Tag Archives: Colleen Murphy

A family haunting: Jupiter, Colleen Murphy’s new Canadian epic at Theatre Network. A review

Posted on April 4, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “The future doesn’t happen ahead of time,” says a character in Jupiter, clinging to shards of hope for change. But the baleful grandeur, and dark vivid theatricality, of this new multi-generational family epic from the dauntless … Continue reading →

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A family, a living room, a dog, and, yes, conflict! Colleen Murphy’s new play Jupiter premieres at Theatre Network

Posted on March 31, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The last time a Colleen Murphy play was onstage in this town, a Theatre Network production five years ago, the gore flew so enthusiastically that the front rows of the audience were equipped with splatter shields … Continue reading →

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Theatre Network at 50: an anniversary season and a story of Canadian theatre

Posted on September 16, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca When a pair of horror clowns named Mump and Smoot take to the Roxy mainstage Oct. 8 for the first time in a decade, those interplanetary existentialists from Ummo will be launching Theatre Network’s 50th anniversary … Continue reading →

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A riotous black comedy from Colleen Murphy at Theatre Network: Titus Bouffonius is all good unwholesome fun. A review

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s a rare evening at the theatre that gets you laughing out loud, gives you a good smack upside the head — and makes you wonder later whether you might have dreamed the whole thing. AND … Continue reading →

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Ketchup ketchup everywhere! The fearless Colleen Murphy revisits Shakespeare’s grisliest play

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Colleen Murphy has undertaken some audacious theatrical projects in her time. Who else in this country do you go to for a 23-actor play with a time span of 500 years, and a polar bear protagonist … Continue reading →

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A new season at Theatre Network, and 3 Canadian plays

Posted on September 6, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Three Canadian plays, two by star playwrights and one by a hot up-and-comer, are the 2019-2020 lineup Theatre Network announced this week. There will be a moment (more than one) in this upcoming 45th season that … Continue reading →

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