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Springboards has sprung: the return of Workshop West’s signature new play festival

Posted on March 24, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A rush of new Canadian plays is happening this week in this theatre town. And the timing couldn’t be better for a made-in-Canada festival. With the return Tuesday of Springboards, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre’s signature new … Continue reading →

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Artists need champions: After Mourning – Before Van Gogh at Shadow Theatre. A review.

Posted on March 22, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

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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A crime caper steals onto the stage: Arun Lakri’s Heist at the Citadel, a preview.

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The play that starts previews this weekend at the Citadel defies the laws of probability, or teases them, in all kinds of ways. Heist, as you can’t not know from the title, is a crime caper, … Continue reading →

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From the shadows of history into light: Michael Czuba’s After Mourning – Before Van Gogh premieres at Shadow Theatre

Posted on March 18, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I have never heard of her…. This has to be a play.” That’s the thought, inspired by the History Channel series Raiders of the Lost Art, that piqued the curiosity of playwright Michael Czuba in 2018. … Continue reading →

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But soft, what light through yonder Spotlight breaks? Romeo and Juliet’s Notebook, a review

Posted on March 16, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You know that hyped-up dust-up between the Montagues and the Capulets? A mere suburban skirmish compared to the “ancient grudge” and “new mutiny” of the Hendays vs the Yellowheads — “the longest feud in Alberta history … … Continue reading →

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From tragedy to triumph: Tina Turner: The Tina Turner Musical, a review

Posted on March 12, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

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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Unleashing girl power: Dance Nation at SkirtsAfire, a review

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Smarten up, world. That way you have of underestimating, sidelining, denying even, the sheer visceral power of pre-teen girls means you’re missing out, world. There’s a play now running at the SkirtsAfire Festival that’s all about … Continue reading →

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‘I have had a most rare vision’. A Midsummer Night’s Dream: The 70s Musical at the Citadel, a review

Posted on March 9, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Welcome mortals!” declares the wandering “knavish sprite” in the glittering red jumpsuit (Luc Tellier as Puck) who bounds aerobically through the crowd on fabulous Fluevog platforms, with an orange mullet that makes other mullets look apologetic. … Continue reading →

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A two-festival week in Edmonton theatre: SOUND OFF and SkirtsAfire

Posted on March 5, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz NIcholls, 12thnight.ca We know how to get festive in this theatre town. It’s a two-festival week in Edmonton. SOUND OFF, the influential six-day national festival of Deaf theatre with homegrown origins, returns to its birthplace with a ninth … Continue reading →

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Dance Nation at SkirtsAfire 2025: artistic producer Amanda Goldberg talks about her festival debut

Posted on March 3, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The SkirtsAfire Festival returns this week for a 13th annual edition (with theatrical skirts of every length, style, and fit). And on the mainstage of this resourceful multi-disciplinary celebration of female artists, is a play that … Continue reading →

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