Tag Archives: Edmonton Fringe Theatre

Just for the halibut: ShipShow!, a free-floating nautical cabaret. A Fringe review

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

ShipShow! (Stage 25, Spotlight Cabaret) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca All the nice girls love a sailor, all the nice girls love a tar,” as the old music hall ditty has it. And as for the rest of us … we’re … Continue reading →

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A sensational trial with a contemporary reverb: The Cult of the Clitoris, a Fringe review

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

The Cult of the Clitoris (Stage 21, The Sanctuary Stage at Holy Trinity Anglican Church) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In The Cult of the Clitoris, from Empress of Blandings Productions, playwright Celia Taylor steps up to the drama, the absurdities, … Continue reading →

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How to hustle your career in a zombie apocalypse: Zombies, Inc., a new musical comedy. A Fringe review.

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

Zombies, Inc. (Stage 29, Strathcona High School) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s a certain crazy, irresistible improbability about Zombies, Inc.. And it’s not the zombies. Start with the hook of this startlingly accomplished new solo musical comedy (a solo musical? … Continue reading →

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A ghost story about stories, told by a ghost: brilliant solo prairie gothic. Where Foxes Lie, a Fringe review

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

Where Foxes Lie (Stage 32, Lorne Cardinal Theatre at the Roxy) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Years ago, in a small town….” The man we meet in this unnerving, impressively intricate horror show by and starring Jezec Sanders is standing amidst … Continue reading →

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Is a home sweet home too much to ask? The hilarity of Rat Academy 2 – Gnaw and Order, a 12thnight Fringe review

Posted on August 16, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

Rat Academy 2 – Gnaw and Order (Stage 11, Varscona Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The last time we saw them, the last two rats in Alberta, Fingers (Dayna Lea Hoffmann) and Shrimp (Katie Yoner), were in a back alley, … Continue reading →

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In ‘the boneyard of dreams’, high on pixie dust: The Peter Pan Cometh, a Fringe review

Posted on August 16, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

The Peter Pan Cometh (Stage 4, Fine Arts Walterdale Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It seems to be the particular, and way-off-centre, genius of Minnesota’s Clevername Theatre to re-imagine dark and weighty American theatre hits with characters from childhood classics. … Continue reading →

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The ticking explosive within! Bomb, a Fringe review

Posted on August 15, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

Bomb (Stage 4, MacEwan Fine Arts Walterdale Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s a visceral absurdity about this clever, very dark multi-loaded stinger of a comedy that Pyretic Productions (well-named for its inflammatory proclivities), brings to the Fringe. And it’s … Continue reading →

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The plight of the single, in a couples world: the nutty hilarity of The Lost Sock Rescue Society, a Fringe review

Posted on August 15, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

The Lost Sock Rescue Society (Stage 28, Roots on Whyte) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In this nutty and inspired latest from the physical comedy and clown company Small Matters Productions (For Science!, The Spinsters), we’re at a volunteer recruitment session … Continue reading →

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It’s Fringe Eve, and Edmonton’s biggest opening night is coming up: five shows I’ve enjoyed before

Posted on August 13, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A year has been weirdly compressed. And somehow, magically, it’s the eve of the Fringe, the 44th annual edition of Edmonton’s mighty summer theatre bash. When the curtains go up Thursday night at 8 p.m., they … Continue reading →

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Two sensational celebrity trials inspire two new plays at the Fringe: The Cult of the Clitoris and Cadaver Synod, a preview

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Both, in their way, were celebrity trials. And both trials, in separately sensational ways, 1,128 years apart, have inspired two new plays premiering at the Fringe. Like theatre, history can be weirdly generous that way. Witness … Continue reading →

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