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“I’m not the man I was….” A new Christmas Carol at the Citadel. A review
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
Posted in Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Citadel Theatre, Daryl Cloran, David van Belle, Ebenezer Scrooge, Edmonton theatre, Ted Dykstra
After two decades, the Citadel has a new Christmas Carol. A preview
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
Posted in Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, A Christmas Carol, Citadel Theatre, David van Belle, Ebenezer Scrooge, Edmonton theatre, Ted Dykstra
Keeping Christmas in our hearts: A Christmas Carol to lift your spirits at the Citadel. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Why do spirits walk the earth, and why do they come to me?” For 19 years, Edmonton theatre audiences have had their own special answer, hand-delivered from the stage live and in person. It’s come to … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, A Christmas Carol, Bob Baker, Charles Dickens, Citadel Theatre, Ebenezer Scrooge, Edmonton theatre, Leslie Frankish, Tom Wood
Keeping Christmas in our hearts: A Christmas Carol to lift our spirits at the Citadel. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Why do spirits walk the earth, and why do they come to me?” For 19 years, Edmonton theatre audiences have had their own special answer, hand-delivered from the stage live and in person. It’s come to … Continue reading
“The season when abundance rejoices”: a splendid Christmas Carol retires at the Citadel after 19 seasons
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Christmas, sir, is a cheat!” snaps Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge with a grimace of distaste that may strike a chord in your own soul — especially if you’ve done time in a mall, barraged by retail jollity … Continue reading
The Citadel’s A Christmas Carol: a new addition to the Scroogian gallery
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca When a frozen man declares, with some heat, that “Christmas, sir, is a cheat!” you’re in the presence of a Christmas tradition. And there’s magic to it: Ebenezer Scrooge, the poster boy for last-minute heart thaws, … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, A Christmas Carol, Bob Baker, Citadel Theatre, Ebenezer Scrooge, Edmonton theatre, Tom Wood, Wayne Paquette
