Tag Archives: Edmonton theatre

The secret lives of women, out loud: Shannon Calcutt brings her new show Things I Shouldn’t Tell You to SkirtsAfire

Posted on March 9, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The last time we saw Shannan Calcutt on a stage in Edmonton, she was wearing a red nose, a wedding dress, and an irresistible air of hopefulness. That’s how the engaging Izzy shows up for a … Continue reading →

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A weekend at the theatre, with heroines aplenty

Posted on March 7, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Can it be coincidence on this, the weekend of International Women’s Day, that it’s your last chance to see … … I Meant What I Said, Stewart Lemoine’s first new full-length comedy in seven years, premiering … Continue reading →

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Celebrating the work of women in the arts: what’s on at SkirtsAfire 2026

Posted on March 4, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca SkirtsAfire, Edmonton’s 10-day multi-disciplinary festival devoted to  celebrating the work of women in the arts, is back Thursday for a 14th annual edition, dubbed ‘The Maps We Make’. And as usual the festivities are an A-line … Continue reading →

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SOUND OFF, the unique national Deaf theatre festival, is back, with a 10th birthday edition

Posted on March 1, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Where do groundbreaking multi-disciplinary bilingual performing arts festivals with a national embrace come from anyhow? Short answer: Edmonton. Longer answer: need. Ten years ago, a enterprising U of A theatre grad got invited to speak on … Continue reading →

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& Juliet, & more: Broadway Across Canada announces a new season of musicals

Posted on February 27, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The opener in the five-production 2026-2027 touring lineup announced this week by Broadway Across Canada is a hit jukebox romantic comedy musical with a witty, and joyful, premise. C’mon, haven’t you always wondered what would happen … Continue reading →

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Snow, whatever. Get yourself to a theatre this weekend: a wealth of choices

Posted on February 22, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A great weekend to be in Edmonton if you’re at the theatre. So many choices, so little time…. A celebratory occasion at Teatro Live!. I Meant What I Said is Stewart Lemoine’s first new full-length comedy … Continue reading →

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The night is young and the music’s high: the Mayfield announces a new and music-filled season

Posted on February 20, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Come Monday to Chiquitita … the musical hits just keep coming, in the upcoming 52nd season announced by Mayfield Dinner Theatre artistic director Kate Ryan this week. It’s a lineup designed to capitalize on the theatre’s … Continue reading →

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Theatre Network’s best-of-Fringe ‘February Festival Weekend’: the lineup

Posted on February 18, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Theatre Network is throwing a bash, a five-show February Festival Weekend, at the Roxy. Thursday through Sunday they present a quintet of productions — four of them from last summer’s Fringe — on the Nancy Power … Continue reading →

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Falling in love with a show: Countries Shaped Like Stars, in a new production at Fringe Theatre. A preview

Posted on February 17, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Nearly 15 years ago, in the chaotic excitement of reviewing Fringe shows, I found myself in a nondescript church basement in Strathcona: musty church basement smell, sullen lighting, inauspicious wooden church chairs. What happened after that … Continue reading →

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Stewart Lemoine’s first new full-length comedy in seven long years: I Meant What I Said (and he does), at Teatro Live!

Posted on February 15, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In I Meant What I Said (formerly called Finally! A New Play By Stewart Lemoine), Stewart Lemoine’s first new full-length comedy in seven years — we meet Dinah, a proofreader and aspiring novelist who’s fast approaching the … Continue reading →

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