Tag Archives: Common Ground Arts Society

Let’s get Found: the festival of unexpected encounters with art and artists is back

Posted on July 3, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Surprise! You’re about to be Found. Yes, the festival of of unexpected encounters with art and artists is back, starting Thursday, for a 12th edition in Old Strathcona. And at Found 2023 you could find yourself … Continue reading →

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And the 2022-2023 Sterling Awards go to …

Posted on June 26, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The season on Edmonton stages was toasted live and in person Monday night at the 35th annual Sterling Awards gala, for the first time at Edmonton Fringe Theatre headquarters — directed by Kate Ryan and hosted … Continue reading →

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A week of many choices on Edmonton stages of every shape and size

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A crazy week in Edmonton theatre is underway. (So don’t go trying to land a stage from which to deliver your own innovative modern dance movement memoir; they’re all occupied.)  •At the Citadel, the much postponed … Continue reading →

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Collecting souls: where’s the job satisfaction? After Faust, the opening show in RISER Edmonton’s 2023 series. A review

Posted on February 3, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It sounds like an OK gig. And you can argue that aspirational clients, like Dr. Faustus, get what they deserve when they sign away their souls for unlimited knowledge, power, worldly pleasure, and the 24/7 services … Continue reading →

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Wait, there’s more…. Act II of the theatre season is about to begin

Posted on January 4, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Stay tuned; face forward. There’s more! Intermission’s over, my friends, and Act II of the Edmonton theatre season is about to begin. Freaky Green Eyes, Emma Houghton’s original adaptation of the Joyce Carol Oates novel, premieres … Continue reading →

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Surprise! Finding yourself at Found 2022: the festival of art in unexpected places

Posted on July 1, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca At  Found 2022 you could find yourself … following a story into a fort in the river valley. You could find yourself in a hidden nook of Old Strathcona, in a park, in a garbage enclosure … Continue reading →

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Sexual assault, scorched earth, and the fire that burns: Smoke, a review

Posted on June 25, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Smoke is both of the air and the earth. And so is Elena Belyea’s challenging and elusive play, getting its Edmonton premiere at Co*Lab in a Tiny Bear Jaws production with two casts.   Smoke is … Continue reading →

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Re:Construct, at RISER, is a celebration of self in trans-it. A review

Posted on June 9, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Welcome!” declare the beaming go-for-the-gusto duo who greet us in Re:Construct. “You are SO SO SO … valid.” Valid! Hurray! Unless, of course, we’re not. Ah, there’s the rub: All good! Relax! “Do whatever it takes!” … Continue reading →

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Trying to ‘do gender right’ through the trans lens: Re:Construct, at RISER

Posted on June 7, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Playwright Even Gilchrist was in full producer mode at home one morning last week, making a cake for his new play. The play? Re:Construct, premiering Wednesday at the Backstage Theatre in RISER Edmonton’s 2022 series. The … Continue reading →

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‘Orchid, pause recording’: I Don’t Even Miss You, a Tiny Bear Jaws dance musical for a contactless world. A review.

Posted on May 3, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If you think that the last two years have kicked the crap out of satire, think what they’ve done to speculative fiction. Or existential crises. With I Don’t Even Miss You, premiering in RISER Edmonton’s 2022 … Continue reading →

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