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A good night’s sleep and A Fit, Happy Life, Teatro’s third filmed production. A review.

Posted on September 12, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “It’s what I do! It’s what I love!” declares a man in earnest defence of the job that is his chosen career and his avocation. Mike Brack (Mathew Hulshof) is an expert in the field of … Continue reading →

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Capturing the Patsy Cline essence: Sara-Jeanne Hosie is back at the Mayfield

Posted on September 9, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Sixteen years ago, an award-winning musical theatre triple threat from the West Coast got offered an unusually specific starring role. One that would involve surprising low notes and some yodelling. How’d you like to be our … Continue reading →

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Towards a more inclusive theatre: Postmarginal Edmonton

Posted on September 8, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca At a moment in history when so many of our artistic assumptions are ready for their close-up, the intertwined questions of how theatre gets made, how it’s experienced — and by whom — are up for … Continue reading →

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And behind the door … a stranger. A Second Round of Seconds, Lost Lemoine part 2 at Teatro. A review

Posted on September 5, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Anyone unalterably convinced that a life of celibacy is much to be preferred to a blind date with a stranger should probably avoid Lost Lemoine Part 2: A Second Round of Seconds at all costs. On … Continue reading →

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After a year of streaming, the Métis version of Mary’s Wedding is back, and live, at the Citadel. A review.

Posted on September 3, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There are layers of wispy fiddle music like aural smoke in the air, a haze of past and present. “Tonight is just a dream,” advises Charlie (Cree actor/playwright Todd Houseman), the lovestruck Métis boy who leads … Continue reading →

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‘Burning it down, admitting defeat, and starting over’: Northern Light Theatre announces its 46th season

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Here’s a question that speaks, with eerie precision, to our moment: how do we find the resilience to start again after a setback? The three mainstage plays in Northern Light Theatre’s live upcoming 46th season, “Burning … Continue reading →

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Fun on film: Lost Lemoine Part 1 opens the Teatro season. A review.

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “You aren’t a very interesting patient,” says the psychiatrist (Mark Meer) to the imperturbable woman on the consultation couch (Jocelyn Ahlf) in The Crazy Woman, one of the six short plays in the Lost Lemoine Part … Continue reading →

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Teatro’s screen debut: three streamed productions launch the 2021 season, the fourth is live

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca For the first time ever, Teatro La Quindicina launches a summer season, its 39th, with a live gala screening. This is happening in a real theatre (the Varscona) — with real opening night snacks and drinks, … Continue reading →

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The finale, an update: The Fringe returned, small but live, and the people came…

Posted on August 22, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “A grand experiment.” That’s that’s how Megan Dart, Fringe Theatre’s interim executive director, describes this year’s trimmed one-of-a-kind adaptation of the Edmonton Fringe which ends its 11-day run tonight. “Like any good show you don’t know … Continue reading →

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The killer comedy of Die-Nasty, a Fringe review (or thought for the day or discussion point or whatever)

Posted on August 20, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Die-Nasty (Varscona Theatre) Well, this is a bit awkward. I finally caught up mid-week with Die-Nasty, the improvised serial  soap with the late-night Fringe edition that’s actually set at the Fringe and about the Fringe (and … Continue reading →

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