Tag Archives: Straight Edge Theatre

Jeez, a serial killer on the premises. Final Girl: A New Musical, a 12thnight REVIEW

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

Final Girl: A New Musical (Stage 13, Servus Credit Union Theatre at La Cité francophone) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You may already have noticed that the Straight Edge (as in razor) Theatre has an appetite for the macabre, especially macabre … Continue reading →

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Are you lost in the stars? What to see at Fringe Full Of Stars: a little survey to get you started

Posted on August 7, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Starting Thursday, Edmonton’s best idea ever is back in action to screw up your bedtime, and make life more exciting. The 44th annual edition of our 11 day-and-night theatre bash, the biggest and oldest Fringe on … Continue reading →

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Toasting the season on Edmonton stages: the 37th annual Sterling Awards, led by Brick Shithouse

Posted on July 15, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A wave of indie creativity prevailed at the 36th annual Sterling Awards bash Monday night hosted by Luc Tellier and Nadien Chu, as the theatre community put on lipstick and dancing shoes at the Westbury Theatre … 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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A holly jolly “Christmas horror musical” at Workshop West: Krampus, a review

Posted on December 16, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If you’ve cracked your sweet tooth on the hard candied nut of family togetherness, or you’re blinded by the glare from your neighbour’s seasonal light display, there’s gruesome fun waiting for you at Workshop West. Straight … Continue reading →

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Embrace your inner elf and get festive, at a holiday show this weekend

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca I know, you’re holding out on the festive. And you don’t want to peak too soon. But pick that holly out of your clenched teeth, release your inner elf, succumb to the seasonal jollity, and find … Continue reading →

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‘The perfectly perfect family’ does Christmas: Krampus: A New Musical at Workshop West, a preview

Posted on December 10, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s beginning to look a lot…. Two original, bona fide homegrown holiday musicals return this week to the stage — both unconventional, both expanded and enhanced from their 2023 editions — to deck the halls. Well, … Continue reading →

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Die Harsh the Christmas Musical, a festive holiday tradition from Grindstone, goes bigger at the Orange Hub

Posted on December 9, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca This is the week that two original bona fide homegrown holiday musicals return to the stage — both unconventional, both expanded and enhanced from their 2023 editions — to deck the hall (well, two different halls). … Continue reading →

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‘Saints and Rebels’: Workshop West announces a new season and a bold experiment in ticketing

Posted on September 16, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre turns 46 with a new season, two Canadian premieres, a Christmas show, and a bold invitation to the audience to “pay what you will” for every ticket to every show. “A pilot … Continue reading →

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Rockin’ around the Christmas tree: the dark hilarity of Krampus: A New Musical, a Fringe review

Posted on August 24, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

Krampus: A New Musical (Stage 13, La Cité francophone) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There is something quintessentially Fringe about the midsummer madness of watching a packed house watching a macabre new Christmas musical comedy. At noon. In August. It’s a … Continue reading →

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