Tag Archives: MacEwan University theatre arts

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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Three musicals and a comedy: snow reason to stay home, the weekend onstage

Posted on March 21, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Edmonton, you have choices on stage this weekend, including a delightful and insightful comedy that sees into the complicated lives of teenage girls, and three musicals that land miles apart on the musical theatre spectrum  — … Continue reading →

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A groundbreaking musical about making art: a rare chance to see Sondheim’s Sunday In The Park With George, at MacEwan

Posted on March 20, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “There’s a part of you always standing by, Mapping out the sky, Finishing a hat….” Something rare and special is happening this week at MacEwan University: a production of Sunday In The Park With George. There … Continue reading →

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Making A Monster: Northern Light Theatre announces the upcoming 49th season

Posted on March 5, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Where do monsters come from? Do we all have one lurking in our dark cores? What conditions are ideal for creating or discovering or releasing our inner monster? Ah, and is there a point of no … Continue reading →

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What’s up, Edmonton? Act II of the theatre season is about to begin

Posted on January 5, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Lights up, Edmonton. Take your seats, friends; intermission is over. And Act II of the theatre season is about to begin. The tip-off? Next week, Farren Timoteo’s terrific (and much-travelled solo show Made In Italy returns … Continue reading →

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Excitement in a theatre town: you have to be there. Theatre possibilities this week

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca More proof, as if you needed any, that Edmonton is a theatre town: A week of exciting possibilities for your nights out. A Quebec thriller. A musical about the struggle to write a musical about the … Continue reading →

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Play time! Prospects to intrigue you in the new season on Edmonton stages

Posted on September 5, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The Answer Is Fringe, the 42nd annual edition of our giant summer theatre bash, with its 114,000 or so tickets sold, was a sign. Theatre is getting its groove back, after three hard years that have … Continue reading →

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Stick-handling success: Kenneth Brown looks back in Life After Life After Hockey, at the Fringe

Posted on August 16, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca He couldn’t have realized it at the time. But In 1985 at the three-year-old Edmonton Fringe,  Kenneth Brown created something that would turn his life upside down (and put its stamp on Edmonton’s summer theatre extravaganza … Continue reading →

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A week of many choices on Edmonton stages of every shape and size

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A crazy week in Edmonton theatre is underway. (So don’t go trying to land a stage from which to deliver your own innovative modern dance movement memoir; they’re all occupied.)  •At the Citadel, the much postponed … Continue reading →

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Knock knock who’s there? Nora’s back, A Doll’s House Part 2

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “And it’s crucial there be a door. A very prominent door to the outside….” playwright stage directions, A Doll’s House Part 2 by Lucas Hnath It’s the door that Nora Helmer slammed as she walks out … Continue reading →

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