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A shared responsibility for human happiness: A Christmas Carol is back at the Citadel, live. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Snow’s a given. Sunset before happy hour, also a given. But in Edmonton it’s never really “beginning to look a lot like Christmas” till A Christmas Carol opens at the Citadel. That’s just the way it … Continue reading
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Some day soon we all will be together… A Christmas Carol is back live at the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Daryl Cloran has discovered an infallible new applause line, simple but profound. He’s used it in pre-show remarks to audiences at the Citadel’s productions of The Fiancée, Bears, and The Garneau Block this fall. Same effect … Continue reading
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‘Light during the longest nights’: the Citadel’s film adaptation of A Christmas Carol. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Light!” declares the twinkly old man at a piano on the stage of a big dark empty theatre. “Light during the longest nights.” It’s what every ghost wants, he says. And he’s got the ghost story … Continue reading
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A Christmas Carol for our time: the Citadel brings its production to you, at home
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Some day soon we all will be together/ If the fates allow/ Until then we’ll have to muddle through somehow…. If there ever was a Christmas carol for 2020, it’s got to be Have Yourself A Merry Little … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight, A Christmas Carol, Alpacalypse Productions, Charles Dickens, Christmas shows, Citadel Theatre, Daryl Cloral, David van Belle, Edmonton theatre, Raoul Bhatt
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“I’m not the man I was….” A new Christmas Carol at the Citadel. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…. Front-rack anything in the colour red: “red at the primary point of visual contact increases sales by 5.4 per cent.” This retail wisdom comes courtesy of Mr. Ebenezer … Continue reading
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Do not ask for whom the Belles toil (a tale of two actors, two theatres, two cities, and a show): A Christmas Carol
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca They met 17 years ago as kids in the single-digit age bracket, in a show that would be a life-changer for both of them. They each landed a high-impact role in the two-year-old production, big and … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, A Christmas Carol, Calgary theatre, Charles Dickens, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, holiday shows, Theatre Calgary
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After two decades, the Citadel has a new Christmas Carol. A preview
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Wait.… Do you hear that?” whispers David van Belle, stopping himself mid-sentence, his fork mid-air. “Someone’s whistling Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.” Sure enough, there it is, a faint sound. A ghostly wisp that floats … Continue reading
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The Citadel’s upcoming 54th season: local stars in an international galaxy
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The new logo is just the tip-off. Monday afternoon at Edmonton’s largest playhouse artistic director Daryl Cloran unveiled an ambitious upcoming Citadel season — its 54th and his third as the architect of the company lineup. … Continue reading
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Tagged A Christmas Carol, Citadel Theatre, Daryl Cloran, Edmonton theatre, Mischief Theatre, Pulitzer Prize, Todd Babiak
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Keeping Christmas in our hearts: A Christmas Carol to lift your spirits at the Citadel. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Why do spirits walk the earth, and why do they come to me?” For 19 years, Edmonton theatre audiences have had their own special answer, hand-delivered from the stage live and in person. It’s come to … Continue reading
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Keeping Christmas in our hearts: A Christmas Carol to lift our spirits at the Citadel. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Why do spirits walk the earth, and why do they come to me?” For 19 years, Edmonton theatre audiences have had their own special answer, hand-delivered from the stage live and in person. It’s come to … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, A Christmas Carol, Bob Baker, Charles Dickens, Christmas shows, Citadel Theatre, Cratchit, Ebenezer Scrooge, Edmonton theatre, Leslie Frankish, Tom Wood
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