Tag Archives: Citadel Theatre

A Brimful of Asha: the generation gap in living colour onstage at the Citadel

Posted on October 21, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Nobody knows better than your mom what you should be doing that you aren’t doing, or what you shouldn’t be doing that you are doing, or what you’re putting off doing (like getting married before it’s … Continue reading →

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An Exceptional Night In With Lucy Darling: get Zoomed on magic and mixology

Posted on October 5, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca For an awful moment, says Lucy Darling brightly, “I thought this was one of those terrible juice box events!” No fear, my (socially distanced) friends. When you’re a guest at L.D.’s magic comedy show An Exceptional … Continue reading →

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The Horizon Series LIVE! At the Citadel, the return to live continues

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Lights up. Gather ‘round (in a socially distanced way, of course). The Citadel continues its return to live in-person performance with the three-show series announced Thursday. Horizon Series LIVE! is a trio of small-cast productions programmed … Continue reading →

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And back to the live! a horizon-expanding experiment at the Citadel

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca On Friday March 13 I went to the theatre — the Varscona, to see Shadow Theatre’s production of Heisenberg, starring Amber Borotsik and Glenn Nelson. I haven’t stepped into a theatre since. Until Saturday night. Which … Continue reading →

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Signs of life: live theatre is coming back, with cautious first steps

Posted on August 15, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca And they’re back! Very cautiously, of course, experimentally, a little tentatively, with ultra-sanitized jazz hands. And not full-blast: nary a large-scale musical in sight, needless to say. But live theatre is starting to be back … … Continue reading →

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Remembering the enchantment: Brent Carver in Edmonton

Posted on August 11, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There was an unmistakeable magic about seeing Brent Carver onstage. People felt it; they remembered the enchantment. I was struck again by that with the many heartfelt responses that came my way with the terrible news … Continue reading →

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What do you know now that you didn’t know on March 12? 12thnight asked theatre artists

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “It’s been a learning curve.” Once more, with feeling. Since March I’ve heard the line from theatre artists too many times to count. And it’s been delivered in every intonation and cadence: exasperation (sardonic or direct), … Continue reading →

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Live theatre: has it found a footing on a platform instead of a stage in Zoom-laden times?

Posted on July 23, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A lifetime ago (March 25, 2020 to be precise), Malachite Theatre’s resourceful artistic director Benjamin Blyth explained to me that the company had borrowed an interactive online platform from the business world for a new venture. … Continue reading →

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Meet nine exciting artists at The Virtual Indigenous Artist Hub

Posted on July 2, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca This month you’ll get to meet and mingle with some of the country’s most exciting creators — nine Indigenous artists from Alberta, across Canada and beyond. The meeting place: The Virtual Indigenous Artist Hub. The Hub … Continue reading →

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Celebrating an Edmonton theatre season like no other: the Sterling Awards (online), led by The Color Purple and Titus Bouffonius

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Edmonton theatre took its annual awards gala onto the digital stage Monday night for the first time ever, to celebrate a theatre season like no other. And a musical that chronicles the empowering four-decade journey of … Continue reading →

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