Tag Archives: Edmonton theatre

Secrets of the staff room revealed: Tales From The Teachers’ Lounge at Bonfire 2018

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Haven’t you always wanted to go backstage in the education system? Admit it. Haven’t you always wondered what goes on in the teachers’ lounge after the bell rings? What — and who — are the nation’s … Continue reading →

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Bonfire: the improv festival that plays with matches

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca How’s this for a cool and crazy idea for an improv show? Lights up. Go. What if … a show was improvised from its own sequences of lighting cues? That’s Lumen, one of the 24 experiments … Continue reading →

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“Is it possible I just like sex?” Slut, at Northern Light Theatre: a review

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca S. L. U. T. The funniest set design of the season  — and the only one (to my knowledge) that actually engages in smart-ass repartee with the character onstage — is to be found in the … Continue reading →

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Tense negotiations over tea: Going to St. Ives at the Varscona, a review

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The negotiations at the heart of Going To St. Ives involve a doctor and a patient, and a hard-fought exchange of favours. They have nothing to do with waiting lists. In this knotty two-hander by American … Continue reading →

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“Doing it and enjoying it”: Slut is opening at Northern Light

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I’m just having fun being single. Is that a crime?” In the, er, tart little solo comedy that opens Friday at Northern Light Theatre, we meet a middle-aged accountant whose zest for sex, and generous-mindedness about … Continue reading →

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Big issues in small rooms: Atlas Theatre is back with Going To St. Ives

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives.…” The thorny  little two-hander that opens Thursday on the Varscona stage, the finale of the inaugural Varscona Theatre Ensemble series, invokes that … Continue reading →

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Undercover: spontaneous detective work with improv queen Rebecca Northan

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls 12thnight.ca “Everyone has the capacity to improvise,” declares Rebecca Northan decisively, looking for inspiration on a lunch menu last week. “We all improvise all the time!” Not everyone, I think to myself, wincing visibly at a couple … Continue reading →

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Surviving the unsurvivable: the astonishing creation that is Betroffenheit, a review

Posted on March 31, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca What are you supposed to do with fathomless tragedy? The kind of limitless grief that consumes your mind and melts your bones?  Betroffenheit is about that. In its harrowing and brilliantly executed way, this astonishing dance/theatre … Continue reading →

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Brian Webb on Betroffenheit, and other matters theatrical for the weekend

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Thoughts from Brian Webb, artistic director of the dance company that’s teamed up with the Citadel to bring Betroffenheit our way this weekend: “Crystal is the cream!,” says Webb of Crystal Pite, the star Kidd Pivot … Continue reading →

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Cleave, a sense of possibility in contradiction: a review of Tiny Bear Jaws’ latest

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca No wonder we’re screwed up. We’re looking for definitive clarity and judgment in a language full of unruly verbs —  dust, sanction, screen, bolt, cleave — that contain their own opposites. Cleave: to hold together. Cleave: … Continue reading →

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