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No week to stay home: festivals, musicals, plays, improv … E-town stages are full of possibilities
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca This is no week to stay home, my theatre-loving friends. For one thing, the summer festival season really begins: the 38th annual Kids’ Fest Tuesday, Nextfest Thursday. The 28th Die-Nasty season, Lord of Thrones, reaches its … Continue reading
The uneasy geometry of the love triangle: Pinter’s Betrayal. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I think I thought you knew,” says a man to his oldest friend in one of In one of the most quietly unnerving scenes you’re ever likely to see onstage. In Betrayal, Harold Pinter’s infinitely clever … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Betrayal, Broken Toys Theatre, Edmonton indie theatre, Edmonton theatre, Harold Pinter
Mighty oaks from tiny acorns…. Concrete’s Sprouts Festival returns
By Liz Nicholls 12thnight.ca The sun is out. For 18 springs now, Concrete Theatre has been planting the Canadian theatre repertoire with new play seedlings from unusual sources — and then watering them for future seasons. The annual Sprouts Festival … Continue reading
Can’t fight this feeling: Rock of Ages is onstage at the Mayfield next season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca As the life-coach sages commonly known as Journey have taught us, don’t stop believin’. The Mayfield’s Van Wilmott didn’t. For months, he’s been working on getting the rights for Rock of Ages, the unrepentantly good-time hair … Continue reading
Peter Oldring is funnier than you: star comedian joins Grindstone’s new comedy fest
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If you got incensed the day your ear was caught by an item on CBC Radio One that the province of Nova Scotia had cancelled Grade 4, you’re not alone. (And you already know something about … Continue reading
A kickstart for Chekhovian ennui: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at Shadow. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Oh let’s not talk. I’ll keep my sadness to myself,” says a mopey sister to a melancholy brother near the start of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. Yeah, right. Like that’s gonna happen. As … Continue reading
Have you met our new friend? thoughts on Nassim at the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There are many things I can’t tell you about Nassim (tempting though it is). (a) It just wouldn’t be fair. The show created by the Iranian playwright artist Nassim Soleimanpour, who travels the world with it, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Farsi, Nassim Soleimanpour Productions, patreon.com/12thnight, Rice Theatre
The Shadow knows: putting the comedy back into Chekhov, and the new season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “If everyone took anti-depressants, Chekhov would have had nothing to write about….” The playwright himself called it “Chekhov in a blender.” But Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, by the raucous American absurdist Christopher Durang … Continue reading
Posted in News/Views, Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Chekhov, Christopher Durang, Edmonton theatre, Shadow Theatre, Varscona Theatre
