Tag Archives: Shadow Theatre

The Shadow knows: putting the comedy back into Chekhov, and the new season

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “If everyone took anti-depressants, Chekhov would have had nothing to write about….” The playwright himself called it “Chekhov in a blender.” But Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, by the raucous American absurdist Christopher Durang … Continue reading →

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Lungfuls of anxiety: Lungs at Shadow Theatre. A review

Posted on March 22, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Times being what they are, are you still “good people” if you decide to become parents? To bring another being into a world that’s already over-crammed with beings? A kid leaves a carbon footprint that’s bigger … Continue reading →

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Miss Teen premieres at Shadow Theatre: game actors, tired script. A review

Posted on January 30, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In Miss Teen a strapped, single mother enters her awkward, bookish daughter in a local teen pageant. “It’ll be good practice … for life,” argues Coco brightly, undeterred by Margaret’s reaction, a mixture of appalled and … Continue reading →

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Song-and-dance con men, two World War I plays, and more… a theatre weekend in E-town

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A con game (with song and dance) is one of your options for a night out at live theatre this weekend. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, a larky musical by the team of David Yazbek (The Band’s Visit, … Continue reading →

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Theatre takes to the trenches: Neil Grahn’s The Comedy Company. A review

Posted on October 26, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “And make it funny!” barks the Major at the soldier.    And so it starts, the remarkable true Canadian story that comes to life in Neil Grahn’s The Comedy Company. The new play by a writer … Continue reading →

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Laughter in the face of death: Neil Grahn’s The Comedy Company launches the Shadow season

Posted on October 25, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Neil Grahn and comedy. He’s sidled, plunged, back-flipped into it. He’s written it and improvised it, acted it, produced it, directed it, studied it at a distance and up close, for stage for film for TV. … 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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A new Neil Grahn comedy headlines the upcoming 2018-2019 season at Shadow Theatre

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Shadow Theatre launches its upcoming 26th season with a new comedy about … comedy.  The inspiration for The Comedy Company, Edmonton playwright and sketch comedy star Neil Grahn, an artist of bluechip comic pedigree (he’s the … Continue reading →

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The modest dreams of the working class as farce: Fly Me To The Moon, a review

Posted on April 29, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Hold on just a moment there…” says one Irish home-care worker to another near the start of Fly Me To The Moon, by the Belfast playwright Marie Jones (Stones In His Pockets), the loopy little  comedy … Continue reading →

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