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A Christmas Carol for our time: the Citadel brings its production to you, at home
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
Three days from opening, Mary’s Wedding is on hold at the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca After a day of investigating the implications of the Alberta government’s perplexing new restrictions announced Tuesday afternoon, the Citadel Theatre has decided to postpone its upcoming live production of Mary’s Wedding: A Metis Love Story, which … Continue reading
Posted in News/Views
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Daryl Cloran, Edmonton theatre, Mary's Wedding
Waiting for … everything: a couple of online shows for our time
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Waiting and wondering in the weird no-man’s land between past and present: that would be us, in late 2020. Samuel Beckett is the playwright of choice for this moment. If there ever was a time to … Continue reading
Posted in Features, News/Views
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Bill Irwin, Edmonton theatre, Heidi Schreck, Irish Repertory Theater, Samuel Beckett
The complicated world of university theatre: Too Much Zoom Makes Us All Go Blind
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You can learn to use the subjunctive, make meringues, prune junipers, do a downward-facing dog, tour the Prado, or say screw you in Gaelic … online. No problem. And theatre? You can attend a lecture on … Continue reading
Listen to the music: Keep Calm and Rock On at the Mayfield. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “What the people need is a way to make ‘em smile,” declared astute social commentators The Doobie Brothers in Listen to the Music in 1972. Hear hear. The Mayfield takes this sage counsel to heart by … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged '70s rock, 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Van Wilmott
Doing musical theatre in 2020? It’s an intricate challenge: the making of Keep Calm and Rock On at the Mayfield
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You’ve got to be ingenious to make live theatre. And no one (sane) ever said it was slam-dunk easy money. But bringing a musical live to the theatre stage in late 2020 in the middle of … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, Mayfield Dinner Theatre
Antidotes to a gruesome week: here’s a couple of surprising beautiful theatre “concerts” on film
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Looking for an antidote? It’s been a gruesome nail-biter of a week on multiple fronts; everyone knows what exactly what that question means. So, the doctor is IN. I caught a couple of truly original and … Continue reading
Posted in News/Views, Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway theatre, Crow's Theatre, David Byrne, Edmonton theatre, online theatre, Spike Lee, Talking Heads
We Had A Girl Before You: what happened to her? A new Gothic thriller opens the Northern Light season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca O no O no…. Don’t look through that keyhole. And don’t open that door. Trevor Schmidt’s new gothic thriller looks through that keyhole, and opens that door (and the Northern Light Theatre season), Friday. In We … Continue reading
