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Heart and hilarity: Made In Italy at the Citadel, a review

Posted on January 12, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There has to be a big table. That’s what Salvatore, the eminently hospitable patriarch of the Mantini clan, tells us at the outset of Made In Italy. And that’s what its creator and star Farren Timoteo … Continue reading →

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Did Cinderella’s Ugly Stepsisters get a bum rap? They’re out to prove history wrong in The Spinsters

Posted on January 11, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “It’s all about The Dress.” Birth of a show. It’s 2017, and a man walks six feet behind two strong, tall (funny) women as the three theatre artists stumble home from the Winnipeg Fringe beer tent … Continue reading →

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In the beating heart of a big Italian famiglia: Farren Timoteo’s Made In Italy comes home to Edmonton

Posted on January 9, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Farren Timoteo has always loved being Italian. “To me, it’s always been great!” he declares with his usual spirited good cheer. “Film-making, sports cars, architecture, fashion and food, music!” What’s not to love? That thought — … Continue reading →

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Support independent theatre coverage: a new year’s request from 12thnight

Posted on January 6, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

Hello theatre friends! Suddenly, it’s 2024, and Act II of the theatre season is about to begin. Yes there’s more — more of the live theatre experience that’s such a defining part of the city. And it’s my joy and … Continue reading →

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What’s up, Edmonton? Act II of the theatre season is about to begin

Posted on January 5, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Lights up, Edmonton. Take your seats, friends; intermission is over. And Act II of the theatre season is about to begin. The tip-off? Next week, Farren Timoteo’s terrific (and much-travelled solo show Made In Italy returns … Continue reading →

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A clown dreams his own funeral in Corteo: the Cirque du Soleil at Rogers Place, a review

Posted on December 28, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Cirque du Soleil has always been a purveyor of the death-defying (gravity be gone!). Corteo, the 2005 Cirque show that’s ensconced for seven performances at Rogers Place, turns its imaginative eye on death: a clown … Continue reading →

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2023: The year in Edmonton theatre, part 1, the play’s the thing

Posted on December 18, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2023. It was the year a small Edmonton theatre company with new artistic directors and an affirmative declaration for a name, devised an original way to remind us of the remarkable breadth of the performance scene … Continue reading →

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‘Chwismuss will never be the same’: Die Harsh The Christmas Musical from Grindstone Theatre, a review

Posted on December 15, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If you think the frozen-hearted Mr. Scrooge is a hard sell for Christmas cheer — “are there no workhouses; are there no prisons?” — just you wait till you meet the “hero” of Die Harsh: The Christmas … Continue reading →

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Die Harsh: The Christmas Musical, a new holiday tradition from Grindstone Theatre

Posted on December 12, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Along with the fa-la-la-la’s, it’s villain redemption season. And nothing says Christmas like the Grinch, Ebenezer, and … Hans Gruber? It takes a certain insurrectionist appetite for comedy that sings and dances on the dark side … Continue reading →

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With Bells On! A new musical dons its gay apparel for the festive season, at Theatre Network. A review

Posted on December 8, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Ask not for whom the bells toll, my festive-seeking friends. They toll for thee in the spirited new holiday musical getting its premiere in an elevator at Theatre Network. The elevator, which has a Grinchian mind … Continue reading →

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