Tag Archives: Mayfield Dinner Theatre

Looking back: Edmonton theatre in 2017

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Shakespeare In Love, the playful, sumptuously romantic opening gambit of Daryl Cloran’s first season as the Citadel’s new artistic  director, took us into the world of 17th century London theatre. Crazy deadlines, fraught rehearsals, fragile egos, … Continue reading →

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Bill and Ted are back in the ’80s, rockin at the Mayfield

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The scene: Tuesday night, and a packed house at the Mayfield. The last time we met them — hey, last year around this time at the Mayfield —  Bill and Ted were erupting from a time-travelling … Continue reading →

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It’s beginning to look a lot like … and other weekend possibilities on Edmonton stages

Posted on November 29, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca We’ll start with things of a wintry, possibly Yule-ish, tinge, and their antidotes. •If you’ve already had it up to here with the fa-la-la’s even though you’re still eating crappy leftover Halloween candy … If the … Continue reading →

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Soul royalty at the Mayfield: a review of Soul Sistas

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Holy smoke! Or as we say in the prairies, Holeeeee! If you haven’t seen the audacious concert show currently running — also dancing, jumping, rocking — at the Mayfield, you’re missing out (as I discovered just … Continue reading →

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So…. wanna go out some time? I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, a review

Posted on June 29, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The title sounds like a one-liner, I’ve always thought: a Henny Youngman reboot channelled by Jerry Seinfeld perhaps? Pause to imagine that signature tone of exasperated bemusement at work on I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now … Continue reading →

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A Sterling year onstage: nominations for Edmonton’s theatre awards

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A musical comedy in which a town and its citizens are transformed by putting on a show — a notion that Edmonton can enthusiastically get behind — proved the top choice of jurors as the 30th … Continue reading →

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The resurrection of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Mayfield: a review

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s a diverse T-shirt and jean crowd that drifts onto the Mayfield stage at the start of Jesus Christ Superstar. There’s even a swaggering older dude in a suit who strides in, and looks slightly sinister … Continue reading →

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