Tag Archives: Edmonton theatre

Couples therapy on Mars: red dirt / red storm, a Fringe review

Posted on August 20, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

red dirt / red storm (Stage 8, Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The premise of this two-hander from the Los Angeles company Second Star on the Right is not without promise. It locates a warring couple, … Continue reading →

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Wow, a deadly riot caused by … live theatre, in a riotous new show from Monster Theatre: Riot!, a Fringe review

Posted on August 19, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

Riot! (Stage 15, Campus Saint-Jean Auditorium) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Imagine this: a time and place when live theatre was such a big deal that it caused a deadly riot. What happened in NYC in 1849 is awe-inspiring: two rival … Continue reading →

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Jeez, a serial killer on the premises. Final Girl: A New Musical, a 12thnight REVIEW

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

Final Girl: A New Musical (Stage 13, Servus Credit Union Theatre at La Cité francophone) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You may already have noticed that the Straight Edge (as in razor) Theatre has an appetite for the macabre, especially macabre … Continue reading →

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Elbows up with the NaturElles. Flora and Fawna Face Their Fears, a Fringe review

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

Flora and Fawna Face Their Fears (Stage 11, Varscona Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In Flora and Fawna Face Their Fears, the latest from the Guys in Disguise team of Trevor Schmidt and Darrin Hagen, the two earnest 10-year-old founders … Continue reading →

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Just for the halibut: ShipShow!, a free-floating nautical cabaret. A Fringe review

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

ShipShow! (Stage 25, Spotlight Cabaret) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca All the nice girls love a sailor, all the nice girls love a tar,” as the old music hall ditty has it. And as for the rest of us … we’re … Continue reading →

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A sensational trial with a contemporary reverb: The Cult of the Clitoris, a Fringe review

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

The Cult of the Clitoris (Stage 21, The Sanctuary Stage at Holy Trinity Anglican Church) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In The Cult of the Clitoris, from Empress of Blandings Productions, playwright Celia Taylor steps up to the drama, the absurdities, … Continue reading →

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How to hustle your career in a zombie apocalypse: Zombies, Inc., a new musical comedy. A Fringe review.

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

Zombies, Inc. (Stage 29, Strathcona High School) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s a certain crazy, irresistible improbability about Zombies, Inc.. And it’s not the zombies. Start with the hook of this startlingly accomplished new solo musical comedy (a solo musical? … Continue reading →

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A ghost story about stories, told by a ghost: brilliant solo prairie gothic. Where Foxes Lie, a Fringe review

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

Where Foxes Lie (Stage 32, Lorne Cardinal Theatre at the Roxy) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Years ago, in a small town….” The man we meet in this unnerving, impressively intricate horror show by and starring Jezec Sanders is standing amidst … Continue reading →

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Is a home sweet home too much to ask? The hilarity of Rat Academy 2 – Gnaw and Order, a 12thnight Fringe review

Posted on August 16, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

Rat Academy 2 – Gnaw and Order (Stage 11, Varscona Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The last time we saw them, the last two rats in Alberta, Fingers (Dayna Lea Hoffmann) and Shrimp (Katie Yoner), were in a back alley, … Continue reading →

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In ‘the boneyard of dreams’, high on pixie dust: The Peter Pan Cometh, a Fringe review

Posted on August 16, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

The Peter Pan Cometh (Stage 4, Fine Arts Walterdale Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It seems to be the particular, and way-off-centre, genius of Minnesota’s Clevername Theatre to re-imagine dark and weighty American theatre hits with characters from childhood classics. … Continue reading →

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