Tag Archives: Citadel Theatre

A new Scrooge for the Citadel’s Christmas Carol: John Ullyatt dons the pinstripes

Posted on November 28, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In a theatre town where a lavish Citadel production of A Christmas Carol isn’t just another entertainment choice but a bona fide civic tradition, “Bah, Humbug!” is by now the “to be or not to be” … Continue reading →

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

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A giant is gone.  With the passing of Thomas Peacocke last week at 89, we’ve lost at one go an actor/director/teacher/mentor/administrator/advocate who has played a leading, vivid role in building and shaping theatre here in this … Continue reading →

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Almost A Full Moon at the Citadel: Canada has a new holiday musical, full of snow, stories, and soup. A review

Posted on November 11, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In Almost A Full Moon, the oddly joyous and insightful new holiday musical premiering at the Citadel, generations jostle together on the stage.   Wispy stray people, strangers, somehow find each other, get connected, and become … Continue reading →

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Face the dusk: off the couch everyone, and into the theatre this weekend

Posted on November 4, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Our outdoor colour scheme has gone monochromatic; something weird has happened to the evening lighting. There is an obvious fix: face the gathering darkness, arise from the couch and go to the theatre. There’s been a … Continue reading →

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Capturing a complicated holiday: a new Canadian musical by Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman, with songs by Hawksley Workman

Posted on November 3, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “It’s the first snow of the year/ Guess it happens once a year….” from Almost A Full Moon, Hawksley Workman “Christmas is a complicated holiday,” says playwright Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman, pausing to consider the multiple facets of … Continue reading →

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You go girls: The Wolves at the Citadel, a review

Posted on October 20, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Teamwork makes the dream work,” says the teenage captain of the Wolves, #25, quoting her coach dad, and applying herself sturdily to holding the soccer team together through every kind of teenage girl friction. “Hustle ladies, … Continue reading →

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The soccer field and the planet of teenage girls: The Wolves at the Citadel, a preview

Posted on October 12, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Wolves, opening the Citadel’s Highwire Series Thursday, does something no production has ever done at the big brick-and-glass playhouse downtown. It turns the Rice, the smallest of the Citadel’s theatres, into an indoor soccer field, … Continue reading →

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Assault by the (corporate) media: Network, opening the Citadel season. A review.

Posted on September 23, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca  Before memes became meme-ish, when the medical profession had sole ownership of “viral,” there was the scene in Network, the Paddy Chayefsky film of 50 years ago, in which a veteran TV anchor declared “I’m mad … Continue reading →

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Mad as hell: Network launches the Citadel season. A preview

Posted on September 18, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The word “prescient” has been floating over the Citadel for weeks now, threading through rehearsals for the play getting its Canadian premiere Thursday on the Shoctor stage.  It’s attached to a (very) dark comedy satire about … 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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