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She swings, she kicks, she flies: behind the legend a new Robin Hood for our time in The Silver Arrow at the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the swashbuckler adventure extravaganza that premieres on, above, and around the Citadel’s Maclab stage Thursday, everything you thought you knew about a certain legendary 12th century outlaw hero (with a proclivity for the colour … Continue reading
At the Citadel, a new focus for developing new plays
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The fun of a block party is the unpredictable mix of people who live in proximity, get included, and show up to play. Block Party is the nickname, and “community” the theme of the inaugural edition … Continue reading
Posted in News/Views
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Accelerator Play Development, Citadel Theatre, Daryl Cloran, Edmonton theatre, new plays, Rachel Peake, The Lab
The high line to Hadestown
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “How to get to Hadestown/ You’ll have to take the long way down….” And as the world-weary god/narrator Hermes sings “there ain’t no compass, brother, ain’t no map.” Yes, the road to Hadestown is long, uncharted, … Continue reading
Igniting connections: a review of Ubuntu at the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A son dreams nightly of his father. That’s how it starts. But what sets Ubuntu: The Cape Town Project on its zigzag course through two time periods 30 years apart is an inspired perpetual motion scene, … Continue reading
Embracing the other: Ubuntu’s cross-cultural journey at the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The play that opens on the Citadel’s Maclab stage Thursday wasn’t born, like other plays, in a story, a character, an image. Ubuntu would end up with all of the above, unspooling in dance, movement, music, … Continue reading
In love with Shakespeare: the Citadel’s season-opener is a sumptuous love letter to theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the entertainment world there’s no shortage of movies transformed into stage extravaganzas (thank Disney for a slew of them). It happens all the time, with motives no one would call pure. So it’s a special … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Daryl Cloran, Edmonton theatre, Shakespeare, Shakespeare in Love, Tom Stoppard
From Romeo to Shakespeare: meet Andrew Chown, the actor who plays the mystery man
By Liz Nicholls 12thnight.ca So who is William Shakespeare anyhow? The world has always wondered. And in the romantic comedy that opens the season Thursday on the Citadel mainstage, we meet the mystery man himself — as a young working … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Daryl Cloran, Edmonton theatre, Shakespeare, Shakespeare in Love
“We’re all in this together” forsooth: the spirit of inclusion in the Citadel season opener
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Shall I compare thee to a … sum … a sum … a something, something… Damn it.” In the opening scene of the play that launches the new Citadel season Thursday, we meet an up-and-coming playwright … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Christopher Marlowe, Citadel Theatre, Daryl Cloran, Edmonton theatre, Shakespeare, Shakespeare in Love
Prima viene la famiglia! Farren Timoteo’s Made In Italy, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The centrepiece of Made In Italy is a long wooden dining room table. In the course of the funny, touching, many-character solo play by Farren Timoteo, its agile creator and star will sit behind it and … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Club, Daryl Cloran, Edmonton theatre, Farren Timoteo, Italian culture
Fun with the famiglia: Farren Timoteo talks about Made in Italy
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca When Farren Timoteo was seven years old, he arrived home from school one day to be greeted by his dad with the following (delivered in a portentous tone): “I think you’re old enough now.” Luigi was … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Daryl Cloran, Edmonton theatre, Farren Timoteo, Italian culture, Jasper, one-man shows, Western Canada Theatre
