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‘A major breach of technical security at the theatre’ cancels opening weekend of Workshop West’s Wildcat

Posted on October 24, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If you’re excited to see the much-anticipated premiere of the new Nicole Moeller crime caper Wildcat at Workshop West Playwrights Theatre, which was to have opened tonight, you’ll have to wait a bit longer. The production’s … Continue reading →

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Set now, in Edmonton, in the political landscape of Alberta: Wildcat, Nicole Moeller’s new crime caper at Workshop West

Posted on October 21, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca FUN. In a world of anxiety and dread, it’s an elusive concept, but a seductive one, says playwright Nicole Moeller unspooling time back to her inspiration for Wildcat. Her new crime caper premieres Friday with a … Continue reading →

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Re-imagining your inheritance: Morningside Road, a beautiful new Canadian Celtic musical, at Shadow

Posted on October 17, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca One of the haunting songs in Morningside Road, the “new Canadian Celtic musical” that blows open the Shadow Theatre season, wonders about the remarkable way the past is never black-and-white in memory. How does it get … Continue reading →

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To keep or not to keep, that is the question: Baram and Snieckus bring Big Stuff to the Citadel, a preview

Posted on October 16, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You go through life accumulating stuff, you know you do. Stuff that looks as innocuous as a tea cup or a broken toaster but comes wrapped in emotional ribbon. Stuff that connects you to people or … Continue reading →

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On the street where she lived, stories from childhood: Morningside Road, a new Celtic musical, premieres at Shadow

Posted on October 13, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The through-line of Mhairi Berg’s childhood was stories — fascinating, first-hand stories told to her by her Scottish grandmother about growing up in Edinburgh. “I didn’t realize how important they were to me,” says Berg, “But … Continue reading →

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Hilarity and horror: ghost stories from the dark vault of our history, improvised. Ha-Ha-Haunting returns to Rapid Fire

Posted on October 11, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Embrace your ghosts, Edmonton. This is the season when the frontier between the living and the dead is at its flimsiest, and spirits are raving (and lining up for artisan beer at the bar. And Rapid … Continue reading →

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Pinocchio: a hit AMTC musical for kids returns, a test of ingenuity and theatre magic

Posted on October 3, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Fifteen years ago, a highly eccentric, episodic 36-chapter 19th century Italian novel, a fairy tale adventure with a puppet hero who dreamed of being a real live boy, tickled the fancy of a musical theatre writing … Continue reading →

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The reluctant activist who loves her kid: The Pink Unicorn opens the 50th birthday season at Northern Light, a review

Posted on September 29, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the solo play that returns to Northern Light Theatre after a decade to launch the company’s 50th anniversary season, we meet a woman whose alignment with her world — and the next one too — … Continue reading →

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A big birthday weekend of theatre in Edmonton. A little 12thnight survey

Posted on September 26, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca •Opening tonight: Northern Light’s 50th anniversary season, with a new Trevor Schmidt production of The Pink Unicorn — a solo play by the American writer Elise Forier Edie whose timeliness has only escalated in the decade … Continue reading →

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For the love of the kid: meet Patricia Zentilli, star of The Pink Unicorn at Northern Light Theatre

Posted on September 24, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The woman we meet in The Pink Unicorn is a small-town Texas widow, a very conservative very religious church-goer whose world suddenly hits major turbulence when her teenage daughter announces she’s gender-queer. Not only that, Trish’s … Continue reading →

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