Tag Archives: Grindstone Theatre

A first for Grindstone: a mainstage subscription season of big musicals at the Orange Hub

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The little comedy theatre that never sleeps just got bigger. The little theatre with the insomniac energy has announced their first mainstage subscription season, three big musicals, two from Broadway and one original. With a big … Continue reading →

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An evening in the park with Sondheim and up-and-comers at MacEwan, and more

Posted on March 22, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Last night in a packed theatre I got a chance to see the only musical in the repertoire where the rhyme of “rapturous” and “capture us” floats through the air. Both apply to the experience of … Continue reading →

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Meet Paul-Ford Manguelle, the multi-talented newcomer who joins two veterans in The Drawer Boy at Shadow Theatre

Posted on January 14, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “We’re here to get your history and give it back to you.” — The Drawer Boy In Michael Healey’s 1999 play The Drawer Boy, a naive young actor from a Toronto theatre company ventures into rural … Continue reading →

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‘Chwismuss will never be the same’: Die Harsh The Christmas Musical from Grindstone Theatre, a review

Posted on December 15, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If you think the frozen-hearted Mr. Scrooge is a hard sell for Christmas cheer — “are there no workhouses; are there no prisons?” — just you wait till you meet the “hero” of Die Harsh: The Christmas … Continue reading →

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Get your festive on, release your inner elf: a selection of holiday shows on E-town stages this week

Posted on December 13, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Like holiday traditions, shows at this time of year come in every size and weight, and volume of fa-la-la-la-la. And if you’ve been resolutely festive-resistant so far, this is a week on E-town stages where you … Continue reading →

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Die Harsh: The Christmas Musical, a new holiday tradition from Grindstone Theatre

Posted on December 12, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Along with the fa-la-la-la’s, it’s villain redemption season. And nothing says Christmas like the Grinch, Ebenezer, and … Hans Gruber? It takes a certain insurrectionist appetite for comedy that sings and dances on the dark side … Continue reading →

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How did we get here? the question, the cabaret, the new play, the anniversary production

Posted on November 7, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Consider for a moment the question that’s been asked — in every tone of voice, every degree of exasperation or relief, bemusement or amazement, wonder or perplexity — by every one of us, especially in the … Continue reading →

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And now for something completely different: Edmonton artists in a vintage spiegeltent at K-Days

Posted on July 23, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Magic, as magician Billy Kidd tells us, lives in surprises, in the “not knowing what’s going to happen next.” Now, here’s something unexpected (in a good way). Of all the things you might conceivably be doing … Continue reading →

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Some things I learned at the Sterlings

Posted on June 28, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Here are some things I learned at the sold-out 35th annual Sterling Awards bash Monday night, celebrating the season just past in Edmonton theatre. Written by April Banigan with co-hosts Matt Schuurman and Sue Goberdhan, directed by … Continue reading →

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The year in Edmonton theatre: the Sterling Award nominations led by The Royale

Posted on June 5, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A vintage boxing story with a stinging right hook proved the top choices of jurors, as the the 35th annual Sterling Award nominations were announced Monday at Fringe Theatre headquarters. The Royale, Marco Ramirez’s highly theatrical … Continue reading →

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