Tag Archives: Edmonton theatre

‘It makes us vibrate, makes us feel’: The Power of the Drum from the Cuban Movements Dance Academy. A review

Posted on April 11, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s no coincidence that Afro-Cuban drumming doesn’t involve drumsticks. It’s hands-on, literally and metaphorically. The power of the drum, as the show of that name onstage at the Westbury Theatre tells us, is that it shares … Continue reading →

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Reading the signs: The Herd premieres at the Citadel. A review.

Posted on April 10, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The stage is dominated by a stunning screen — glowing, translucent,  undulating like the prairies, with a graceful open-work lattice (Indigenous Tiffany?). In The Herd the boundary between the present and the past, this world and other … Continue reading →

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The Power of the Drum, a dance theatre adventure into the spiritual heart of the Afro-Cuban experience

Posted on April 8, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The show that opens Saturday on the Westbury stage takes us on a dance theatre adventure deep into the spiritual heart and traditions of the Afro-Cuban experience.  The Power of the Drum, a creation of the … Continue reading →

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Jane Eyre lives in a haunted world: Erin Shields’ new adaptation at the Citadel. A review

Posted on April 6, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The opening image of Jane Eyre, currently premiering on the Citadel’s Maclab stage through Sunday, is a solitary little girl reading in a pool of light, enclosed in space by blank window frames. The orphan heroine … Continue reading →

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An Indigenous prophecy and a rare birth: The Herd premieres at the Citadel. Meet playwright Kenneth T. Williams

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Herd, premiering this week at the Citadel, is powered by the rarest of rare events: the birth of twin white buffalo calves on a First Nations ranch. It comes attached to a sacred Indigenous prophecy … Continue reading →

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A comedy set in Kelowna? Teatro La Quindicina turns 40 with Caribbean Muskrat, a review

Posted on April 2, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s telling that the oddball 2004 comedy launching Teatro La Quindicina’s return-to-live 40th anniversary season seems to wriggle out of every known category of their specialty. I refer of course to comedy. Teatro, after all, is … Continue reading →

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The Citadel announces a new Size Large season, led by two new Canadian musicals

Posted on March 28, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca After two contortionist years of stops and starts, indefinite postponements, cancellations cast hopefully as delays, re-bookings, digital work-arounds, the Citadel Theatre has cheering news. And it’s on a grand scale. “It’s big and it’s busy … … Continue reading →

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‘What makes us laugh?” Teatro La Quindicina launches its 40th season with Caribbean Muskrat

Posted on March 25, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Comedy. That was the only stipulation when Teatro La Quindicina got a joint commission in 2003 from a short-lived comedy festival in Edmonton and the prestigious High Performance Rodeo in Calgary. That open-ended proposition was meat … Continue reading →

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More theatre news: Expanse Fest is back and Grindstone’s hitting the road

Posted on March 21, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Generations” and “generational stories”: that’s the connective tissue of this year’s edition of Expanse, Azimuth Theatre’s annual “celebration of the body in motion.”  For 2022 the agile festival with the Expanse-ive embrace returns to the live … Continue reading →

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Springboards: a signature new play festival returns home to Workshop West

Posted on March 16, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s a felicity of timing, an alignment of stars, that our first chance to visit Workshop West Playwrights Theatre in their new home in Old Strathcona is Springboards.   The festival of staged readings, workshops and … Continue reading →

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