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A splintered world, from the inside out: Center of the Universe, a Fringe review
Center of the Universe (Stage 13, Service Credit Union Théâtre at La Cité francophone) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Maxine, at 13, is bright, smart, charming. She just doesn’t seem to be able to (in the common parlance) get her shit … Continue reading
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A human explosion of fabulosity, and rage. Local Diva: the Danielle Smith Diaries. A Fringe review
Local Diva: the Danielle Smith Diaries (Stage 1, Westbury Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The entrance of the Fringe: the diva seems to have been flung onto the stage from some cosmic wind tunnel, long limbs akimbo, in perpetual motion. … Continue reading
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Argue one for the team: Mass Debating, a Fringe review
Mass Debating (Stage 11, Varscona Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca What are the odds that the smart girls on the debating team from Our Blessed Bleeding Virgin of Perpetual Sorrow and Suffering will succeed in wresting the Heart of Jesus … Continue reading
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Don’t drink the water: Accidental Beach: A Previously Improvised Musical, a Fringe revew
Accidental Beach: A Previously Improvised Musical (Stage 18, FOH PRO Stage) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “On January 18, 2024,” says a solemn announcer, “Grindstone Theatre improvised the perfect musical. Viewer discretion is advised.” Here’s the thing: they wrote it all … Continue reading
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How does change happen? WROL (without rule of law), a Fringe review
WROL (Without Rule of Law), Stage 1 (Westbury Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The phrase that weaves its way, ominously, through WROL (Without Rule of Law), is “when the collapse occurs.” Not “if,” as you will note, but “when.” For … Continue reading
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“Who we were and who we are”: Rob and Chris (Bobby + Tina), a beautiful and funny new musical. A Fringe review
Rob and Chris (Bobby + Tina) – a new musical By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The couple we meet in this wonderful new musical adaptation of Collin Doyle’s hit play Let The Light of Day Through — by the playwright and … Continue reading
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‘We listen. We engage. We share’. Fun with absurdity in Bright Lights, a Fringe review
Bright Lights (Stage 11, Varscona Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A weekly support group for people who’ve had encounters with aliens operates under an earnest multi-limbed mantra: “this is a safe place. We’re here for you. We believe you. Your … Continue reading
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An audacious juxtaposition of comedy and trauma: Stéphanie Morin-Robert: SOFT SPOT, a Fringe review
Stéphanie Morin-Robert: SOFT SPOT (Stage 17, Grindstone Comedy Theatre and Bistro) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There is nothing timid or easily classifiable about this complex, boundary-testing comedy from the fearless, and very funny, Stéphanie Morin-Robert. The soft spot in question … Continue reading
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SeaMAN: absurdism at sea, swimming for shore. A Fringe review
SeaMAN (Stage 1, ATB Westbury Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In this relentlessly nutty and scrambling show by 2 Sleepy Ratguys (Amica Hunter and Bruce Ryan Costella) we meet a salt-crusted, windburned, garrulous old sea captain — in two bodies. … Continue reading
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