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Improvised Star Wars on the planet YEG, at the Grindstone

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Spring seat sale: I visited the planet YEG last night, a gritty post-apocalyptic landscape (and cantina) “far from everything that’s really happening.” Kanuck, cantina proprietor and aspirational Bounty Hunter in training, had evidently screwed up his … Continue reading →

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Dear Evan Hansen arrives in the upcoming Broadway Across Canada season

Posted on March 19, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca An innovative award-winner of a Broadway musical with every kind of contemporary traction is the finale of the upcoming three-show Broadway Across Canada season. Dear Evan Hansen, arriving at the Jube Feb. 11 to 16 2020, … Continue reading →

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Small Mouth Sounds: the human comedy gets the silent treatment at the Roxy. A review

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There aren’t many words in it, but Small Mouth Sounds isn’t what you’d call quiet. The silent treatment is loud in the ingenious, funny, and mysteriously affecting play that the indie company Wild Side has brought … Continue reading →

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Small Mouth Sounds and the silent scream: a unique challenge comes to the Roxy

Posted on March 14, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “When you see the ocean, you may not be able to return. To the well.” – Small Mouth Sounds The play that gets its Canadian premiere tonight in Theatre Network’s Roxy Performance Series is a theatrical … Continue reading →

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Poly Queer Love Ballad at SkirtsAfire: negotiating romance in a complicated world

Posted on March 14, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Last night at SkirtsAfire, I caught a charming and  intricate new two-hander musical that explores, in an original way, how to tell a contemporary, perpetually-in-progress love story. The eighth and (at 10 days) biggest-ever edition of … Continue reading →

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On the edge of the world: Come From Away. A review.

Posted on March 13, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

Becky Gulsvig and Emily Watson (front) in Come From Away. Photo by Matthew Murphy. By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Welcome to the Rock. “You are here, at the start of a moment, on the edge of the world,” sings the ensemble … Continue reading →

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“You have to put it right!” Matilda the Musical, at the Citadel. A review.

Posted on February 22, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Wicked, I tell you. Wicked fun, that is, the smart, joyful musical that’s currently promoting anti-authoritarian resistance, empowerment, and self-determination  — for children! — from the Citadel’s Shoctor stage. Based on Roald Dahl’s delightfully dark 1988 … Continue reading →

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The road to Mesa: a buddy pic with a difference. A review.

Posted on February 22, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Funny how the concept “road trip” conjures two sets of images, almost entirely contradictory. One is fuelled by sheer romance, the cinematic sweep of conquering vastness in a first-hand way: the questing spirit with car keys, … Continue reading →

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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: theatre magic in New York

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca NEW YORK — “Keep The Secrets” say the little buttons you get handed out when you leave the Lyric Theatre near Times Square. I’m pretty sure that doesn’t apply to the golden star-studded blue ceiling in … Continue reading →

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Haunted by the past: The Ferryman in New York

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca NEW YORK – It’s a chilly winter’s night in New York (that’s “chilly” not “arctic”). And the mid-town working population — hotel bellpersons to parking valets to ticket takers to Sabrett’s hot dog vendors — seem … Continue reading →

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