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Happy birthday Shakespeare: a pandemical celebration
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams.” — Hamlet No one ever said he was a repository of positive thinking, … Continue reading
Just in time for Will’s birthday, the Freewill Shakespeare Festival has a new artistic director: Dave Horak
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Many happy returns, Will. True, the 32nd edition of E-town’s outdoor festival in his honour has, alas, been cancelled this summer, postponed till 2021, and for entirely good reasons. But there’s welcome news to be had … Continue reading
Juliet writes her own story: Juliet: A Revenge Comedy. A Fringe review
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Juliet: A Revenge Comedy (Stage 36, La Cité Auditorium) “I don’t think I’m in Verona any more,” says Juliet. No kidding. Funny how possibilities for travel seem to multiply when you don’t die on purpose, at … Continue reading
A strange fairy tale, rescued magically by Time from tragedy: The Winter’s Tale in the park
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There is a strange magic about a play where brute tragedy gives way to pastoral comedy, realism mixes it up with romance, and dramatic scenes abut presentational vaudeville. The Winter’s Tale has the optical weirdness of … Continue reading
Boys will be boys: taking the mickey out of male bonding in Two Gents, a bitter comedy in the park
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A passing squirrel, who turned his back to the stage, was not convinced. And the wind whispering through the poplars sounded downright skeptical this weekend in the park when a lovestruck young man tore himself away … Continue reading
Romance into tragedy: the dark, violent, original new hearing-deaf Tempest at the Citadel. A review.
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It never stops raining in the version of The Tempest that’s now lashing and splashing and skidding across the Citadel mainstage. As the Fool in Twelfth Night sings (borrowed by this wettest of Tempests for the … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, ASL interpretation, Citadel Theatre, deaf theatre, Edmonton theatre, Josette Bushell-Mingo, Shakespeare, The Tempest
“The hour’s now come”: deaf and hearing actors together in The Tempest at the Citadel
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “O brave new world, that has such people in’t,” as Miranda, the daughter of a deposed ruler in exile, says in wonder towards the end of one of Shakespeare’s most mysterious and haunting plays. In the … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged 12thnight.ca, Citadel Theatre, deaf theatre, Edmonton theatre, Lorne Cardinal, Shakespeare, The Tempest, Tyst Teater
Unlacing Shakespeare’s women: the Bard goes burlesque at the Capitol Theatre
By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Think of them as the ultimate theatre buffs: reveals are their speciality. Send In The Girls Burlesque comes to the stage of Fort Edmonton Park’s vintage Capitol Theatre Friday and Saturday, in honour of Alberta Culture … Continue reading
