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Wild Side Productions brings a hot-button ‘eco-thriller’ to the Roxy: The Children
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The wild side (to borrow the name of the indie theatre company) is where the questions live. The answers are conditional, elusive, to be discussed. “I’m drawn to plays that ask more questions than give answers,” … Continue reading
“Embrace your weirdness”: the world as seen by Girl Brain, coming to the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Overheard out in the real world — a cafe maybe, or a wine bar: Three women at the next table are laughing uproariously. “That’s a sketch!” floats your way through the air, like a winged mantra. … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton comedy, Edmonton theatre, Girl Brain, House Series, Roxy Performance Series, sketch comedy
Hey, the theatre season has landed: a weekend on E-town stages
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You may have noticed: the stars have aligned; the E-town theatre season is underway. This week there are musicals, plays, an original screwball comedy. There’s a staged reading of a play that’ll open on a stage … Continue reading
Posted in News/Views, Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, 2019-2020 theatre season, Andrea House, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton theatre, Firefly Theatre and Circus, Grindstone Comedy Theatre and Bistro, Hey Ladies!, Mayfield Theatre, Rapid Fire Theatre, Roxy Performance Series, Saint Maggie Productions, Script Salon, Teatro La Quindicina, Varscona Theatre, Walterdale Theatre
The fascination of escape: Minerva – Queen of the Handcuffs, a review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Minerva – Queen of the Handcuffs (Stage 17, Roxy on Gateway) This show premiered in the Roxy Performance Series in January. It’s back at the Roxy on Gateway (aka Stage 17) for the Fringe. Here’s my … Continue reading
Have you seen Minerva? Further thoughts on what to catch at the Fringe
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Take a chance! True, the kingdom where the wild things fringe is unpredictable. By very definition. Check out a selection of promising, intriguing what-to-see prospects for your fringing in the companion piece HERE. But there’s this: … Continue reading
Posted in Fringe 2019, News/Views, Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton Fringe 2019, Edmonton theatre, Ghostwriter Theatre, Roxy Performance Series
Small Mouth Sounds: the human comedy gets the silent treatment at the Roxy. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There aren’t many words in it, but Small Mouth Sounds isn’t what you’d call quiet. The silent treatment is loud in the ingenious, funny, and mysteriously affecting play that the indie company Wild Side has brought … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Bess Wohl, Edmonton theatre, Roxy Performance Series, Theatre Network, Wild Side Productions
Minerva – Queen of the Handcuffs: the fascination of escape, an unlikely radical. A review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The international stage repertoire has no shortage of shows about the entertainment world and its fractious backstage — where dreamers and achievers, stars and wannabes, artsy bright-idea types and antsy bottom-line producers, collide. Still, Minerva – … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Edmonton theatre, escape acts, Ghostwriter Theatre, Houdini, magic acts, Roxy Performance Series, Theatre Network
Minerva, Queen of the Handcuffs: a woman trapped in a man’s world
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “In life you feel you’re trapped in a situation and there’s no out, no gap, no light. Everyone can relate to that feeling of being stuck, in some way…. There’s a real-ness to that.” — Miranda … Continue reading
The double-optic on Christmas: meet the real-life couple starring in Oh! Christmas Tree
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If Lora Brovold and Collin Doyle, the real-life couple who star in Oh! Christmas Tree, have a special rapport with the characters in Conni Massing’s new comedy (opening Thursday at Theatre Network), it’s not surprising. They’ve … Continue reading
To tree or not to tree, that is the question: Conni Massing’s new comedy Oh! Christmas Tree at the Roxy
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In Oh! Christmas Tree, the new Conni Massing romantic comedy that opens Thursday at Theatre Network, a relationship is under extreme pressure. Is it money? Snoring? Musical tastes? Lunatic relativies? Whether to acquire a shitsu? No, … Continue reading
