Tag Archives: Mayfield Theatre

There’ll be much mistletoe-ing and hearts will be glowing … the festive season begins on Edmonton stages

Posted on November 25, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Some day soon we all will be together….” This week, actually, the festive season onstage can now officially begin. •Ebenezer Scrooge (John Ullyatt), a misanthrope with a frozen heart will stride briskly onto the Citadel’s Maclab … Continue reading →

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Edmonton, it’s time to play: here are 10 intriguing prospects in the upcoming theatre season

Posted on September 16, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Hey Edmonton, it’s time to come out and play.    As always our mighty summer Fringe is the tip off. And the 44th annual edition sold a spirit-lifting 140,000-plus tickets to its 221 shows, hinting at … Continue reading →

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The season is underway, in dreams, aspirations, memories. A quick 12thnight survey of the week on Edmonton stages

Posted on September 10, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca •The star of The Shiniest Piece Of Trailer Trash, the solo show launching the Fringe Theatre season tonight, is a dreamer. The aspirational raccoon from the crummy trailer park on the wrong side of the tracks … Continue reading →

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The season on Edmonton stages, highlights part 2

Posted on July 3, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Remembering the 2024-2025 theatre season — in its performances, its design inspirations, its risky experiments, its moments of magic (and/or crazy live-ness) — and its saddest, most irreplaceable losses. Start with those. The passing of wonderful … Continue reading →

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Hot theatre choices on Edmonton stages for your long weekend, a 12thnight survey

Posted on May 14, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You don’t lack for choices in Edmonton theatre as the long weekend approaches (Queen Victoria wouldn’t have it any other way). Consider some of your options: the premiere of a new Canadian play with a whimsical … Continue reading →

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Four guys under a streetlamp: Jersey Boys at the Mayfield, a review

Posted on April 19, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca All jukebox musicals are not created equal. And there’s a notable example, currently running at the Mayfield, that rises above the others the way Frankie Valli’s legendary falsetto levitates off the stage and into your brain.  … Continue reading →

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Workin’ his way back to us: Danny Austin comes home to direct Jersey Boys at the Mayfield

Posted on April 9, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Life, like theatre, has its dramatic arcs. Here’s one: I’m sitting across the table with an artist who has heard the close harmonies of Big Girls Don’t Cry (-yi-yi) delivered from stages and in rehearsal halls … Continue reading →

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Raise a glass to World Theatre Day

Posted on March 27, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s World Theatre Day, and the moment to reflect on the art form that, above all others, is about human connection — stories told live; beauty and sorrow, insights and experiences shared live — across cultures, … Continue reading →

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Hey, wanna see a show? Look at your choices on Edmonton stages this week!

Posted on February 11, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If there ever was a week to expand your horizons at the theatre….  Don’t even think about staying home. Your choices are many: Broadway musicals of every size and personality, improv, a clown show that takes … Continue reading →

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Intermission’s over, take your seats: Act II of the theatre season is about to begin (prospects to intrigue you).

Posted on January 3, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Wait…. There’s more. Act II of the theatre season is about to begin. And rehearsals are underway all over town. Goblin: Macbeth, a Spontaneous Theatre Creation, starts previews next week in the Citadel’s Highwire Series. How … Continue reading →

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