Tag Archives: Edmonton theatre

The screwball elixir: high spirits and rom-com gold. Pride and Prejudice at the Citadel, a review

Posted on March 17, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Dust off the Regency, and what will you find? Fun fun fun, my friends.  It is a measure of the comic high spirits of the version of Pride and Prejudice currently cavorting its way up, down, … Continue reading →

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All The Little Animals I Have Eaten: a carnivorous Karen Hines satire, at Shadow Theatre

Posted on March 16, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca My name is Frankie, and I will be your server tonight…. All The Little Animals I Have Eaten, the dark and intricate Karen Hines comedy that unsheaths its cutlery tonight at Shadow Theatre takes us to … Continue reading →

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Young and in love: a playful rom-com version of Pride and Prejudice at the Citadel

Posted on March 14, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Ah, young love. The play that opens Thursday at the Citadel takes us into the heart of “rom-com-land,” as Gianna Vacirca puts it, amused. “And we’re not watching grown-ups, adults with lots of romantic history, people … Continue reading →

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‘I sing my sorrow and I paint my joy’. Joni Mitchell: Songs of a Prairie Girl at Theatre Network, a review

Posted on March 12, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I’m not a weeper, I’m a snarler,” Joni Mitchell in old age tells us in the “theatrical collage” in her honour at Theatre Network. “I put the weeping in the songs…. I sing my sorrow, and … Continue reading →

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‘Musicians gone wild’: the Mayfield’s upcoming five-show season

Posted on March 7, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The air of creative nostalgia floats over the upcoming 2023-2024 season at the Mayfield Theatre announced by artistic director Van Wilmott Tuesday. The five-show line-up capitalizes on the strength, stylistic versatility, and expertise of the theatre’s … Continue reading →

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Joni Mitchell: Songs of a Prairie Girl, a ‘theatrical collage’ of a legendary artist, at Theatre Network

Posted on March 4, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “We’re captive on the carousel of time/ We can’t return, we can only look/ Behind,  from where we came….” The Circle Game, Joni Mitchell, 1966 The show that opens Thursday on the Theatre Network mainstage is … Continue reading →

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On a journey through the universe: The Space Between Stars headlines SkirtsAfire 2023

Posted on February 28, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “You — you alone will have stars as no one else has them.”  — The Little Prince, Saint-Exupéry And the space between them is yours to claim, too, as theatre artist Christine Lesiak has discovered in … Continue reading →

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From the mean streets of New Jersey, a jukebox musical with two dozen hits and a real story. Jersey Boys at the Citadel, a review

Posted on February 17, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The history of the jukebox musical is riddled with synthetic duds (like robbing a cash machine, and finding Monopoly money). The stand-outs that rise above are few and far between. Jersey Boys is one. Judging by … Continue reading →

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Getting the jump on time: Love Is For Poor People and The Exquisite Hour, a Lemoine double-bill at Teatro Live!

Posted on February 15, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “So, tonight we’re going to be remembering my glorious future….” declares the glamorous and worldly star ‘Her’ we meet in Love Is For Poor People. In the new Stewart Lemoine that premieres Friday as half of … Continue reading →

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A knock-out production of The Royale at the Citadel, a review

Posted on February 10, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s got a powerful, bruising story to tell, lifted from early 20th century history, where boxing, celebrity and racial hatred in America deliver a maximum sucker punch.  But it’s the theatrical right hook on which that … Continue reading →

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