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The startling topicality of Trouble in Mind, at the Citadel. A review

Posted on March 31, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s 1957, day 1 of rehearsal for a new Broadway melodrama with an anti-lynching message. And in the opening scene of Trouble in Mind a veteran Black actress is giving pre-rehearsal pointers to a young Black … Continue reading →

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A new play and a new chapter for Theatre Yes: Dead in the Water at the Varscona

Posted on March 31, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “There are things that need to be said. And I’m going to say them,” says Ruth Alexander, who has the kind of husky laugh people notice right through Saturday din at an Italian cafe. The actor/ musician/ … Continue reading →

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Feel your ribs vibrate: Carbon Movements at SOUND OFF, a review

Posted on March 30, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca To say that I’ve never seen anything remotely like Carbon Movements doesn’t really tell you anything about the fascinating theatre/dance performance/experience that opened the 7th annual SOUND OFF festival of deaf theatre Tuesday night. It’s out-of-body, … Continue reading →

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By the light of the moon: Northern Light Theatre announces its upcoming 48th season

Posted on March 28, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The moon, in all its feminine mystery, figures prominently in the trio of plays — one British, one American, one Canadian — announced by  Northern Light Theatre Monday for their upcoming 48th season. “Under The Same … Continue reading →

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SOUND OFF, the groundbreaking Deaf theatre fest, dances back for a seventh annual edition

Posted on March 27, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Across the country, and the continent, there isn’t anything quite like the groundbreaker of a festival, born in this fair theatre town, that’s back for a seventh annual edition Tuesday. SOUND OFF, Canada’s unique and influential … Continue reading →

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Expanse Fest is back to celebrate the body in motion

Posted on March 22, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The 10-day movement arts festival that returns Thursday for an 19th annual edition starts with the body in motion. All bodies in motion. And then it expands. That’s Expanse, the nimble, elasticized (and well-named) festival of … Continue reading →

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Springboards, Workshop West’s new play festival, springs back

Posted on March 20, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca After its return last year for the first time in more than a decade, Springboards springs back this week. And with this edition of Workshop West Playwrights Theatre’s signature new play festival, works-in-progress by some 19 … Continue reading →

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The dizzying optic of All The Little Animals I Have Eaten, a new Karen Hines satire at Shadow. A review

Posted on March 18, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You won’t have seen anything quite like All The Small Animals I Have Eaten, the play that’s now running in the Shadow Theatre season. And because it’s by Karen Hines, a brilliant original of a satirist, … Continue reading →

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The screwball elixir: high spirits and rom-com gold. Pride and Prejudice at the Citadel, a review

Posted on March 17, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Dust off the Regency, and what will you find? Fun fun fun, my friends.  It is a measure of the comic high spirits of the version of Pride and Prejudice currently cavorting its way up, down, … Continue reading →

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‘I sing my sorrow and I paint my joy’. Joni Mitchell: Songs of a Prairie Girl at Theatre Network, a review

Posted on March 12, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I’m not a weeper, I’m a snarler,” Joni Mitchell in old age tells us in the “theatrical collage” in her honour at Theatre Network. “I put the weeping in the songs…. I sing my sorrow, and … Continue reading →

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