Tag Archives: Edmonton theatre

Spell it, don’t sell it. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at the Citadel, a review

Posted on July 11, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the age of auto-correct, when the distinction between ‘their’ and ‘they’re’ has vanished into the mists of time — consider the kids in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, whose claims on glory depend … Continue reading →

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We’re invited to a ’60s party: Cocktails at Pam’s, Teatro Live! revives a signature Lemoine comedy. A preview

Posted on July 8, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Forty years ago a theatre company blithely outside the Canadian theatre mainstream invited Fringe audiences to a ‘60s cocktail party. In Cocktails at Pam’s, dressed-up people kept arriving at Pam’s place. Gimlets and gibsons got made, … Continue reading →

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What does it take to belong? Inside the high-risk world of SKNHEAD at Found Fest: meet playwright Shyanne Duquette

Posted on July 7, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “What would we do to be part of a community” What would we sacrifice?” Shyanne Duquette wants to know. With their new play SKNHEAD, opening Thursday at Common Ground’s Found Festival in a “secret location” on … Continue reading →

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Discover art and artists in unexpected places: get found at the Found Festival

Posted on July 6, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s just no telling what will happen when you find yourself at Found. Yes, the festival of encounters with art and artists in unexpected places is back Thursday with a 15th annual edition. You too could … Continue reading →

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Brian Paisley: we’ve lost the breezy visionary who thought up the Fringe, and changed a city forever

Posted on July 5, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The saddest of theatre news this weekend. Brian Paisley, the founder of the Edmonton Fringe (the prototype for fringes everywhere on the continent) has passed away in Mexico where he’s lived for many years, following a pneumonia-related … Continue reading →

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Musical theatre tickles the Bard: larky Something Rotten! at the Freewill Shakespeare Festival, a review

Posted on July 2, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Who on earth is goin’ to sit there while an actor breaks into song?” ambitious playwright/impresario Nigel Bottom wonders incredulously (in song, natch) in Something Rotten!, the ingenious musical comedy hit now singing and dancing on … Continue reading →

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Fringe Unforgettable: the upcoming 45th annual edition of the Edmonton Fringe Festival has a theme, a nickname, and shows

Posted on June 29, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca This year’s upcoming 45th annual Edmonton Fringe, the oldest and biggest of its kind on the continent, now has a theme, a nickname that gets to the heart of the matter: Fringe Unforgettable. At the christening … Continue reading →

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Funny, amiable, and hey, there’s small-town curling: Hurry Hard at the Mayfield, a review

Posted on June 28, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Curling may have snazzy international tentacles, and Olympics cred and all that. But there’s something quintessentially small town, domesticated, and Canuck, about curling. The camaraderie, the jokey squabbling, the tenacious feuding, the intense competitive spirit (not … Continue reading →

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A three-festival weekend in Edmonton theatre: improv, Shakespeare, musical theatre…

Posted on June 26, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Real people together, artists and audiences, getting festive: what a concept! It’s an AI-proof three-festival weekend on Edmonton stages. •No one can really know what will happen at Improvaganza, Rapid Fire Theatre’s annual excursion into the … Continue reading →

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Taking the leap into the timeless (with tartan): Brigadoon at NUOVA Vocal Arts, a review

Posted on June 25, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If it takes a village to stage any Golden Age Broadway musical, consider the case of Kim Mattice Wanat’s production of Lerner and Loewe’s 1947 Brigadoon, the finale of this year’s NUOVA Vocal Arts Festival. The … Continue reading →

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