Tag Archives: Studio Theatre

Getting our Canadian stories, our voices, our dreams off the page and onto the stage: meet director Jan Selman

Posted on May 1, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca You could call it “retirement.” After a quarter century at the U of A, in which she has directed every sort of play, taught acting and directing, encouraged young playwrights, commissioned new Canadian plays, sat on … Continue reading →

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A multi-dimensional life in the theatre: the mind- and heart-expansion effect of Jim DeFelice

Posted on December 3, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca With the passing in October of Jim DeFelice, at 87, a multi-talented theatre artist and a true theatre community mentor are, at one blow, gone from us. Without him this theatre town of ours seems a … Continue reading →

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We’ve lost a giant: celebrating the life of Thomas Peacocke, the small-town kid who changed Canadian theatre

Posted on September 18, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

Last fall, theatre here and across the country sustained a huge blow with the passing ot Tom Peacocke at 89. It still seems hard to believe. In him the much diluted term “legacy” is restored to its full lustre and … Continue reading →

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By the light of the moon: Northern Light Theatre announces its upcoming 48th season

Posted on March 28, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The moon, in all its feminine mystery, figures prominently in the trio of plays — one British, one American, one Canadian — announced by  Northern Light Theatre Monday for their upcoming 48th season. “Under The Same … Continue reading →

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We’ve lost a giant: Thomas Peacocke, the small-town kid who changed Canadian theatre

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca A giant is gone.  With the passing of Thomas Peacocke last week at 89, we’ve lost at one go an actor/director/teacher/mentor/administrator/advocate who has played a leading, vivid role in building and shaping theatre here in this … Continue reading →

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Found: the festival of surprising encounters is back to live performance

Posted on July 6, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Searching for a find at Found…. It’s the 10th anniversary of a festival that has taken audiences to unexpected encounters with art and artists — in places they never expected to find themselves. The unconventional engagement, … Continue reading →

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Follow the ‘once upon a time’ through the fairy tale world: The Secret in the Wings at Studio Theatre

Posted on April 28, 2021 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Don’t let the ‘happily-ever-after’s fool you. Fairy tales are not, contrary to popular belief, a Disney invention, the have-a-great-life tag to rom-coms on a roll. The production that opens today online, in the Studio Theatre season,  … Continue reading →

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2020: the strange year in Edmonton theatre (what just happened here? part 2)

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2020 was the year that a beaming singer arrived on the Varscona stage, draped herself in a chair centrestage to deliver a torchy number. And the host (Andrew MacDonald-Smith) calmly strode over and threw a sheet … Continue reading →

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New faces in theatre: six up-and-comers whose talents will have an impact on the scene. First, Helen Belay

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca They’re young. They shine brightly. And their talents are already lighting up the Edmonton theatre scene. 12thnight talked to six starry and sought-after up-and-comers, artists whose work, on- and backstage, will have a big impact on … Continue reading →

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Giving thanks for theatre: the long weekend on E-town stages

Posted on October 11, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

  By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s the moment to be thankful for Edmonton’s most captivating arts asset – our theatre scene. Many possibilities are waiting for you this weekend, including a macabre entertainment spun from our own neglected history. And … Continue reading →

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