Tag Archives: Azimuth Theatre

It’s World Theatre Day: make plans!

Posted on March 27, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca On World Theatre Day, your thoughts naturally drift to the exciting prospect of the human connection of live theatre. Hey, it’s a theatre town, and there are choices. •Trouble in Mind, the play that opens Thursday … Continue reading →

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How the West was won: Gender? I Hardly Know Them at Expanse Fest, a little review

Posted on March 25, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca As their own song goes (you’ll have to imagine the ukulele accompaniment and the cheery tone), “Alberta’s tough for prairie queers.” But somehow, amazingly, they haven’t let this place, harsh, marginalizing, and right-sliding as it can … 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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Spirit of the Season: a new holiday/horror mashup, a one-night one-screen film premiere

Posted on December 19, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Five friends in full flight mode escape to a remote cabin in the woods. That always works, right? In Spirit of the Season, the indie holiday/ horror mash-up comedy film getting a one-night premiere screening Wednesday … Continue reading →

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Knock knock who’s there? Nora’s back, A Doll’s House Part 2

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “And it’s crucial there be a door. A very prominent door to the outside….” playwright stage directions, A Doll’s House Part 2 by Lucas Hnath It’s the door that Nora Helmer slammed as she walks out … Continue reading →

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More theatre news: Expanse Fest is back and Grindstone’s hitting the road

Posted on March 21, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Generations” and “generational stories”: that’s the connective tissue of this year’s edition of Expanse, Azimuth Theatre’s annual “celebration of the body in motion.”  For 2022 the agile festival with the Expanse-ive embrace returns to the live … Continue reading →

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New faces in theatre: meet theatre creator/ designer Even Gilchrist

Posted on February 5, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

They’re young, adaptable, and creative. And as theatre returns in this late-pandemic grind, and the doors open to live audiences, we’ll be seeing the work of these theatre artists light up, and transform, the scene here, on- and backstage. You’ll … Continue reading →

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2021: the year in Edmonton theatre, part two

Posted on December 20, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2021 was the year a mystery box, gift-wrapped in silver with a Do Not Open warning, arrived at the house. At showtime three days later, it turned out to contain cues for a play — no, … Continue reading →

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The artist as work-in-progress: Azimuth Theatre has a new program for that

Posted on October 4, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

                By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the creative world of what-if’s where theatre lives, here’s an alluring one: “Wouldn’t it be great if … instead of a part-time job to pay for your … Continue reading →

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Transformations: what would it take to change the world? Catalyst Theatre enlisted three artists to ask the question

Posted on April 21, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “When you sign ‘new’ it means ‘to grow’.” — Chris Dodd, The Transformers: Regrowth Can something positive, something transforming emerge from a year of devastation? To imagine a better future for the world, who better to consult … Continue reading →

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