Tag Archives: Grand Theatre

High-level thievery in an elaborate plot: Heist at the Citadel, a review

Posted on March 28, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s complicated high-level thievery going on at the Citadel. Just for fun, a genre has been lifted, improbably, right from under the nose of the cinema, its natural owner. Heist is a theft on behalf of … Continue reading →

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A crime caper steals onto the stage: Arun Lakri’s Heist at the Citadel, a preview.

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The play that starts previews this weekend at the Citadel defies the laws of probability, or teases them, in all kinds of ways. Heist, as you can’t not know from the title, is a crime caper, … Continue reading →

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Two sisters and a snowman: Frozen will thaw your cold cold heart, a review

Posted on February 7, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s a moment in Disney’s Frozen the Broadway Musical, just before intermission, when you just can’t help cheering the liveness of a musical that challenges itself to bring to the stage one of Disney Corp’s hottest … Continue reading →

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Finding a creative spark that had gone missing: theatre director Dennis Garnhum walks the Camino

Posted on June 16, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

“The noise in my head has been quieted by the gentle sounds of the ocean….” — Toward Beauty by Dennis Garnhum By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca This is the story of a theatre artist who found something he thought he’d lost … Continue reading →

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Andrea Menard’s Rubaboo, a Métis cabaret: songs, stories, and an emotional jouney to open your heart

Posted on February 10, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The title of the “cabaret” that opens Thursday on the Citadel’s Maclab stage borrows the Michif word for a multi-ingredient stew.  In Rubaboo, Andrea Menard — the acclaimed Métis singer-songwriter/ actor/ playwright/ teacher/ founder of the … Continue reading →

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