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A family haunting: Jupiter, Colleen Murphy’s new Canadian epic at Theatre Network. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “The future doesn’t happen ahead of time,” says a character in Jupiter, clinging to shards of hope for change. But the baleful grandeur, and dark vivid theatricality, of this new multi-generational family epic from the dauntless … Continue reading
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A family, a living room, a dog, and, yes, conflict! Colleen Murphy’s new play Jupiter premieres at Theatre Network
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The last time a Colleen Murphy play was onstage in this town, a Theatre Network production five years ago, the gore flew so enthusiastically that the front rows of the audience were equipped with splatter shields … Continue reading
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High-level thievery in an elaborate plot: Heist at the Citadel, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s complicated high-level thievery going on at the Citadel. Just for fun, a genre has been lifted, improbably, right from under the nose of the cinema, its natural owner. Heist is a theft on behalf of … Continue reading
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Bodies in motion: Azimuth Theatre’s Expanse Festival is back with a 20th anniversary edition
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Its birth, 20 years ago, was dance. And gradually, Azimuth Theatre’s nimble, well-named Expanse Festival, returning Friday for an anniversary edition, has expanded the frontiers and expectations of dance to embrace “movement arts” and “body-based performance.” … Continue reading
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Springboards has sprung: the return of Workshop West’s signature new play festival
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A rush of new Canadian plays is happening this week in this theatre town. And the timing couldn’t be better for a made-in-Canada festival. With the return Tuesday of Springboards, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre’s signature new … Continue reading
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Artists need champions: After Mourning – Before Van Gogh at Shadow Theatre. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca After Mourning – Before Van Gogh, a new play by Michael Czuba premiering in the Shadow Theatre season, sets itself a fascinating challenge. It takes us behind the thick paint, the distinctive brushstrokes, the glowing light and … Continue reading
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A crime caper steals onto the stage: Arun Lakri’s Heist at the Citadel, a preview.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The play that starts previews this weekend at the Citadel defies the laws of probability, or teases them, in all kinds of ways. Heist, as you can’t not know from the title, is a crime caper, … Continue reading
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From the shadows of history into light: Michael Czuba’s After Mourning – Before Van Gogh premieres at Shadow Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I have never heard of her…. This has to be a play.” That’s the thought, inspired by the History Channel series Raiders of the Lost Art, that piqued the curiosity of playwright Michael Czuba in 2018. … Continue reading
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