Tag Archives: murder mysteries

The hunger for omens gets … ominous for an obsessive sleuth. Dead Letter at Workshop West, a review

Posted on May 18, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The woman we meet in Dead Letter, Conni Massing’s dark and funny, mysterious and moving, new play — premiering at Workshop West Playwrights Theatre with an all-star cast in Heather Inglis’s production — is on a … Continue reading →

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Was it Professor Plum, in the library, with the …? The lead-pipe cinch fun of Clue at the Citadel, a review

Posted on July 29, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Let the game begin.” What fun. A high-style midsummer comedy whodunnit with all the trimmings, and a larky air of high camp about it.  That’s Clue, currently dropping clues, suspicions, weapons, suspects, and dead bodies through … Continue reading →

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Teatro turns 35 with a new season of comedies, variously hued

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Oh, it’s beyond fun….”  — Dominica, in The Talking Turk Now, there’s a mantra for a Teatro season. In The Salon of the Talking Turk, the vintage Stewart Lemoine comedy that launches Teatro La Quindicina’s  2017 … Continue reading →

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