Tag Archives: Edmonton theatre

Reclaiming cultural roots, via food: The Butter Chicken Odyssey, a Fringe review

Posted on August 16, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

The Butter Chicken Odyssey (Stage 5, Acacia Hall) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If this captivating solo show were just a chronicle of Ramneek Singh’s epic two-year odyssey through some 50 (!) of the city’s butter chicken joints, and what happens … Continue reading →

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Grocery shopping with clowns: Jeff and Grungled KNOW FRILLS. A Fringe review

Posted on August 15, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

Jeff and Grungled KNOW FRILLS (Stage 20, Mile Zero Dance Stage) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The two perky, apple-cheeked characters we meet in this light, bright, playful diversion of a clown show, by and starring Rainier Pearl-Styles and Nicholas Chieffo … Continue reading →

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Capturing the moment, and leaving the story to you: the fascinating strangeness of ’35mm: a musical exhibition’. A Fringe review

Posted on August 15, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

35mm: A Musical Exhibition (Stage 36, ArtsHub Ortona) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In “Stop Time,” the opening number in 35mm: a musical exhibition, the five-member Uniform Theatre ensemble directed by Jim Guedo sings of the capture of a moment in … Continue reading →

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Two Persian poets walk into a bar: a legendary friendship reimagined in ‘Shams by Rumi’, a guest Fringe review by Fawnda Mithrush

Posted on August 15, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

Shams by Rumi (Stage 1, ATB Westbury Theatre) By Fawnda Mithrush  Galal and his bestie Husam—a playwright and director respectively—arrive in Cairo to meet with producers. As Husam prepares for what he hopes is their big break, Galal gets distracted by … Continue reading →

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Goose and Consequences: Jack Becomes the Giant in The Beanstalk Market Crash, a guest Fringe Review from Fawnda Mithrush

Posted on August 15, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

The Beanstalk Market Crash (Stage 13, SERVUS Credit Union Théatre at La Cité Francophone) By Fawnda Mithrush, for 12thnight.ca It begins with violence, remember? As the long-worn tale of Jack and his proverbial beanstalk famously ends  — with Jack kidnapping the … Continue reading →

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Ah, what to do with the family curse: gore (i want to disappear) from Tiny Bear Jaws. A Fringe review

Posted on August 15, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

gore (i want to disappear), Stage 3, Nordic Studio Theatre By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The opening gambit of Elena Belyea’s stunningly theatrical gore (i want to disappear) is happening when you enter the theatre. Four actors are marking out a … Continue reading →

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Under the covers, away from the outside world: In My Room, a Fringe review

Posted on August 14, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

In My Room (Stage 17, Grindstone Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In My Room, by a pair of this town’s hottest young triple-threats Eli Yaschuk and Rain Matkin, is, in a quirky, comically literal way, a chamber musical. There is an … Continue reading →

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Edmonton’s biggest opening night! The Fringe is back tonight

Posted on August 13, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca No one knows how this happens every year, a hiccup in the space-time continuum perhaps? But suddenly, mere minutes after Canada Day, it’s the biggest opening night of the season. The Fringe is back, with a … Continue reading →

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A cross-border Fringe story, with a fistful of firsts: meet the creators of Jeff and Grungled KNOW FRILLS

Posted on August 10, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca This is a cross-border/ cross-festival/ cross-platform/ cross-time zone story in which the Fringe has a plum role (and Zoom has a bit part). The route to Jeff and Grungled KNOW FRILLS, opening Thursday at Mile Zero … Continue reading →

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Tiny Bear Jaws’ Elena Belyea takes the Greeks for a spin at the Fringe in a new version of The Oresteia: ‘gore (i want to disappear)’

Posted on August 9, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “What’s something I haven’t tried before?” Elena Belyea asked themself a year ago. Now, there’s a question for Belyea to take to their seventh Fringe festival. They’ve written provocative dramas (Smoke, Cleave) and dark comedies, a … Continue reading →

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