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Sleuth: a vintage thriller at the Mayfield. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s a tricky business to give a theatre audience a spine-tingle of suspense, clenches of tension, periodic jolts of surprise, an invitation to exercise their own puzzle-decoding skills — ah, and laughter. That’s the fun of … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Anthony Shaffer, comedy thrillers, Edmonton theatre, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Sleuth
Things I learned at the Sterling gala: a selection
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A few things I learned at the Sterling gala, written by Belinda Cornish and directed by Kate Ryan, starring co-hosts Mathew Hulshof and Gina Puntil: •The Sterlings spilled their secrets on the grand, lavishly appointed set … Continue reading
Celebrating the Edmonton theatre season: Fun Home and We Are Not Alone lead the way at the 32nd annual Sterling Awards
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The spirit of off-centre, and small-scale, originality blew through the 32nd annual Sterling Awards gala Monday night toasting the best of the Edmonton theatre season — in a newly re-worked configuration. Plain Jane Theatre’s production of Fun … Continue reading
Posted in News/Views
Tagged 12thnigiht.ca, Edmonton theatre, Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards, Mayfield Dinner Theatre
Can’t fight this feeling: Rock of Ages is onstage at the Mayfield next season
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca As the life-coach sages commonly known as Journey have taught us, don’t stop believin’. The Mayfield’s Van Wilmott didn’t. For months, he’s been working on getting the rights for Rock of Ages, the unrepentantly good-time hair … Continue reading
Sanctifunkadelic: Sister Act at the Mayfield. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Raise the stakes! Raise the game! Raise your voice,” sing the nuns of Sister Act, newly kitted out as a showbiz soul ensemble by the latest recruit to the Sisterhood. “Feel the flow, dig the … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Broadway musicals, Edmonton theatre, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, musical comedy, Sister Act
Lend Me A Tenor: a classic ’30s door-slammer at the Mayfield. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “These things happen, sir,” ventures Max, the rabbity assistant manager of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company, trying to look on the bright side. In view of the premise of Ken Ludwig’s ingeniously engineered old-school 1986 farce … Continue reading
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Tagged Dave Horak, Edmonton theatre, Ken Ludwig, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Verdi's Otello
Raising a little hell: Canada 151 at the Mayfield. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You know you’re in Canada when the Beachcombers theme is in the air pre-show. And the band arrives onstage in lumberjack shirts. And your heart melts just a little when everyone in the opening production … Continue reading
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Tagged 12thnight.ca, Canada 151, Canadian music, Edmonton theatre, Kate Ryan, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, musical revues, Van Wilmott
And so it begins, the new theatre season. Edmonton has play dates, and here’s a teaser!
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “If you’re stuck in your story and want to get out … sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty….” Matilda. In Matilda, the joyously subversive musical spun from Roald Dahl’s novel, our activist eight-year-old … Continue reading
Posted in Features, News/Views, Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Azimuth Theatre, Brian Webb Dance Company, Broadway Across Canada, Cardiac Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Fringe Theatre Adventures, Hardline Theatre, L'UniThéâtre, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Plain Jane Theatre, Roxy Performance Series, Shadow Theatre, Studio Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, Theatre Network, Theatre Yes, Thou Art Here, Wild Side Productions, Workshop West Playwrights Theatre
Oh, what a knight: Two Good Knights at the Mayfield. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You know the songs. Heck, you can’t NOT know the songs. By now they’re in the collective DNA, and that much-abused term iconic doesn’t go amiss. Which is both a magnetic draw and a challenge for … Continue reading
