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It’s the most wonderful time of the year: A Christmas Carol at the Citadel, a review

Posted on December 2, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The ‘hap-happiest season of all,’ as the familiar song has it, can officially begin. A Christmas Carol is back onstage at the Citadel for the 23rd year. Daryl Cloran’s production is thrillingly big, bigger than last … Continue reading →

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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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Some day soon we all will be together… A Christmas Carol is back live at the Citadel

Posted on November 29, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Daryl Cloran has discovered an infallible new applause line, simple but profound. He’s used it in pre-show remarks to audiences at the Citadel’s productions of The Fiancée, Bears, and The Garneau Block this fall. Same effect … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Carol for our time: the Citadel brings its production to you, at home

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Some day soon we all will be together/ If the fates allow/ Until then we’ll have to muddle through somehow…. If there ever was a Christmas carol for 2020, it’s got to be Have Yourself A Merry Little … Continue reading →

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“I’m not the man I was….” A new Christmas Carol at the Citadel. A review

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…. Front-rack anything in the colour red: “red at the primary point of visual contact increases sales by 5.4 per cent.” This retail wisdom comes courtesy of Mr. Ebenezer … Continue reading →

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After two decades, the Citadel has a new Christmas Carol. A preview

Posted on December 3, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Wait.… Do you hear that?” whispers David van Belle, stopping himself mid-sentence, his fork mid-air. “Someone’s whistling Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.” Sure enough, there it is, a faint sound. A ghostly wisp that floats … Continue reading →

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