Tag Archives: Northern Light Theatre

The high price of a dream home: Trevor Schmidt talks about the dark satire Radiant Vermin, at Northern Light

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

  By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Really shocking,” says Trevor Schmidt cheerfully of the wicked satire that opens Friday as the finale of Northern Light Theatre’s ‘Making A Monster’ season. “And really funny.” He compares the appealing, perky young couple we … Continue reading →

Posted in Previews | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on The high price of a dream home: Trevor Schmidt talks about the dark satire Radiant Vermin, at Northern Light

Portrait of a men’s movement recruit: Angry Alan at Northern Light, a review

Posted on January 26, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There are so many reasons to dismiss a guy like Roger, the protagonist of Angry Alan, a smart, surprising little stinger of a play, and the latest in Northern Light Theatre’s ‘Making A Monster’ season. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Portrait of a men’s movement recruit: Angry Alan at Northern Light, a review

Meet a man with a grievance, and the actor who plays him: Cody Porter in Angry Alan at Northern Light

Posted on January 17, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “For the first time in a really long time I feel like someone is speaking to me in a language which I completely understand … something which makes me feel good about myself.” Roger in Angry … Continue reading →

Posted in Previews | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on Meet a man with a grievance, and the actor who plays him: Cody Porter in Angry Alan at Northern Light

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 →

Posted in Features | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Intermission’s over, take your seats: Act II of the theatre season is about to begin (prospects to intrigue you).

2024: remembering the year in Edmonton theatre, part 2

Posted on December 23, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2024 (part 2). Here’s a small assortment of highlights — performances, moments, scenes, ideas — in the year of live theatre in Edmonton. But first, the year’s saddest news: as the current 2024-2025 season began, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Features | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on 2024: remembering the year in Edmonton theatre, part 2

A multi-dimensional life in the theatre: the mind- and heart-expansion effect of Jim DeFelice

Posted on December 3, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca With the passing in October of Jim DeFelice, at 87, a multi-talented theatre artist and a true theatre community mentor are, at one blow, gone from us. Without him this theatre town of ours seems a … Continue reading →

Posted in Features | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on A multi-dimensional life in the theatre: the mind- and heart-expansion effect of Jim DeFelice

What’s new? The weekend on Edmonton stages, that’s what: three new Canadian plays and a musical

Posted on November 14, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Hey Edmonton! It’s a weekend to be surprised and excited by something new on the stages of this theatre town. As the country has found out, E-town has longtime cred as a generator and showcase of … Continue reading →

Posted in Features | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on What’s new? The weekend on Edmonton stages, that’s what: three new Canadian plays and a musical

“I have become God”: Trevor Schmidt’s thriller Monstress premieres at Northern Light, a review

Posted on November 9, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You enter the Studio Theatre through fog, and discover you’re in a mysterious chamber, glowing with jewelled colours and overhung with dozens of scissors, blades pointing down at us. The centrepiece, a slab that might be … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on “I have become God”: Trevor Schmidt’s thriller Monstress premieres at Northern Light, a review

Who’s the real monster? Monstress, a new Trevor Schmidt thriller, launches the Northern Light season

Posted on November 6, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Trevor Schmidt calls his latest play, launching the Northern Light Theatre season Friday, “my Lady Frankenstein show.” Playwright Schmidt, NLT’s long-time artistic director, has long been fascinated by the female perspective, female windows on the world, … Continue reading →

Posted in Previews | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Who’s the real monster? Monstress, a new Trevor Schmidt thriller, launches the Northern Light season

Edmonton has play dates: here’s a dozen intriguing prospects in the upcoming theatre season

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s time to play. After a year of continuing struggle, with rising production costs and dwindling funding, theatre companies and artists are finding their way back to stages large and small. Our mighty summer Fringe, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Features, Previews | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Edmonton has play dates: here’s a dozen intriguing prospects in the upcoming theatre season