Tag Archives: Alberta black history

Cosmic time-travelling into history: Black Alberta at Nextfest

Posted on June 8, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It started with history:  the story of Black civil rights in Alberta, and leading players in a real-life narrative of which Albertans are woefully ignorant. And from that writer/historian Bashir Mohamed has opened a door into … Continue reading →

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A rom-com that opens a window onto our own history: Heaven, live at the Citadel. A review.

Posted on August 6, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Silvery trees grow downward from above in Whittyn Jason’s evocative design for Heaven, the first production of the Citadel’s (socially distanced) return-to-live “summer season” after a year of constantly changing restrictions.    Someone up there in … Continue reading →

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Reimagining our own lost history: John Ware Reimagined at Workshop West, a review

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca John Ware could do many things in life. He could ride horses too wild for any other man. He could wrestle any rampaging steer into submission, organize a cattle drive, run a ranch, walk through a … Continue reading →

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