Tag Archives: NUOVa Vocal Arts

‘Twas the nights before Christmas and all through the house(s)… a big opening night in Edmonton

Posted on December 18, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca ’Twas the nights before Christmas, and all through the house…. Shows. Yes, it’s a big opening night tonight, gift-wrapped, on Edmonton stages: •Kris Kringle is the guest of honour through Tuesday at the vintage Capitol Theatre … 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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The sound of Silence: a new opera at NUOVA Vocal Arts, a review

Posted on June 24, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Silence. Now there’s a puckish name for an opera. With Silence, NUOVA Vocal Arts has taken in hand an expansive, richly imagined 1999 play by the English playwright/screenwriter Moira Buffini. This new addition to the opera … Continue reading →

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Get festive: it’s a four-festival weekend on (and above and near) Edmonton stages

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca We sure do know how to get festive in this town. It’s a FOUR-festival weekend on (and above and near and beyond) Edmonton stages. So a toast is in order. •At the Exchange Theatre in Strathcona, … Continue reading →

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Play into opera: Darrin Hagen turns his hand to writing a libretto. And the rest is Silence, premiering at NUOVA Vocal Arts

Posted on June 19, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Darrin Hagen has written plays, songs, stories, essays, queer histories, a memoir, an award-winning film documentary. He’s created drag cabarets (and sometimes starred in them too), devised queer tours, hosted web series, created music videos. He’s … Continue reading →

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An ogre and a donkey hit the road: Shrek The Musical at NUOVA. Meet two of the stars.

Posted on February 27, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca They say that you never really know someone till you travel (or, eek, go camping) with them. A grouchy green ogre and a sassy big-mouth donkey, travelling companions in the Broadway musical that opens Wednesday at … 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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A holiday show update! There’s more, if you get your act together

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Release your inner elf, part two. An update! More holiday shows are opening this week. You’ve got a big choice on Edmonton stages, and your time, like Scrooge’s, is running low. •It’s A Wonderful Christmas Carol … Continue reading →

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Musical theatre, opera, comedy, hockey: the weekend on Edmonton stages

Posted on June 14, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca On the stages of this theatre town this weekend, you can seek out an exquisite Stephen Sondheim musical, a classic opera buffa, a homegrown comedy with moving undertones. Plus a nutty (and kinda cool) idea by … Continue reading →

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‘Let the whole world melt away!’ Nuova Vocal Arts goes to The Prom

Posted on April 1, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I just wanna dance with you/ Let the whole world melt away/ And dance with you/ Who cares what other people say?”  — The Prom In The Prom, the double-sided Broadway musical comedy/ satire that opens … Continue reading →

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