky Lemoine screwball.

Posted on September 25, 2019 by

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca I feel pretty confident in declaring that Vidalia, the screwball comedy that opens Friday at the Varscona (the finale to the Teatro La Quindicina summer season), is the only example in the world-wide screwball repertoire to … Continue reading →

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Owning a black story: The Color Purple propels an empowering narrative across the Citadel stage. A preview.

Posted on September 24, 2019 by

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca What about tears when I’m happy? What about wings when I fall? I want you to be/ A story for me/ That I can believe in forever. — What About Love?, The Color Purple There are ground-breaking … Continue reading →

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An outbreak of clowns: Play The Fool, E-Town’s “festival of clown and physical comedy” is back

Posted on September 23, 2019 by

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown….” — Cole Porter “It is meat and drink to me to see a clown.” — Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act V, scene i This theatre town … Continue reading →

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A Newfoundland wake turns into a musical: No Change In The Weather

Posted on September 20, 2019 by

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “How many songs do you actually know the words to, that you could sing?” wonders the Newfoundlander on the phone from the Rock last week. “A couple of campfire songs? Happy Birthday? A Christmas carol or … Continue reading →

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