Tag Archives: Edmonton theatre

What light through yonder window breaks? Shakespeare’s R & J is back, a 12thnight review

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Directors with concept envy have always been hot to get their mitts on Romeo and Juliet. And you can see why. The defiance, the crazy courage, the valiance of hot-blooded young lovers up against generational hostilities … Continue reading →

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The sounds of revolution: The Listening Room, a review

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If there ever was a piece of theatre that owed star billing to the sound designer, it’s Cardiac Theatre’s premiere production of The Listening Room, by Calgary-based Michaela Jefferey. Everything about the premise depends on sound: … Continue reading →

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“Drink harder, dance longer,” fall in love: the hot-blooded rock musical Onegin, a 12thnight review

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the opening number of Onegin, a spirited ensemble assembles onstage and offers up the quintessential theatre invocation. “Our dear father up in heaven,” they sing, vodka in hand and eyes cast towards a theatrical firmament … Continue reading →

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Across the universe: salvaging the sounds of the past in The Listening Room

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box; they tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe – The Beatles It’s the turn of the next century. And in the post-apocalyptic desert … Continue reading →

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Out of the footnotes and onto the stage: the wild women of the Wild West get revealed in Send In The Girls’ new burlesque

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Wild West. Where men were men. And women were…. well, who were they anyhow, besides wearers of gingham or garters?  That’s what Send In The Girls is for. They don’t just roll up their sleeves … Continue reading →

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Onegin: the country’s hottest new rock musical arrives at Catalyst. Meet the team who created it

Posted on January 17, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca An original Canadian indie rock musical arrives on Catalyst’s home stage Thursday. And it trails the kind of buzz and rapturous reviews to fight duels for — not mention a big, juicy, romantic Russian story. Onegin, … Continue reading →

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O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo? Kill Your Television returns with Shakespeare’s R&J

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Meet Daphne.” A quartet of Edmonton’s hottest young actors, all in their early 20s, did the introductions last week at the end of a rehearsal day at the Roxy. Their director was amused.  In the course … Continue reading →

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Did you hear the one about the two salesmen? Collin Doyle’s Slumberland Motel premieres, at Shadow

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I always seem to write old guys,” laughs playwright Collin Doyle. Now just into his 40s, Doyle wonders if he’s getting to be one.  Doyle, whose keynote in conversation is a self-deprecating  blend of wry and … Continue reading →

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In an uncertain world, The Humans takes us home for Thanksgiving dinner: a review of the Citadel/ Canadian Stage production

Posted on January 12, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I wish you had more of a view,” says a mother to her irritated younger daughter in The Humans, surveying the alley from the sole window of a run-down duplex in lower Manhattan. Later in Stephen … Continue reading →

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At the Citadel, a new focus for developing new plays

Posted on January 12, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The fun of a block party is the unpredictable  mix of people who live in proximity, get included, and show up to play. Block Party is the nickname, and “community” the theme of the inaugural edition … Continue reading →

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