Tag Archives: Northern Light Theatre

The Cardiac Shadow, a multi-disciplinary exploration of human resilience at Northern Light

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “We were the thermometers of these men. The mercury was in our veins, rising and falling with every heartbeat. Our bodies measured the temperature of death.” The Cardiac Shadow, Clay McLeod Chapman In the play the … Continue reading →

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Chills and thrills in a theatre town: stake out a stage near you

Posted on October 24, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Uncanny, isn’t it?, how often the words “ordinary nice polite guy-next-door” show up in reports of homicidal rampages? Researcher Eugene Crowley, the noted “mind-hunter,” is in town this week to give a public lecture on the … Continue reading →

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A great leap forward, by excavating the past: Origin of the Species opens the NLT season. A review.

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Archaeology, says an elderly member of that profession in Origin of the Species, is “simply knowing where to look.” It would seem to have that at least in common with theatre, judging by the mysterious discoveries … Continue reading →

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No one’s staying home this weekend: why would you? A wealth of choices on E-town stages

Posted on October 12, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca  At the U of A’s Studio Theatre, it’s back in the USSR with Lenin’s Embalmers, Vern Thiessen’s black and absurdist 2008 tragicomedy (imagined from a true story) about two competing Jewish biochemists landing the unenviable joint … Continue reading →

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The dystopian vision of Trevor Schmidt: a new season at Northern Light Theatre

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Frankly, I’ve always been more interested in women’s stories than men’s,” says Trevor Schmidt, his dander up on a break last week from rehearsals for Origin of the Species. The highly unusual feminist two-hander comedy by … Continue reading →

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Gertrude and Alice go sitcom, at the Grindstone

Posted on October 5, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Gertrude and Alice: They’re the famously eccentric American couple who held court as paid-up members of the glittering Parisian avant-garde of the ‘20s. And now, once a month, you’ll find Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, … Continue reading →

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And so it begins, the new theatre season. Edmonton has play dates, and here’s a teaser!

Posted on September 15, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

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 →

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A season on Edmonton stages: a look back

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In the opening scene of Jabberwocky, the latest from the Old Trout Puppet Workshop (at Theatre Network this past season), a drum roll announces the parting of a red velvet theatre curtain. Which opens to reveal … Continue reading →

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“Is it possible I just like sex?” Slut, at Northern Light Theatre: a review

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca S. L. U. T. The funniest set design of the season  — and the only one (to my knowledge) that actually engages in smart-ass repartee with the character onstage — is to be found in the … Continue reading →

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“Doing it and enjoying it”: Slut is opening at Northern Light

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I’m just having fun being single. Is that a crime?” In the, er, tart little solo comedy that opens Friday at Northern Light Theatre, we meet a middle-aged accountant whose zest for sex, and generous-mindedness about … Continue reading →

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