Tag Archives: Citadel Theatre

Opening the door to human connection: thoughts on this year’s A Christmas Carol at the Citadel

Posted on December 1, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The grand tradition of the Citadel’s A Christmas Carol (without which the “hap-happiest season of all” in these parts can’t really get off the ground), is up and running. And with it, in this the fifth … Continue reading →

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A thrilling and beautiful musical testimonial to what art and artists are all about: Hadestown at the Jube, a review

Posted on November 15, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The musical/ folk opera that returns to Edmonton in the thrilling touring Broadway production onstage at the Jube this week will take you to Hell and back. And all along that eerie, high-stakes route through darkness, … Continue reading →

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Excitement in a theatre town: you have to be there. Theatre possibilities this week

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca More proof, as if you needed any, that Edmonton is a theatre town: A week of exciting possibilities for your nights out. A Quebec thriller. A musical about the struggle to write a musical about the … Continue reading →

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Audrey II is coming for you: Little Shop of Horrors at the Citadel, a review

Posted on October 27, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If there ever was a musical that makes a case for smart people taking a dumb movie in hand and re-potting it — a strategy that’s backfired elsewhere with depressing regularity this century — it’s got … Continue reading →

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The art of the thriller and what not to tell you about Mob, opening the Workshop West season. Meet star Kristin Johnston

Posted on October 26, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There are many things you can’t, mustn’t, know in advance about Mob. For your own good. So many, in fact, that it’s tricky for Kristin Johnston to talk about the hit Quebec thriller that opens the … Continue reading →

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Couch dwellers arise! It’s a crazy week in Edmonton theatre

Posted on October 18, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s a week in Edmonton theatre that’s crazy with possibilities. Which is to say this is no time to be thinking of staying home, much less renewing your dibs on the couch. Two Edmonton theatres launch their … Continue reading →

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The delectable fun of The Importance of Being Earnest at the Citadel, a review

Posted on September 29, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In a glum age where the things to be serious about are piling up by the second, there is something inspirational about launching a season with a comedy whose airy architecture is built, rock solid, on … Continue reading →

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‘A new bounce in its step’: The Importance of Being Earnest at the Citadel relocates to the ’50s. A preview

Posted on September 21, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The last time the distinguished director Jackie Maxwell was in town — working at the Citadel for the first time, amazingly, in 2018 — she brought to the stage a darkly funny, disturbing group portrait of … Continue reading →

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We’ve lost a giant: celebrating the life of Thomas Peacocke, the small-town kid who changed Canadian theatre

Posted on September 18, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

Last fall, theatre here and across the country sustained a huge blow with the passing ot Tom Peacocke at 89. It still seems hard to believe. In him the much diluted term “legacy” is restored to its full lustre and … Continue reading →

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Play time! Prospects to intrigue you in the new season on Edmonton stages

Posted on September 5, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Answer Is Fringe, the 42nd annual edition of our giant summer theatre bash, with its 114,000 or so tickets sold, was a sign. Theatre is getting its groove back, after three hard years that have … Continue reading →

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